WASHINGTON — Toss it or fix it? Anxious backers of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are starting to see a flicker of hope. While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats’ landmark legislation, they aren’t clamoring for its repeal. Instead, the public seems willing to listen to candidates who would […]

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It is time for Texas to get a new governor. When a governor consistently works against the interest of most of his state’s citizens for the ideological benefit of a vociferous few, it makes him incapable of leading anyone. Governor Perry has opted out of participating in the High Risk Pool that becomes effective this […]

  In October, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) broke with his party to argue that health care reform “is not socialized medicine” and suggested that he could have voted for the bill. “You hear a lot of people on the extreme say that socialized medicine is going to come in and control everything. […]

  A User’s Guide to Health Care Reform By: Patricia Barry | Source: From the AARP Bulletin print edition | May 1, 2010 HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE Follow the issues that will affect the quality and costs of your health care. More>> YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Get answers to questions about the new health care law […]

    (Reuters) – Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. There was Yenny Hsu, who lived and worked in Los Angeles. And there was Patricia Reilling, a successful art gallery owner and interior designer from Louisville, Kentucky. Neither of these women […]

This week I wrote a small piece relative to Healthcare Reform corroborating an excellent letter from another resident of my district. It is important that those who have the facts and numbers on their side write to the editor of your local paper to inform those grossly misinformed by FoxNews, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean […]

If I did not hear this with my own ears I would think it was comedy. This is what the GOP is becoming. WHERE IS THE PARTY OF LINCOLN? How much further can they fall? Will the country follow them to the abyss?

Now that we’ve won health care reform, it’s up to us to make sure the law hold the insurance industry accountable and fulfills its historic promise of health security for all. Thanks to the new law insurance companies will have to spend more of our premiums on health care instead of soaring profits and executive […]