The White House Blog has posted a new letter that President Obama sent to the congressional leaders in both parties about the recent health care summit. To show that Democrats have incorporated Republican ideas, Obama pointed to four examples. I’m going to highlight the last: 4.Senator Barrasso raised a suggestion that we expand Health Savings [...]

President Obama and Sen. John Barrasso (R- WY) got into a very interesting back-and-forward during the bipartisan health care summit. Barrasso tried to defend catastrophic insurance saying it makes people the “best consumers of health care.” Obama thought that was insufficient for many lower middle class Americans. The important thing is that this is not [...]

During the bipartisan health care reform summit, President Obama said that they would try to bridge the divide between Democrats and Republicans on the issue. But Obama finally admitted that they simply might not be able to bridge the divide. There is just no way Republicans are going to vote for Obama’s omnibus health care [...]