Democrats on Selling Obamacare: The Sixth Time’s the Charm

By: Jon Walker Tuesday January 18, 2011 8:39 am

How many times have you heard Democrats claim that “this moment” will be the magical opportunity when they convince the American people to like the new health care law? The newest “opportunity” to win the public over is apparently the House Republicans’ push for repeal. From the Hill: “Our biggest failure was that we passed [...]

Fed Health Site Opens Pools to the Uninsured, for Now

By: Jon Walker Thursday July 1, 2010 9:12 am

The government website for the new health-care law, HealthCare.gov, is now up. Overall it is a slick and user-friendly site. Clearly, a lot of work went into the web design. It’s just another sign of how the Obama Administration is determined to sell the new law, although it won’t serve many people at this point. [...]

High-Risk-Pool Time Bomb Looms While Baucus Wins Medicare for His Chosen Few

By: Jon Walker Tuesday June 29, 2010 3:25 pm

The media are finally waking up to the fact that the temporary high-risk pools created by the new health-care law were completely unfunded. Only $5 billion was set aside for the program, which is probably less than a third of what would be required to keep the program funded until 2014. This should not be [...]

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