Posted on 18 July 2010. Tags: Boston Globe, Convincing Evidence, Day Care Centers, Health And Human Services, Health Care Finance, Health Care Plan, Health Care Spending, Health Insurance, Heavenly Bodies, Insurance Brokers, Insurance Program, Judyann Bigby, Massachusetts Companies, Massachusetts Division, Massachusetts Employers, Retail Shops, Richard Powers, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Solar Eclipse, Solar Eclipses, Three Quarters, Unemployed Residents
We learned last week that a solar eclipse is a rare but beautiful convergence of heavenly bodies. When we have here is a rare but ugly convergence of past and future that has deep implications for the 2012 election. The Boston Globe is reporting that: The relentlessly rising cost of health insurance is prompting some small [...]
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Posted on 25 March 2010. Tags: Act Title, Affordable Care, Amendments, Bernie Madoff, Budgetary Discipline, Care Act, Class Act, Democrats, Inclusion, Insurance, Insurance Program, Kent Conrad, Long Term Insurance, Patient Protection, Ponzi Scheme, Roll Call Vote, Senate Bill, Washington Post
55 Democrats Vote For A “Ponzi Scheme.” Thune Amendment #3640: “REPEAL OF THE CLASS ACT. Title VIII of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the amendments made by that title are repealed.” (Thune Amendment #3640, Roll Call Vote #77, Motion To Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Failed 43-55: R 40-0; D 2-54; I 1-1, 3/24/10)
“Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) Called The CLASS Act ‘A Ponzi Scheme Of The First Order, The Kind Of Thing That Bernie Madoff Would Have Been Proud Of,’ And He Vowed To Block Its Inclusion In The Senate Bill.” (Proposed Long-Term Insurance Program Raises Questions,” The Washington Post, 10/27/09)
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