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 Rachel Claytor | Oct 1, 2009 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this player. “Mad as hell” doctors rally for health care reform. (Rachel Claytor/MNS) WASHINGTON-They are “mad as hell” and they want Congress to know it. Some of the players most affected by health care reform...
by Kristian Weatherspoon | Sep 29, 2009 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Senators spar over public option. (Rachel Claytor/MNS) WASHINGTON—The public option for health care is out, at least for now. The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday voted down two amendments to the health care insurance reform...
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...
by Katie Rogers | Sep 28, 2009 | Science + Technology
Get the Flash Player to see this player. WASHINGTON — Fighting for a single-payer health care plan, a band of Oregon-based doctors visited 26 cities in just more than three weeks. The final stop for the “Mad as Hell Doctors” was on Wednesday. A group...
