BY MATTHEW CONTINETTI,Weekly Standard Obama’s big push is coming Expect an announcement from President Obama tomorrow,March 3,that outlines the steps Democrats plan to take to enact health care reform via the parliamentary tactic called reconciliation. The lynchpin is the House,where Nancy Pelosi needs 216 votes to pass [...] By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,Expose Obama "The proposal to televise a February 25 health-care summit with Republicans grew out of a conclusion by top White House advisers that Obama had bested House GOP leaders during a 90-minute televised discussion in Baltimore last month,” according to the Washington Post. We [...] Henry Lamb,WorldNetDaily A reporter asked Majority Leader Harry Reid how he could justify exempting Nebraska from Medicaid payments forever,in exchange for Sen. Ben Nelson’s vote. His reply: There’s a hundred senators here. And I don’t know if there’s a senator that doesn’t have something in this bill that [...] The Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics The Reid bill duplicates the House bill provision that would effectively allow federal bureaucrats at the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to bar senior citizens from adding their own money,if they choose,to the government contribution in order to get private-fee-for-service Medicare [...] By Charles Krauthammer,Real Clear Politics The United States has the best health care in the world —but because of its inefficiencies,also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health-care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the complexity by adding [...] Politico.com Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill,House Democrats believe they’ve secured the 218 votes they need to approve the bill,several party insiders said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor about 6:30 p.m. to say,“Today we will pass the Affordable Health [...] by Bill O’Reilly,Human Events You’ve got to love Michael Moore. He’s running around promoting his new film that says capitalism is a terrible system,a rotten to the core philosophy. But hold it. Didn’t Moore have to raise money to make the movie through capitalistic vehicles? Or did his dad [...] By Stephen Dinan,Washington Times President Obama said this week that his health care plan won’t cover illegal immigrants,but argued that’s all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage. He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should [...] By Michelle Levi,CBS News Senior White House adviser David Axelrod said President Obama is "not willing to accept"that a so-called public option "is not going to be in the final package"of health-care legislation on "Face the Nation"Sunday. "He continues to believe it’s a good idea,"[...] | |