Posts about Pelosi as of October 25, 2009

Democrats Increasing Optimistic About Public Option In Health Care Reform - themoderatevoice.com 10/25/2009 The public option is dead. Long live the public option. That’s the situation now prevailing on a key sticking point in health care reform. GOPers hate the public option because they say it would symbolize the Obama administration’s encroachment into the private sector and be a huge step into socialized medicine. Democrats are split, with some progressives nearly making support of

Snowe melts on BaucusCare, may pay price

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) burnished her Republican-in-name-only credentials by announcing she will vote for the health care reform legislation written by Max Baucus (D-MT). She may regret this vote, as Healthcare Horserace tells us: Sen. Olympia Snowe may lose out on her shot at the top Republican seat on the Senate Commerce Committee if she votes for health care reform, committee members say. The Hill is reporting that Republicans on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee ar

Effort to Restrict Abortion Coverage in Health-Care Bill Fails – NIMBRUNG.NET

Voice of America Effort to Restrict Abortion Coverage in Health-Care Bill Fails Washington Post Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee defeated an attempt Wednesday to add further restrictions on abortion coverage to a sweeping health-care reform bill. On a 13-10 vote, the panel rejected an ... Senators Reject Stronger Anti-Abortion Provisions in Health Bill Wall Street Journal Senators reject stronger anti-abortion language The Associated Press Fate of Government-Run Health Insurance May Res

Big Labor’s Big Prize in Health Care “Reform”

In his Wall Street Journal column today, Holman Jenkins highlights one of the prizes at stake for organized labor in the current health care debate. Union members not only like the tax-free, open-ended health -care benefits they’re used to getting. More important and often overlooked, organized labor itself is increasingly made up of health-care workers who benefit from an incentive system that artificially force-feeds great gobs of GDP into the industry’s maw. Their long retreat el

Is Bias Seeping Into the Post-Murdoch WSJ? UPDATE

As the debate over health care reform continues to dominate the news, there is the inevitable criticism of media bias on both sides of the debate. Aside from their editorial pages, the Wall Street Journal is well known for its unique focus on reporting facts, keeping its reputation as an unbiased source of news untarnished. But since its acquisition by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. two years ago, has the WSJ succumbed to the alleged bias that has afflicted other News Corp. properties Fox

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