Watching the health care bill make its last rounds is like being at a New Year’s bash a few hours too long. At first, it’s all fun and excitement. But after the height of the celebration, when all the optimism of what’s to come has grown faint, it feels like a big, fat drag. I [...]
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November 12, 2009
how roland burris punked the democrats & saved the public option
This is a piece that I wrote for TheRoot.com. Considering the events of the last week, though, I thought it was important to re-post it here. When Illinois Sen. Roland Burris took office almost a year ago, he already appeared to be a lame-duck politician. After being appointed by the shady Gov. Rod Blagojevich in [...]
June 15, 2009
round two: doctors versus obama
Last Wednesday, the American Medical Association announced plans to publicly oppose President Obama’s health care reform. The AMA, a powerful 250,000-member physicians’ group, is against a government-sponsored health care option, which it claims will restrict patients’ choices by driving out private insurers. It went on to say that a public plan would also lead to [...]
