Tag Archives: health care reform

Therefore we don’t need Obamacare. Or something.(Via Think Progress)

“Because our legislative, judicial and executive branches of government hold the 10th Amendment in contempt, I’m beginning to wonder if it would have been best had the South won the Civil War. Our Founding Fathers’ concept of limited government is dead. Because of the chief justice’s vote, Fedzilla just burped and is now prepared to gobble up even more of …

“People now don’t die from prostate cancer, breast cancer and some of the other things. The fact of the matter is, our healthcare today is so much better, we’re living so much longer, because of innovations in drug development, surgical procedures, stents, implantable cardiac defibrillators, neural stimulators — they didn’t exist 10 years ago. The increase in cost is not …

Details.

They’re always looking for an angle. The House as early as next week will pass legislation prohibiting the IRS from receiving any money from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the 2010 healthcare reform law. Passage of the financial services spending bill is especially timely in light of last week’s Supreme Court ruling that penalties the …

Not even close. (Via Think Progress)

“Floridians are interested in jobs and economic growth, a quality education for their children, and keeping the cost of living low. Neither of these major provisions in ObamaCare will achieve those goals, and since Florida is legally allowed to opt out, that’s the right decision for our citizens. The real problem with health care is that costs continue to rise. …

I’d say we can call this “spiking the ball.” And Joe Biden’s hot mic gaffe lives on. T-shirts on sale here.

Right down the middle and along party lines. Source.

The Wall Street Journal reports: The Massachusetts Democratic Party has invited supporters to gather at 8 tonight at the historic Boston Common to say, “Thank you, Teddy and celebrate today’s Supreme Court ruling!” “Teddy,” of course, refers to the late Edward Kennedy, a longtime Democratic Massachusetts senator who called providing health care for all, the nation’s great “unfinished business.” “Today, …

Check out how the nation’s editorial cartoonists reacted to yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling.

(Tipped by JMG reader Derek)

The GOP now has their 2012 theme.

Buzzfeed is collecting all those images which have been pouring into your Facebook feed since 10am. Click and grin.

Nailed it.

The Romney campaign has issued a press release claiming they received over $1 million dollars in donations in the first hour after the ruling was issued.