by Michael Bryan The new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or as the GOP has so ably dubbed it, "Obamacare", allows the creation of state-based insurance exchange boards that will collect information on single and small group policies and make them available to eligible buyers. The idea is to enable consumers to easily … Read more
by David Safier The Andrew Breitbart/James O'Keefe crowd are at it again. Awhile back, by putting together a carefully edited video of visits to ACORN creating the impression of a rogue organization, they pretty much ended ACORN's existence. Now they're using the same tactics against Planned Parenthood. A group called Live Action released a secretly … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …Last week, in their war on brown people, the nativists in the AZ lege opened up a new front, targeting children. Now, they're going after the sick and injured… During the 17th, 18th, and even 19th centuries, when the British Navy ran short on recruits to man their ships, … Read more
…and they're aiming at the state's most vulnerable residents… By Craig McDermott Wednesday afternoon, the Arizona Legislature convened a special session in order to pass bills related to Governor Jan Brewer's plan to kick 280,000 people off of AHCCCS. The first order of business was to declare an "emergency" and suspend the rules … Read more
by David Safier On the one hand, I'm pleased to see the Star ran a front page article questioning the Republicans' claim that the Health Care law will cost jobs. On the other hand . . . The Star headline is Health law effect on jobs is unclear Unclear? Well, yes, no one has a … Read more