Obamacare

This was evident right away, when Sen. Mitch McConnell handed the floor over to Sen. Lamar Alexander for opening Republican remarks — apparently without the president’s prior knowledge or permission — and Alexander, a former governor and presidential candidate, proceeded to look the president directly in the eye, at eye-level, ...

Washington D.C. Examiner, February 25, 2010 To the surprise of virtually no one, President Obama’s health reform summit did little to change the course of the healthcare debate. Although the president claimed that he was interested in incorporating Republican ideas into his reform plan, he acknowledged that he didn’t know ...

Of course, there will be no grand reopening, no joyful children, and no bands, just the same old Obamacare — which is not something Americans would get to choose whether to buy so much as it would be forced down their throats by any means possible, including via “budget reconciliation” ...

President Obama has signaled that he’d be willing to work with Republicans if they could build on their shared goals for reform, like reducing insurance premiums. Such a spirit of compromise is desperately needed, as lawmakers from both parties must forge a more prudent course in pursuit of health reform. ...

State House Call, February 10, 2010 President Obama has signaled that he’d be willing to work with Republicans if they could build on their shared goals for reform, like reducing insurance premiums. Such a spirit of compromise is desperately needed, as lawmakers from both parties must forge a more prudent ...

Forbes, February 4, 2010 Last week President Obama sparred with House Republicans in an unprecedented debate that highlighted the two parties’ differences on the issues, particularly health reform. The president signaled that he’d be willing to work with Republicans if they could build on their shared goals for reform, like ...

Over the past several months, White House budget director Peter Orszag has emphasized that rising federal health care costs threaten to cripple our nation financially. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed in May, Mr. Orszag wrote that the effects of “every other fiscal policy variable” on federal deficits would be ...

Instead, Democratic leaders are talking about scaling back their current bills and trying to pick off a few isolated Republicans without ever having invited the GOP to the table in any meaningful way. This might have worked a few months ago, but things have changed. On the CBS Early Show, ...

Memo to House Dems: Just say ‘no’ to Obamacare. “The Democratic Party is lashed to health reform—even in the face of polls showing tepid public support.” Thus Politico’s Carrie Brown paraphrases senior Democratic aides. As unappealing as that predicament may sound, Brown writes that those same aides say “it would ...