There are death panels, communist takeovers, and the end of liberty as we know it, and then there are more rational criticisms of the health care bill. Greg Mankiw, former chairman of George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, offers this post: Healthcare, Trade Offs, and the Road Ahead One thing I have been struck [...]

See, the health care bill is already paying dividends…for the person who thought this up. Wonder if they had one ready in the event the bill didn’t pass.

“Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s. It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster.” Former Bush speechwriter and Republican thinker David Frum has posted an article on his site that is making the Web rounds. It argues that Republicans have made a huge tactical error in refusing [...]

A lot of people are engaging in online debates and conversations about the health care bill today. and it’s especially interesting to observe the muted, if any, celebration of liberals and other engaged Democrats about their party’s success in pushing through the legislation, overcoming what many political handicappers pegged as extremely long odds. Their disappointment [...]

In January, after Massachussetts sent Republican Scott Brown to the Senate, destroying the Democratic supermajority needed to pass the health care overhaul without resorting to the reconciliation process, the plan appeared all but dead. Now, some view the bill’s success as comparable to the Resurrection, while others liken it more to the return of Jason [...]

And so it is done. The health care bill is on its way to President Obama for his signature, at which point it becomes the law of the land. Then, this week, the Senate will take up a series of changes that Democratic House members demanded in exchange for passing the Senate bill. Reaction from [...]

From the Kaiser Family Foundation site, the Health Reform Subsidy Calculator, which figures out health insurance premiums and government subsidies toward paying them for purchasers of individual insurance under the House, Senate, and Obama compromise plans. Not applicable to those who already receive coverage through an employer.

Who’d have thought CSPAN was going to be the most dramatic thing on TV this weekend? Some assorted commentary on the impending health care bill vote in the House, which is slated for Sunday and which will in part resolve the long-running issue one way or the other. Managed Care Matters: Unsustainable, irrational, unaffordable health [...]

“I decided long ago that this is one of the few issues I will decide without regard for political impact – it is too important. I will cast my vote on the basis of what I think is in the best interest of our country, state and district; if there is a political price to [...]

On Intrade, a futures exchange in which people can place bets on whether specific events will occur or not, the wager titled “Will ‘Obamacare’ health care reform become law in the United States before midnight ET 30 Jun 2010″ is now priced at about 78. That means the market for this bet has judged the [...]