It’s like 9/11… times 100
Spottswoode: From what INTELLIGENCE has gathered, it would be 9/11 times 100. Gary Johnston: 9/11 times a hundred? Jesus, that’s… Spottswoode: Yes, ninety-one thousand, one hundred. – Team America: World Police Mike Pence, Indiana Congressman and current GOP candidate for…
Ezra Klein on CBO’s updated “spending” for Affordable Care Act
Much ado about no new spending. Clipped from voices.washingtonpost.com Megan McArdle has a post up saying that health-care reform is “already at least a hundred billion dollars in the hole.” That’s really not right, though it’s certainly true that the…
Mitch Daniels’ “fiscal responsibility” doesn’t include checking his math
Is it pride? Ideology? Pandering in pursuit of his ambition? Whatever the reason, Mitch Daniels is refusing to double-check Anthem’s request to drastically increase health insurance rates for Hoosiers. I guess all that talk about being fiscally responsible is –…
CBPP demolishes Mitch Daniels’ lies about cost of health care reform
Ouch. This has to leave a mark. The Star’s Bill Ruthart had a pretty good piece about this too, juxtaposing Daniel’s fact-free scaremongering with rational quotes from Tim Kaine and Kathleen Sebelius. (Health-care reform: Daniels still doubtful about cost, state’s…
Krugman on the Lowden Plan (Chickens for Checkups)
With all due respect to Mr. Krugman, I think that people DO understand the absurdity of this. As I mentioned yesterday, the Lowden Plan calculator (http://lowdenplan.com/) showed that my recent MRI would have cost 462 chickens. Since my last name…
Jon Cohn: “Yes, let’s talk about those Republican ideas for health care.”
The only thing that could be more destructive to America than the “Party of No” is a party with these “conservative” ideas. Clipped from www.tnr.com The idea that Republicans haven’t had a chance to present their ideas on health care…
Brilliant look at Evan Bayh & weak-kneed Dems on #HCR, through football metaphors
Clipped from vagabondscholar.blogspot.com Bayh and the Blue Dog Democrats remind me of the Cincinnati Bengals of the 90s under owner Mike Brown. One sportscaster called them “an embarrassment to sport,” as in, the entire human endeavor of sports, where a…
Balls Beer for Health Care Reform, the Full Version
Balls Beer for Health Care Reform, the Full Version
Lobbyist targets Hoosiers with misleading healthcare ads
Earlier today, I caught a horrendous anti-healthcare reform ad, targeted at Hoosiers, on the radio. Everything in the ad was either factually wrong or dangerously misleading, so I listened closely for the supplier of this misinformation campaign. As it turns…
Hoosier Republicans Voted to Kill Medicare
Starting in August, the GOP apparently – and suddenly – became stalwart defenders of Medicare. Republican chairman Michael Steele unveiled a new “Seniors Bill of Rights”, vowing to protect Medicare from cuts during the health reform debate. Indiana’s Mike Pence…
