Tea-Party Debate Crowd Cheers Letting Uninsured Die

A day after the 10th anniversary of the day that supposedly united America, that day we will never forget, audience members at the CNN/Tea Party Express debate erupted in whoops at the prospect of letting the poor and uninsured die. Watch it:

PCIP Provides Bridge For Looming Healthcare Reform

From Forbes: By DAVID A. LIEB –07.25.11, 10:21 AM EDT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — One of the first prongs of President Barack Obama’s health care law has been in effect now for a year, and the result in Missouri is that about 500 additional people with chronic health problems now have insurance. It is, by [...]

Free Health Care Blitz

From WLTX: There’s a free health care blitz by SC Mission coming to Columbia in August. Lauren Talarico reports. Follow link for video.

How Effective Will A Federal Health Exchange Be?

From Politico: New state health insurance marketplaces are supposed to be set up in every state  by 2014. By J. LESTER FEDER | 7/18/11 10:31 PM EDT Will there really be a strong federal health insurance exchange to take over for states that don’t build their own? Or is it a paper tiger? That question [...]

Is There A Cure For The Healthcare Mess?

From Dollars & Sense: By Gerald Friedman America’s broken health-care system suffers from what appear to be two separate problems. From the right, a chorus warns of the dangers of rising costs; we on the left focus on the growing number of people going without health care because they lack adequate insurance. This division of [...]

S.C.’s Health Insurance Marketplace: Red Flags Everywhere

From The Post & Courier: Panel discusses future of federal health reform in S.C. By Renee Dudley In a meeting at the Statehouse last month, a small group of state officials, legislators and residents representing special interests gathered to decide how health insurance should be bought and sold in years to come. The South Carolina [...]

Why American Health Care Costs Too Damn Much

Comparing Cost Of U.S. Health Care: We Pay Out The Nose

Yes, America, You Really Are Paying More For Health Care

From National Public Radio: Published: May 11, 2011 By Julie Rovner OK, health care is expensive. And the costs keep going up. But the latest report from the green-eyeshade experts at Milliman does include a few surprises about what is — and isn’t — driving those costs higher. First, a tidbit that sort of passes [...]

Hypocrisy Alert: DeMint’s Flip-Flop On Health Care Reform

From Talking Points Memo: Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Brian Beutler | May 6, 2011, 11:41AM Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has taken Dave Weigel for a spin in South Carolina. In 2007 DeMint endorsed Mitt Romney for President — indeed, served as his campaign co-chair — but reportedly won’t do [...]

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