Some of the latest from the ongoing debate over ObamaCare…
Obama orders full speed ahead
The Washington Times op-ed has a nice paragraph that summarizes fairly simply why the plan needs to be defeated.
At stake is the biggest policy initiative of the year-old Obama presidency, a rewrite of the nation’s health care system that would trim hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, expand Medicaid, mandate that every American join a plan and rewrite rules telling insurance companies how they can operate.
Exactly.
Are Democrats whistling past the graveyard on ObamaCare?
Via Julie Mason:
Republicans warned they will use Obama’s reliance on parliamentary moves to push the unpopular bill through as a top campaign issue in the fall. Democrats are hoping Americans ignore rhetoric about voting procedures in Congress and credit them with passing something.
"I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right," Obama said of his latest proposal. read more »