GOP Repeals Healthcare Law Even Though About Half of Americans Have Preexisting Conditions
On Wednesday, the House Republican majority made good on its dog and pony show of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). All 242 Republicans in the chamber voted to repeal, along with three Democrats. Never mind that 129 million Americans would be […]
Nobel Laureate Endorses Single Payer
Here’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has to say about single payer, in an interview published in The Times of India: Why have you been pitching for a single payer system for health insurance rather than a system where several private companies compete?The US […]
Freshman Congressman to the People: I Got Mine, Screw You
If they ever hand out a prize for Hypocritical Freshman Congressperson of the Year, Andy Harris would win first place. In an amazing display of audacity, Harris, a Republican elected Nov. 2 to a Maryland congressional seat on an anti-healthcare reform platform, complained during an […]
Ranks of the Uninsured Reach Almost 59 Million
The United States just reached a new milestone in the Hall of Shame: nearly 59 million Americans were uninsured for at least part of 2010, according to officials at the Centers for Disease Control. That’s more uninsured Americans than the entire populations of some industrialized […]
