In the waning days of the debate over health care legislation, the White House’s political team did a fairly good job of convincing Democrats in Congress, Washington reporters, and like-minded writers that the act would somehow get a lot more popular after it was actually signed into law. The latest CNN poll (PDF) shows that [...]

Democrats are preparing a campaign to sell the American people on their health care reform bill after it passes. To put it simply, this is going to be a painfully difficult job. Lacking allied voices and faced with unflinching GOP opposition, the burden on the White House and congressional Democrats to sell a completed health [...]

The Baucus bill creates a new ombudsman office that will “act as a consumer advocate.” This is a good idea. The problem is that Baucus makes the new ombudsman’s office nearly worthless by dramatically restricting individual ability to seek help with their insurance companies. According to Baucus’s mark: Policyholders whose health insurers have rejected claims [...]