healthcare

Christian conservatives target 16 Democrats

September 21, 2009 by avalonfarmblog

Healthcare Roundup – various articles and videos

September 19, 2009 by Jack and Jill P...

ODDS and ENDS I found about healthcare.

Congressman Phil Gingrey Laughs Off 14,000 Americans Losing Their Health Insurance Every Day (VIDEO)

Insurance Company Must Pay $10 Million For Revoking Policy Of Teen With HIV

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered an insurance company to pay $10 million for wrongly revoking the insurance policy of a 17-year-old college student after he tested positive for HIV. The court called the 2002 decision by the insurance company “reprehensible.”

Pallone debates healthcare on CNN

September 19, 2009 by Blue Jersey

Congressman Pallone took to CNN the other night on the Lou Dobbs show to continue the healthcare debate with Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn says that her biggest concern is the public option. Pallone talked about how the cost to the overall healthcare system would go down with reform. Blackburn just continued to hammer away at the public option calling it rationing and saying it restricts public access. Pallone defended the public option saying there is no way the public option doesn't bring down costs:

Following the interview, Senator Baucus released the details of his bill from the Senate Finance committee, to which Pallone had this response:

"This is a major step forward in the long-sought effort to reform health insurance in America. Senator Baucus and his colleagues have dedicated a lot of time and effort to produce a plan in the Senate Finance Committee.

Those Wanting to Kill Reform Push the Myth of 60 Votes

September 18, 2009 by EverydayCitizen.com

Yesterday, I posted a list of actions you can take right now to ensure that a public option is included in the health care bill. (see Tired of People Dying Needlessly? You Can Make It Stop!) There are nay-sayers who point out (mistakenly) that a public option cannot be passed by the Senate because, supposedly, in order to pass public option, at least 60 senators will have to vote for it. But, the Senate doesn't need 60 votes to make health care finance reform happen. The majority of Americans want the choice of a public option and, here's the good news, majority votes in Congress will pass it! The Senate only needs 50 senators and Vice-President Biden to pass - by majority vote - healthcare reform including a public option in a budget bill this year. Thanks to our grassroots efforts (petitions, donations, tweets, and emails), we now have 50 senators on record ready to vote for real reform. But that's still too close for comfort. We need critical mass. If you have already done your part, thank you. If you haven't done all that you can do, please start checking items off your to-do list here.

Finally someone standing up to Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson on Substance: Sen. Menendez

September 18, 2009 by Blue Jersey

Promoted from the diaries by Rosi

Here's what happens when you're the only Hispanic Senator, and on the Finance Committee, you just might be able to make the healthcare bill less punitive. From The Hill, my objections to the non-sensical term 'illegal immigrant' notwithstanding (it doesn't even cover the group it intends to cover, since many people who are undocumented have overstayed a visa, which is not a crime):

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is putting Democrats in a bind by seeking to let illegal [sic] immigrants benefit from the healthcare overhaul...

Menendez said he is withholding his support for the bill until his concerns about immigration and other matters are addressed...

The Senate Finance Committee bill, drafted by centrist Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), does not allow illegal [sic] immigrants  to purchase health coverage over an exchange set up to create competition within the insurance industry and reduce costs.

Menendez is troubled by that language and has joined Hispanic advocacy groups in criticizing the bill for placing too heavy a burden on legal and illegal [sic] immigrants.

Good for Rockefeller for saying no to the Baucus bill.