by Markham Heid | Oct 13, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — As many had speculated, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was the lone voice of Republican support Tuesday when the Finance Committee approved its health care reform bill 14-9. Speaking immediately after the final committee vote, Snowe said, “I just did...
by Markham Heid | Oct 6, 2009 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — A panel of academics said Tuesday curbing medical malpractice litigation is not the “silver bullet” needed to slay the werewolf of rising health care costs. “Health policy myths become convenient truths,” said Gregg Bloche, a graduate of both the...
by Markham Heid | Oct 5, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Some say it’s a “tax,” while others say it’s a “penalty.” President Barack Obama, during a blustery exchange with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, insisted it was a “responsibility.” And Sen. Olympia Snowe has proposed calling it a “defined minimum...
by Markham Heid | Oct 1, 2009 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — In one of the final columns published before his death last Sunday, speechwriter and language maven William Safire wrote about the sudden popularity of the phrase “bending the curve” within the political vernacular, especially in the...
by Markham Heid | Sep 29, 2009 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Sans video camera, filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday turned his megaphone on the current health care system and those Blue Dog Democrats he claims are “dogging” the health care debate. Moore, an advocate of a single-payer, government-run health...
