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- Weird, wild stuff
- Economy still a factor?
- Redistricting 2010
- The Founders and Health Care
- Senior citizens, who typically make up about one i...
- Health care part duex
- Is obama the antichrist?
- States sue claiming Medicaid will bust budget
- Congressman Paul Ryan (WI-1)
- Bayh Positioning for Hawkish 2012 Primary Challenge?
- A Profile of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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- Historic Vote Today
- Gallup's State of the States
- Rasmussen Poll on Health care plan
- A Brief Guide to This Weekend's Health Care Vote
- Kucinich going rogue.
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- Inside-out
- The Parliamentary Battle continues...
- More Congressional Flophouses
- Heatlhcare 2010 Strategic Voting
- United States of Corporate America
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- Defense of Marriage Between Man and Horse
- Which way will it go??
- The new and improved Mr. Rogers Nationhood?
- Tea anyone?
- Carly Fiorina's campaign: Crazy or crazy genius?
- Just in case there are birthers in Class
- How much will "birthers" affect 2010 in the Senate?
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- The Time Article about Sens. Schumer and Durbin Vy...
- Go on take the money and run....for Senate.
- That Politico Fundraising Story
- Freshman Fundraising
- Strategic Voting in Congress
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- Massa's situation
- congress vs. the federal reserve
- Getting the Ball Rolling on the Repeal of DADT
- The Presidents Proposal on Health care
- do you know where you stand?
- Leaked documents reveal GOP plan to use scare tact...
- The One About the Okie and the Congressman
- The Use of Reconciliation 1980-2008
- Job Losses Blamed on the Weather
- The Democrats Try and One-Up the Republicans
- President Obama, Democrats will use reconciliation...
- Rangel to Give up Chair – Maybe
- Thoughts on Healtcare Reconciliation and Senate Rules
- Senator Lincoln Gets a Democratic Challenger
- Tommy For Senate?
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3 comments:
I think that it will still be challenged strongly in states that lean hard towards the Republicans. I am surprised they actually cut medicare because old people vote and for the ones that aren't senile will remember this.I think maybe small subsides to help people purchase insurance, and the option to stay on your parents plan longer and insurance exchanges are good ideas for reform. The problems include the taxes once again on the wealthy and then forcing people to buy insurance which is going to be the centerpiece of the opposition to this bill along with the cost. Raising taxes on anyone in a slumping economy is not really a good idea. I think that this bill is in for a long fight because forcing people to buy insurance is not something this country has done, and when people think about how are they going to know if I am buying insurance or not, i.e the level government will intrude into your life to make sure you are buying insurance may bother many people.
Ross Douhat has a nice take in the Times.
Ron your fears on the Tricare front seem overblown. See the Navy Times.
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