NewsRack: newstrust/Health-Care/Public-Option

Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality - NPR News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Are you really going to have to have a computer chip implanted in your head as part of the new health law? Will the law allow President Obama to create his own private army? While there are outrageous rumors circulating about the health law, some claims are grounded in truth.

Trahant: What will the Indian health system look like? Answers are up to us - ICT - Opinion

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What will the Indian health system look like a decade from now?

Life support - NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed

Laurence Lewis — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It was just about a year ago that we were hearing stories about President Obama's intention to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Again. The president's most ardent defenders insisted that we shouldn't listen to unnamed and anonymous sources, and should instead wait and see what happened. And then when he escalated, pretty much as had been reported, we were told that it was the right move, and we should support it. The same dynamic played out with the public option. For months, while it became increasingly apparent that the president wouldn't fight for a public option, we were told that he kept saying he supported one, and we didn't know what was going on behind the scenes. When the public option was punted, we were told that it never had been all ...

What Can Obama Really Do? - NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A zombie argument is going around about why Obama hasn't accomplished liberal and progressive ends to the extent many would have liked him to: Obama can't do anything because he needs 60 votes in Congress and he doesn't have them because Republicans and Dems like Lieberman and Nelson won't vote for his programs. This argument is misleading in one sense and incorrect in another. It is misleading in that it misrepresents how things get done in Congress. It is incorrect in that many liberal policies do not require the consent of Congress. Let's examine the misconceptions this zombie argument is built on. Negotiation 101 Let's look at how things get done in Congress. Obama apologists make the excuse that Obama couldn't have passed a ...

Trahant: What will the Indian health system look like? Answers are up to us - ICT: Health

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What will the Indian health system look like a decade from now?

Riding the rails to U.S. Senate control? - Star Tribune: Politics

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Milwaukee-Madison high-speed rail is at the crux of Wisconsin Senate race, a contest crucial to Senate control.

Government scrapping NHS Direct - BBC: World

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The coalition government confirms plans to scrap the NHS Direct helpline in England and replace it with a cheaper option.

Two University Hospital clinics balk at government insurance - Denver Post: News: Local

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Two University Hospital clinics balk at government insurance

Union legal challenge to NHS reform - The Guardian -- Front Page

Andrew Sparrow — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Union applies for judicial review on grounds that consultation process being conducted by health secretary is a 'sham' The public sector union Unison today said it would go to court to try to block the coalition government's plans for a radical reorganisation of the NHS. The union is applying for a judicial review on the grounds that the consultation process being conducted by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, is a "sham". The consultation on the plans – which involve GPs being given control of £80bn of NHS spending – runs until October, but the department for health has already indicated that the plans are non-negotiable and Unison claims this makes the process unlawful. The government said it would be fighting Unison's legal ...

GP NHS commissioning 'disastrous' - BBC: Health

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Handing GPs control of the health budget and commissioning hospital services would be "disastrous", a medical charity warns.

8.4 million Californians lack health coverage as the ranks of the uninsured swell, study finds - LA Times: Top News

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The number of Californians who lost jobs and health insurance probably increased in every county last year, according to a study released Monday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

If Reform Fails - The Health Care Blog

Matthew — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By MAGGIE MAHAR Summary: Some optimistic liberals have begun to suggest that if conservatives manage to block the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this could open the door to better reform legislation. Why that won’t happen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If conservatives manage to...

Cashless treatment scheme not withdrawn but revised: Govt - New Kerala: World News

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Health Reform 2.0 - American Prospect

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

If reform is to succeed, progressives will have to fight for a stronger government role, including a public option.

Where Was The “Professional Left” A Year Ago? - Commondreams.org Views

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Sally Kohn

On May 12, 2009, I attended a briefing at the White House as part of a group of grassroots activists and community artists. Mike Strautmanis, Chief of Staff for the Office of Public Liaison and top White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, made some remarks about how community activists have a seat at the table as the Obama Administration sets the agenda for change. I raised my hand.

Op-Ed Columnist: No Love From the Lefties - NY Times: Editorials

By MAUREEN DOWD — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Democrats’ radicals are mad at the White House, and the White House is mad right back.

What Social Security Can Teach Us About the Future of Health Care - Truthout - All Articles

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Americans will learn to love health care reform, just as they did Social Security, if it’s made to work for all of them.

At the heart of the right-wing attack on the new health care law’s individual mandate is the fact that law has the potential to become like Social Security, a popular entitlement that is an integral part of the American social fabric. Whether that promise is realized depends on no small measure on whether Congress will make improvements over time in the health care law to assure that health coverage is affordable.

NYT: What Chinese hospitals need most: Police? - MSNBC

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NYT: What Chinese hospitals need most: Police?

The Right Way to Please the Base - American Prospect

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What the left can learn from right-wing extremists.

44: Gibbs walks back attack on left - Washington Post: Politics

Scott Wilson — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

44: Gibbs walks back attack on left

Gibbs blasts 'professional left' for likening Obama to Bush - Twincities.com: Nation

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — Festering tensions between the Obama White House and liberal activists flared Tuesday, with press secretary Robert Gibbs scolding what he called "the professional left" for its vocal objections to President Barack Obama's record.

White House spokesman blasts liberal critics - LA Times: Nation

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gibbs Blasts "Professional Left" - Chicago Tribune: Nation

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gibbs Blasts "Professional Left"

White House in dispute with 'professional left' - AP Politics

By ERICA WERNER — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By ERICA WERNER 2010-08-10T21:29:55Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House was on the defensive Tuesday after press secretary Robert Gibbs lashed out at liberals he dubbed the "professional left," saying some of them should be drug-tested....

White House Unloads Anger Over Criticism from 'Professional Left’ - CommonDreams.org Headlines

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Sam Youngman

The White House is simmering with anger at criticism from liberals who say President Obama is more concerned with deal-making than ideological purity.

During an interview with The Hill in his West Wing office, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs blasted liberal naysayers, whom he said would never regard anything the president did as good enough.

"I hear these people saying he's like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested," Gibbs said. "I mean, it's crazy."