Back in the 70s and 80s, the Democratic Party was a fairly uniformly libertarian organization. It was the party of civil rights for minorities,
Tag: health care reform
Wacky, hidden provisions of healthcare reform act
At 2,300 pages, including a lot of fine print, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act recently enacted into law contains some obscure provisions
Immediate benefits of healthcare reform bill
One argument opponents are using to try to block healthcare reform is that we’ll have to wait four years for change to begin. That’s
What the other “public option” can teach us
Community-owned-and-operated utilities are among America’s longest-running “public options.” So before writing off the healthcare public option completely and seeing it consigned to the junk
All aboard for healthcare reform
President Obama has sounded the train whistle signaling that health care reform is his fast-moving vehicle. A new, revised bill will be attached to the
New bill offers “Medicare for more”
We won’t get “Medicare for everyone” in the current healthcare bill, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich may vote “no” because of that. And we may
To TP or not to TP…that is the question
The path to enacting significant legislative measures in the Congress has become a war of words. Let’s be honest, the American people are at
Why I’m not organizing for America
As a former Obama campaign staffer, I’ve been asked repeatedly to get on board with Organizing for America [OFA], the successor to the original—and