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To Hell With the Health of the State

Robert I. Grundfest — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:33:52 +0000

I really do try to see the intellectual arguments behind the politicians that utter them and I really do try to keep my judgements closely aligned to the agree/disagree axis, as opposed to the anger/unreasonably mean axis that seems to be in vogue these day. But on both health care and the environment, I just […]

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Insurance, Young People And A Healthier American Future

Ezra Grant — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:47:19 +0000

A new report issued last week by the CDC contained some very good news – young Americans are taking advantage of a provision in the health care reform, signed into law by President Obama. Before President Obama’s historic health care reform law was passed, young people were generally dropped from their parents plan when they turned […]

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Health Care Reform Goes Before The Supreme Court

Ezra Grant — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:22:00 +0000

The announcement is made: beginning next March, the Republicans effort to officially take away your health care, and put your health decisions back into the hands of insurance companies, goes before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul —a case that […]

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Rick Perry Tried To Gain Benefits From Dead Texans

Ezra Grant — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:34:49 +0000

This is as slime-ball low as slime-ball low goes. A story in the Huffington Post details a scheme by Governor Rick Perry of Texas to make money off the dead. The scheme, according to the report, spoke about an arrangement the Perry administration proposed, where Wall Street investors would bet on how long retired teachers […]

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Republican Governor Rick Scott Gets Government Healthcare

Ezra Grant — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:24:02 +0000

This is a perfect case of “Do what I say, not as I do!”, and it furthers exemplifies the hypocrisy of today’s Republican party and the utter joke they have become. Case in point? Florida’s Republican Governor, Rick Scott: Scott and the rest of the Republicans, both in Congress and in state government, are on a rampage, […]

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A Few Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Abortions

Ezra Grant — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:43:49 +0000

Just a few things you may not have known about the women who have abortions. Almost 1 out of every 3 women in the United States will have an abortion before age 45 Most women having an abortion are in their 20’s 6 out of 10 women having an abortion already have children. And they […]

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Democrats Looking At Other Options Besides Individual Mandate

Ezra Grant — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:39:59 +0000

They’re pretty certain the provision will hold up against the onslaught of the Republicans and the Supreme Court, but just in case the unexpected happens, some Congressional Democrats are already making other preparations to replace the individual mandate. One idea floating around is that of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO). According to her plan, an open […]

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What Will A Health Care Repeal Mean For You

Ezra Grant — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:46:57 +0000

Senator Harry Reid Democrat from Nevada Republicans in the House of Representatives succeeded today in getting enough votes to repeal the Health Care Act, signed into Law by President Obama in March 2010. They are trying to persuade the Senate – which is still controlled by Democrats and led by Harry Reid of Nevada – […]

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