By Bob Laszewski Max Baucus will be a key player in the health care debate the next two years. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee he has jurisdiction on many of the key issues including Medicare and provider payment...
Read more »Baucus' proposal proves no consensus on key reform issues
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Quote For The Day
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"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Read more »Go Joan!
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What a pro ... Joan Walsh administers a nice smackdown to Christopher Hitchens on Hardball. We'll grab the video. Late Update: Here's the video:...
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Is There Still Room For BFF Biden?
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When Barack Obama and Joe Biden first hit the campaign trail, it seemed the two were Best Friends Forever. Every picture showed them laughing, patting each other on the back, whispering and cheery. Michelle and Jill were hugging on Entertainment television and complimenting each other. “Every major decision he’ll be making, I’ll be sitting in [...]
Read more »D'oh! (Anyone Noticing This?)
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Did Canadian PM Stephen Harper (attempted tamperer in the Dem primary election) manage to bumble his way out of a job? Looking more likely....
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Open Wide: Here comes the change you thought would never happen
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By Jeff Goldsmith The morning after the election, I posted a speculative blog in Health Affairs on three possible scenarios for President-elect Obama’s implementing health reform: folding it into a bold, ambitious emergency legislative package (Complete the New Deal), carving...
Read more »"The Most Deadly Crisis Since The Second World War"
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Anna Husarska draws welcome attention to the conflict in Congo: ...even at times when fighting is less intense, Congo suffers from the indirect effects of the war. A mortality survey conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and released earlier...
Read more »Obama Announces National Security Team
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Just in case you didn’t catch it earlier…
I like all the picks, including Jones and Gates. Obama has to make sure the military understand that he’s a friend, and those two picks will do much to send that message.
The only problem? I think Obama will run into some controversy with Eric Holder. Still, after [...]
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