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Last night’s not-the-state-of-the-union speech covered a lot of ground, some of it rather superficially. Although health care was one of the President’s three key initiatives, he kept his comments at the proverbial thirty thousand foot level. He did take credit, … Continue reading Obama’s speech – what does it mean for health reform?

There’s a little more clarity about who’s handling health reform on Capital Hill and which proposals are currently in the lead. In the Senate, sources indicate the Wyden-Bennett bill is currently off the table, set aside in deference to the … Continue reading The political winds and health reform

No, that’s not my entry for understatement of the decade. It is a follow up to my post last week about the impossibility of comprehensive health care reform given today’s rather difficult environment. Yet a recent editorial in the New … Continue reading Health care reform – we have to deal with costs

For the first time since the first two years of the Clinton administration, Democrats are going to dominate the House, Senate, and occupy the White House, giving Capitol Hill a decidedly blue tint. There’s lots on the agenda, but three … Continue reading The Democrats win big. Now what?