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Top Six Health Care Myths Peddled At GOP Debate

June 15, 2011

From Think Progress: By Igor Volsky on Jun 14, 2011 at 9:07 am The seven Republicans who took part in yesterday’s presidential debate in New Hampshire all promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act without offering alternatives for expanding access to insurance or lowering health care costs. Instead, the GOP fudged the facts of the law and…

Firm Releases Bunk Analysis Of New Health Care Law

June 13, 2011

From Talking Points Memo: Brian Beutler| June 10, 2011, 4:40PM The political damage to President Obama’s health care law may already be done. But there’s a curious backstory to the report this week from a major consulting firm study that found “ObamaCare” would lead to fairly dramatic unintended consequences. The consulting firm McKinsey & Company…

Healthcare Reform Law Facing Unexpected Enemies

June 8, 2011

From Politico: The president’s plan would have an independent panel recommend Medicare spending cuts.   By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 6/8/11 4:55 AM EDT One of the key provisions in President Barack Obama’s health care reform law — his preferred method for getting Medicare costs under control — is facing a groundswell of opposition from unexpected corners.…

Hypocrisy Alert: DeMint’s Flip-Flop On Health Care Reform

May 9, 2011

From Talking Points Memo: Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Brian Beutler | May 6, 2011, 11:41AM Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has taken Dave Weigel for a spin in South Carolina. In 2007 DeMint endorsed Mitt Romney for President — indeed, served as his campaign co-chair — but reportedly won’t do…

How The Big “Obamacare” Lie Drowned Out The Truth

April 27, 2011

From Mother Jones: Illustration: Steve Brodner The secret campaign behind the phrase “government takeover of health care.” By David Corn IN THE SPRING of 2009, as the titanic fight over President Barack Obama’s health care proposal was beginning, Frank Luntz—an infamous Republican consultant who specializes in the language of politics—drew up a confidential 28-page report…

Poll: Majority Disapproves Of Effort To Block Reform

February 18, 2011

From the Los Angeles Times: . February 16, 2011 By James Oliphant | Washington Bureau Reporting from Washington — Even as Republicans attempt to de-fund the president’s healthcare overhaul on the House floor this week, a new poll suggests that they should proceed with caution. The CBS News poll, conducted over the weekend, shows that…

Reagan’s Solicitor General On Mandate’s Constitutionality

February 3, 2011

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UGQIkYEBPo&feature=player_embedded] Former Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried gave dispassionate testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday, right before Senate Democrats voted down repeal of the Affordable Care Act, articulating why he is “quite sure that the health care mandate is constitutional.”

White House Responds To Florida Ruling

February 1, 2011

The White House Blog Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act Posted by Stephanie Cutter on January 31, 2011 at 04:49 PM EST Today, a judge in Florida issued a decision in a case filed by 25 Republican Attorneys General and Governors striking down the Affordable Care Act.   This ruling is well out of the…

Health Law Suffers New Blow In Court

February 1, 2011

By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 2/1/11 4:38 AM EST Updated: 2/1/11 6:11 AM EST The Obama administration is vowing to move full speed ahead with implementation of the health care reform law, even after a federal judge Monday declared the legislation unconstitutional. It was the most striking blow yet to President Barack Obama’s signature domestic initiative,…

Opinion: Flimflammery Over ‘Obamacare’

January 28, 2011

This is not about the health reform law, it is about honesty, the author writes. | AP Photo     By MICHAEL KINSLEY | 1/25/11 4:50 AM EST It’s a standard item in the Republican checklist of what’s wrong with Obamacare: that advocates of the program, in computing its costs, compare six years of expenses…

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