Senate Health Care Reform Spells Trouble for Nebraska

Nebraska’s interests have become the nation’s interests as the health reform debate reaches a critical stage in Washington, D.C., and U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is one of a handful of key players who will determine whether the legislation helps or harms the state and the nation. While some senators, such as Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu, have [...]

It’s time now to focus on Arizona’s health-care system

Since last spring, the noisy and sometime rancorous health-care-reform debate has kept all eyes and ears on Washington. It now appears the probability is high that a health-care-reform bill will be signed by President Obama. Given what our state is contemplating with respect to the next round of budget cuts, I think some sharp focus [...]

Despite House approval, health care reform faces tough battle

Narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into law. The House voted 220-215 late Saturday, with 39 Democrats opposed and one Republican in favor, to approve what would be the [...]

Health care reform contains tax increases hidden in plain sight

To pay for health care reform, you’ll find billions of dollars in tax increases tucked inside the two major bills now before Congress – with each taking a vastly different approach to who ends up paying. Will it be the wealthiest among us, as proposed by the House bill, which levies a 5.4 percent income [...]

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