AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

UnitedHealth Group Gets Millions from Federal Subsidy, Spends Millions Against Public Option

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to masaccio at firedoglake.com for this post UnitedHealth Group Gets Millions from Federal Subsidy, Spends Millions Against Public Option UnitedHealth Group (symbol UNH) has paid its shareholders $1.5bn so far this year, through its stock repurchase program, and an additional $55mn from its paltry dividend of $.03 per share. That compares … Read more

Sen. Jay Rockefeller explains why the “Baucus Caucus” Kent Conrad Co-Op option will not work

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), in pursuit of the ever elusive "bipartisanship" (like the mythical city of El Dorado), has effectively turned over his committee to his ranking minority member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). Mad Max apparently doesn't believe that elections have consequences or understand that Democrats now run … Read more

Democratic Message for August Recess: Insurers Are the Enemy of Health Care Insurance Reform

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Who has endorsed President Obama's effort to reform health care insurance? Doctor associations, including the AMA (a surprising first), nurses associations, several business organizations and large employers (including Wal-Mart), and yes, even insurance-related organizations like AARP. Who stands opposed to health care insurance reform? The health insurance monopolies (American Medical Association confirms … Read more

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) calls the GOP bluff on government run health care

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) has emerged as a leader for a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care option. On Thursday, July 30th, the anniversary date of the enactment of Medicare, Rep. Weiner offered an amendment to HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, rhetorically proposing to repeal Medicare – that "socialist" government … Read more

Cash for Clunkers

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Cash for Clunkers program has proven to be so popular with consumers that it is almost out of funding. The House voted Friday to inject another $2 billion into the program designed to revive domestic auto sales and the U.S. economy. House approves $2B more for 'cash for clunkers' The bill … Read more