Category Archives: Healthcare

House Freshmen Get Their Wish to Waste More Money

While House Republicans hold their 37th vote to repeal Obamacare today, ThinkProgress has tallied the current cost of those 37 votes and it comes out to $55 million. Last year, CBS News calculated that the number of hours spent on … Continue reading
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Republican Congressmen & Press Caught Lying About Obamacare

My Thursday column and a whopper Republican lie: Here’s a scandal no one’s really talking about in the press or elsewhere for that matter. Republican members of Congress, as well as conservatives across the internet, are engaged in a group … Continue reading
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Been There, Done That

The Congressional Budget Office informed House Republicans today that they will not score their 37th attempt to repeal Obamacare because it simply doesn’t blow their skirt up anymore. Well, not exactly, but they more or less don’t have time for … Continue reading
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Hair on Fire

Artist – Joe Heller From the Department of lolwut — Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) says asking healthcare executives to voluntarily educate their customers on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act is just like Iran-Contra. Or something. There are nice … Continue reading
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Obamacare is Working

And so is the free market. Eureka! A side-by-side regional comparison of all proposed 2014 premiums for Oregon marketplace plans became public on Oregon’s marketplace website Thursday, and showed that the two insurers’ planned monthly premiums were far higher than … Continue reading
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Jonesing for Obamacare Repeal

House Speaker John Boehner explains why they’re going to vote to repeal Obamacare for 36th (37th?) time — the restless freshmen need their fix. “We’ve got 17 new members that have not had the opportunity to vote on the President’s … Continue reading
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Let’s Repeal Obamacare. Again.

36th time’s a charm? The House will vote next week for a full repeal of #Obamacare. twitter.com/EricCantor/sta… — Eric Cantor (@EricCantor) May 8, 2013 The GOP’s hip-hop BBQ Obamacare repeal didn’t create jobs the last 35 times. Continue reading
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Moment of Derp

You’re probably aware that Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) doesn’t support gay marriage because he’s “not going to marry one,” but did you also know he doesn’t support ending discrimination against transgender persons because he ‘doesn’t want a sex change?’ BROUN: … Continue reading
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Chart of the Day

This chart, courtesy of Health Affairs, depicts the mortality rate of women in the U.S. between 1992 and 2006 which increased in nearly 43 percent of all counties. And as you can see, much of this is geographically isolated. (click … Continue reading
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Health Care Lottery

Colbert clowns Tennessee’s governor for his decision not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. It finally adds some suspense to that old, boring question “Will I see tomorrow?” Continue reading
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