The Supreme Court’s decision on immigration turned out to be a mixed bag with some extras thrown in from an executive order. But today’s ruling on the health-care law was probably the most anticipated announcement especially in an election year. I won’t get into the semantics of what constitutes — in the constitutional terms– a [...]
The President’s Weekly focuses on Medicare and closing up the doughnut hole on the purchase of prescription drugs by seniors. Beginning next year, preventive care – including annual physicals, wellness exams, and tests like mammograms – will be free for seniors as well. That will make it easier for folks to stay healthy. But it [...]
The President gives his progress report on a few of benefits in motion from the health insurance reform law. Still more to come he reminds us. I’ve said before that implementing health insurance reform won’t happen overnight, and it will require some tweaks and changes along the way. Ultimately, we’ll have a system that provides [...]
Transcript. Gee waking up this morning felt like Christmas. I ran to my computer to see what Santa left me under the tree. Maybe not exactly what I wanted, but a gift nevertheless. An historic heath care reform bill passed last night with 219 votes (only 216 were needed). And I said I wouldn’t sit [...]
The final vote on health care reform will take place tonight. All the procedural voting is done and it appears that the House Democrats have their minimum votes to pass the bill with the sounding of the gavel perhaps the same one held by Representative John Dingell (D-MI) when Medicare passed in 1965. This health [...]
