Healthcare
As I said, I was a little late to John Loughlin’s healthcare town hall, a couple of weeks ago, but I did get most of it on video and capture a good number of interesting points from all involved.
Hiding behind his quaking fear of “violent rhetoric,” Congressman Patrick Kennedy staged a comfy tele-town hall meeting: Most of the participants — each of whom had their questions screened ahead of time by Kennedy staffers — appeared sympathetic toward changes to the nation’s health-care system. … Tiverton resident Teresa Rudd said she remained on the…
I’m about a half hour late, but I’ve made it all the way across town in Tiverton for John Loughlin’s healthcare town hall event, as part of his campaign for Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s seat. There are quite a few people here — somewhere around 130 or 140 — with a high local contingent. I can’t…
An interesting find by Joseph Bottum. Belmont Abbey College, an institution sponsored by Catholic monks, opted to remove provisions for abortion, contraception, and sterilization from the healthcare plan that it offered employees, as it must do as an institution run by believing Catholics. The matter will end up in court, but the Equal Employment Opportunity…
President Obama recently exhibited some clumsiness trying to play a shell game on illegal immigrants and health care reform: Even though I do not believe we can extend coverage to those who are here illegally, I also don’t simply believe we can simply ignore the fact that our immigration system is broken,” Mr. Obama said…
Steve Peoples’ article about this morning’s event focuses on Kennedy’s lamentation that heated protests may produce violence — of which (he stated) his family has seen too much. There’s an interesting juxtaposition if we play Peoples backwards, as it were (emphasis added): “Unfortunately, these town hall meetings have been hijacked by these Tea Party folks…
Inasmuch as the first 10-minute video clip from this morning’s forum on healthcare began attracting viewers almost as soon as I posted it, and the first has surpassed many clips from previous events that have been up for weeks, interest would seem to be high. Therefore, I’ve put the videos that the various computers involved…
The sales pitches for the Democrats’ healthcare reform are flying so furiously that it’s difficult to trace the intellectual threads that ought to be binding the various parts of the plan together. Consider: President Barack Obama has endorsed the proponents of the insurance tax. This says it would help lower health care costs by encouraging…
Quite a different event, Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s version of the healthcare forum. Whereas Congressman Langevin placed himself bare before a roiling theater setting and Senators Whitehouse and Reed rolled up their sleeves for a folksy round of after-dinner discussion (somewhat more controlled, but with agreement and disagreement), Kennedy is participating as a “special guest” in…
