- “It's really quite simple: No public option = no mandates. Simplify the bill by limiting it to preventing the insurance”
Posted on Progressives To Moderates: Do You Really Want To Kill Health Care Reform? November 17, 2009 7:00 PM - “I still don't think you have made the case for an individual mandate. Maybe health care reform without a mandate”
Posted on AHIP To Dems: Mandates Are An Idea Insurance Cos Can Get Behind October 12, 2009 3:43 PM - “Progressives really have no reason to support mandates in the absence of a public option. The public option keeps the”
Posted on AHIP To Dems: Mandates Are An Idea Insurance Cos Can Get Behind October 12, 2009 2:23 PM - “The real problem with short selling comes with naked short selling: the practice of selling a financial instrument short without”
Posted on Short Sellers: The Unsung Heroes of the Financial Crisis September 16, 2009 6:09 AM - “It IS possible to have health care reform which makes the situation worse. The more I think about it, John”
Posted on Size Matters: Why We Need a Big Bill August 31, 2009 11:28 AM - “Mandates are just a highly regressive tax imposed on those who can afford it the least. There has to be”
Posted on Stephanopoulos: Kennedy Would Have Agreed To Ditch The Public Option August 28, 2009 1:58 PM - “The way to tackle a complex problem is to break it into smaller pieces. Instead of trying to pass an”
Posted on The Public Option's Last Stand, and the Public's August 18, 2009 8:33 AM - “I really don't give a %@&@$ if there are mandates. The free rider problem is not MY problem. It is”
Posted on Are Mandates Mandatory? August 18, 2009 8:10 AM - “What makes you believe that the top 1% actually earned their incomes? Over the past year in particular, we have”
Posted on The House: Tax the Wealthy to Keep Everyone Healthy July 15, 2009 8:52 PM - “Market theory is based on two false premises: 1. People always act rationally and in their best interest. If this”
Posted on If the market's not rational, who is? July 14, 2009 2:43 PM - “The Democrats got it wrong in the last election: promising to provide everyone with the same coverage that Senators (and”
Posted on Lieberman: I Stand With The Small Minority Of Americans Who Oppose Public Option July 1, 2009 1:56 PM - “The politicians promise to give the people the same coverage they receive. Perhaps it would be more important to give”
Posted on MoveOn's Feinstein Ad: " News flash Senator: We don't expect you to lead just on the easy issues." June 27, 2009 7:01 AM - “Well, perhaps it is true that only 40% of the people North Carolina support single payer. But you can bet”
Posted on MoveOn To Target Hagan For Opposing The Public Option June 27, 2009 6:53 AM - “[So, would our private insurers sign up for the whole Swiss program?] Our insurers will not like any change from”
Posted on Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong June 24, 2009 6:11 PM - “Single payer and the public option are just that: options. There are a number of models which could be followed.”
Posted on Why the Critics of a Public Option for Health Care Are Wrong June 24, 2009 5:28 PM - “This all sounds nice, in theory. In practice, I don't see how it it accomplished: 1. How do you stop”
Posted on The Three Essentials of Financial Reform June 17, 2009 10:36 AM - “1. The world consists of independent atomic facts—existing states of affairs—out of which lger facts are built. But what are”
Posted on An Invitation to TPM for Another Discussion of Faith June 9, 2009 2:05 PM - “Ultimately, one must confront epistomological questions. How can we know anything? There are certain propositions which are accepted as axiomatic:”
Posted on An Invitation to TPM for Another Discussion of Faith June 9, 2009 1:32 PM - “Ultimately, one must confront epistomological questions. How can we know anything? There are certain propositions which are accepted as axiomatic:”
Posted on An Invitation to TPM for Another Discussion of Faith June 9, 2009 1:26 PM - “Actually, the New England Journal of Medicine printed a study determining that some 31 percent of US health care dollars,”
Posted on Watching Out for the Details in Healthcare, and How Hard the White House Pushes for Them June 9, 2009 10:42 AM - “I think the technical argument would be that they are not charged with a crime. Of course, this begs the”
Posted on Eighth Amendment: No Cruel and Unusual Punishment May 22, 2009 10:52 AM - “All this talk about class action lawsuits, mandatory arbitration and legislative changes is all happy talk which has nothing to”
Posted on The Great Credit Card Battle To Come April 25, 2009 1:09 PM - “Doesn't anyone see the irony of fundamentally amoral people talking about the moral obligation of consumers not to live beyond”
Posted on The Great Credit Card Battle To Come April 25, 2009 6:17 AM - “The solution to this is relatively simple. Since the high priced lawyers hired by the administration are not able to”
Posted on The Real Scandal of AIG March 16, 2009 11:17 AM - “Health care benefits often are illusory. Since they are paid by employers, they only exist while someone is employed by”
Posted on Taxing the "Rich" for Health Care February 26, 2009 2:57 PM - “Part of it is understanding the Republicans' goal. Their primary interest is in funneling money to their rich friends. If”
Posted on TPMDC Saturday Roundup February 8, 2009 12:42 PM - “It's really about leadership. If the banksters (rhymes with gangsters), who are our economic leaders, lie, cheat and steal, why”
Posted on Tom Daschle's Tax Problem February 1, 2009 2:35 PM - “Government bailouts should be given only to insolvent banks, if at all. A bank (or other company) which is insolvent”
Posted on Merrill Paid Billions In Bonuses, As New Owner Sought More Bailout Dollars January 22, 2009 11:49 PM - “Unfortunately, a Chapter 11 would not result in the firing of the banksters (rhymes with gangster) who have mismanaged their”
Posted on What Should Be Done With The Next $350 Billion of Taxpayer Bailout: Criteria for TARP II January 15, 2009 5:56 PM - “Let's see. We are in a depression, where the government is desperately trying to figure out how to spend in”
Posted on social security and medicare aren't entitlements January 8, 2009 12:54 PM
