Affordable Health Care for America Act
I like to say I was raised by ‘a pack of women.’ I grew up in a household of two sisters, a mother, and very frequently a grandmother, who all did their part in my up-bringing. One of the benefits of that, aside from my steady rotation of crushes on my sisters’ friends was...
The Stupak-Pitts amendment is relatively short–only twelve lines, eleven if you discount the section header. In fact, here is the entire text, quoted below: No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the...
Tort reform is a key aspect that must be included in any health care reform bill. Unfortunately, the latest bill, H.R. 3962 explicitly removes any cap on legal damages or attorney fee’s, as illustrated on page 1432, section 4a and 4b: (4) CONTENTS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL LIABILITY LAW.—The contents of an alternative liability law...
It’s very telling to see that the AFLCIO has already read all 1990 pages of H.R. 3962, performed conclusive analysis, including cost analysis and coverage analysis, all in the same day the bill was released. They posted this to their twitter account; @AFLCIO. The House health care bill: great on coverage, fairly financed, affordable....