By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Are you up for a delicious bite of satire? Try this, from Slate. Field of Greens The dreaded broccoli uprising and other freaky GOP nightmares. by Dahlia Lithwick When the socialist revolution comes, the first shot will not come from filthy peasants bearing flaming torches or angry, poorly dressed workers demanding [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Healthcare Reform, Republicans, Satire | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson For people who have been denied health insurance because they had a pre-existing condition, there may be good news. The Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), a provision of the Affordable Health Care Act, which President Obama signed in March 2010, is now open for business. States that have not offered pre-existing [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Healthcare Reform | 1 Comment »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson From Brian Depew, Assistant Director of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska (population 963) we get this: The passage of health care reform will make health insurance affordable to millions of rural Americans and help rural people build a future and create opportunity in communities across the country. For [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Healthcare Reform | 2 Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson How can you know how you feel about the health-care reform law if you don’t know what’s in it? Here, gleaned largely from reports in the right-leaning Wall Street Journal and the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, is a list of provisions that will affect individuals and families. I’m not using material [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson A Wisconsin Congressmember last month filed a bill that would require providers of health care products and services, including health insurance, to put a price tag on everything they offer. There’s a good reason why Rep. Steve Kagan (D-WI8) wants people to know what they – or their insurance companies – [...]
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, US Congress | 2 Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson If Arkansas Community Theater (which I just made up) ever puts on The Wizard of Oz, I nominate Blanche Lincoln as the Wicked Witch of the West. If they time it right, I’ll bet she’ll accept the call – and totally miss how appropriate she is for the part. She should [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Election 2010, Healthcare Reform, Senate | No Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Bipartisanship cannot mean simply that Democrats give up everything that they believe in, find the handful of things that Republicans have been advocating for and we do those things, and then we have bipartisanship. —Barack Obama, at a news conference Feb. 9, 2010 On Thursday, February 25, the President is hosting [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Health Care, Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, Obama, Public Option, Senate, US Congress | 2 Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Its short name is the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, but it’s not an “act” until the President signs it into law. Until then, it’s a “bill,” which is how I’ll refer to it here. The complete bill runs more than 800 pages; a faster-downloading version of the complete [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Climate Change Legislation, Conservation, Environment, Healthcare Reform, Public Option, Senate, US Congress | 3 Comments »
by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Every time I hear the bleating heads on cable news and NPR say the Massachusetts special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s seat resulted in the Democrats losing their super majority in the Senate, I want to throw up. Or throw something. The Democrats never had a super majority, the 60 votes [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Election 2010, Fiscal Crisis, Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, Obama, Senate, Senate, US Congress | 2 Comments »
The U.S. House chamber may be quiet this year, but in the Senate the creatures will be stirring. The final vote on the health care bill is set for Christmas Eve. This update just in from the Democratic National Committee: Senate Democrats Break Republican Filibuster, Final Vote on Health Reform Legislation Set for Christmas Eve. [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Healthcare Reform, Senate, US Congress | No Comments »
