Health Care For America Now

NEWS

Lieberman's Ties to Ex-Party Frayed by His Use of Swing Vote - Wall Street Journal

Sen. Joseph Lieberman's use of his swing vote to help quash a proposed expansion of Medicare marked the latest act in his deteriorating relationship with the Democratic Party.

Hospital, physician lobbyists fought Medicare buy-in plan - Washington Post

Four days before the Senate jettisoned the idea of expanding Medicare to younger Americans, a dozen Senate Democrats, including some of the chamber's most liberal members, dispatched a stern letter warning that the proposal would make it harder for elderly patients in parts of the country to find care.

Angry liberals: Why didn't Obama fight? - Politico

More than anything else in Barack Obama’s presidency so far, health reform has exposed a get-a-deal-at-any-cost side of Obama that infuriates his party’s progressives.

Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators - New York Times

As the battle over health care lurches toward a conclusion, President Obama is confronting an increasingly sharp divide on the Democratic left, with liberals in the Senate and the House split on a critical question: How much of what they want is enough?

OPINION

Tea Baggers Ignore U.S. Health Care's Daily "Die-In" - Crooks and Liars

On Tuesday, frothing at the mouth Tea Party faithful will protest health care reform legislation by descending on the Senate and holding a "die-in." But while the Tea Baggers will feign dropping dead to dramatize their opposition to health care reform they wrongly believe will leading to rationing, they seem blissfully unconcerned about the thousands of Americans who actually die each year due to lack of insurance.

Ben Nelson: ‘I’m Not On The Bill’ - Think Progress

Sen. Joe Liberman (I-CT) told reporters this afternoon that as long as “there are no other attempts” to bring the public option or the Medicare buy-in back into the health care bill, “I’m getting towards that position where I can say what I wanted to say all along, that I’m ready to vote for health care reform.” But as Lieberman was getting in, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) got out. “I’m not on the bill,” said Nelson, who spoke with Obama earlier Tuesday. “I have spoken with the president and he knows they are not wrapped up today. I think everybody understands they are not wrapped up today and that impression will not be given.”