New life for the public option
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 25th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
New life for the public option
The resurrection of the public option is the latest and one of the most surprising turns in the long battle over legislation to overhaul the nation’s health-care system. Under assault for months, and declared on life support repeatedly in recent weeks, the provision for a public insurance option …
TALK SHOWS
Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:
Electronic medical records draw frequent criticisms
In a health-care debate characterized by partisan bickering, most lawmakers agree on one thing: American medicine needs to go digital.
A case of mistaken assumptions about Deeds and taxes
Earlier this month, the GOP launched two television ads claiming that Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds’s support for a statewide gas tax and federal cap-and-trade legislation would result in $7,800 in additional taxes per Virginia family every four years.
Israel conference to open amid controversy
A Washington conference hosted this week by a new liberal Jewish advocacy group has sparked a diplomatic row and proxy battle over the Obama administration’s stance on Israel at a time of simmering tensions between Washington and Israel’s right-leaning government.
