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Health Care Reform Helps the Economy, at Least Health Care Stocks

December 21, 2009
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Not one to wish any more misfortune on the American people, but we know we are screwed when health care stocks — health care insurers and pharmacy benefit manager stocks — are on the rise following Step 1 in the Senate’s race to health care reform.
The economy is on everyones mind.  We are all awaiting the [...]

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The 60-40 Split on Health Care

December 21, 2009
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Last night — this morning — while most of us slept the Senate voted to stop reading amendments aloud in the Senate Chamber, to stop showing posters made by Senate aides, to stop the endless prattle about everything under the sun.  The Republican senators are not so happy about the end of the circus.  Delaying the [...]

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Is Health Care Reform a Possibility?

December 19, 2009
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BernieHund tuned into cspan this morning to see if the Senate was still going strong.  There are reports that the Democrats now have Senator Ben Nelson on board and with his vote have the 60 votes necessary to pass the Senate version of the health care reform bill.
With such “good news” it would seem that [...]

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The Failures in Health Care Reform Bill Mount

December 15, 2009
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President Barack Obama called the Democratic Caucus to the White House for a meeting today.  Apparently, the ultimatum was to pass health care reform even if there is little or no reform in the now deformed bill. 
I’m still on the mailing list and yes, I still have a glimmer or hope.  Recently I received a [...]

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Health Care Reform: Nelson/Hatch Amendment Set Aside

December 8, 2009

In a close vote of 54 to 45 the Senate voted to table or set aside the Nelson/Hatch Amendment that would have barred the use of federal funds from being used to subsidize abortions and would have prevented the purchase of insurance that would cover abortions by anyone using federal subsidies.
The so-called Hyde language has [...]

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Bennett Amendment Passes with 100 Votes

December 7, 2009

Could it be that the senators actually unanimously agreed on something?  Today they managed to vote 100 to 0 to protect Medicare.  Well, on the surface it looks as if there is some ground for agreement in the hallowed halls.
Yet, not more than fifteen minutes later the senators were back at it and voting on [...]

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Health Care Reform: Amendment to Cap Attorneys’ Fees Voted Down

December 6, 2009
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Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) lost the vote on his amendment to limit attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice lawsuits.  This is a victory for those who may suffer at the hands of doctors’ mistakes.
Senator John Ensign and many of his Republican colleagues had offered an amendment to the current health care bill that would limit or [...]

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Senator Paul G. Kirk Jr. Pushes CLASS in Health Care Reform

December 5, 2009
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In a week that has presented few class acts, i.e. Tiger Woods and Senator Max Baucus, Senator Paul G. Kirk, Jr. of Massachusetts pushed the Senate to keep the CLASS amendment as a part of health care reform.  For his efforts and the narrow victory on keeping CLASS in the health care bill Senator Paul [...]

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The Newest War: Health Care

November 23, 2009

Perhaps the newest war involving Americans will be on Capitol Hill.  Health Care has proved to be a series of battles and in the end there may be no real victor… unless you are a lobbyist.
It seems that the Republicans are united against any plan.  The Democrats have already begun squabbling among themselves.  The American [...]

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Health Care Moves Forward in the Senate

November 22, 2009

Last night the Senate mustered enough votes to proceed with the health care bill.  The vote was totally partisan.  Thirty-nine Republicans voted against moving the bill along.  All Democrats and Independents voted for the bill.  It must be said that some of the Dems were kicking and screaming all the way up to the vote.  [...]

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