Tag Archives: health care reform repeal

Judge strikes down key argument in case to repeal health care reform

Although the verdict isn’t in yet, comments made by a judge presiding over the highest profile case concerning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act suggest that one of the Right’s key arguments against the bill (e.g. the individual mandate) doesn’t hold much water: Specifically, (Eleventh Court of Appeals Judge Frank) Hull cast aside the [...]

Military-industrial-congressional-complex alive and well and screwing you over right now

On the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s prescient farewell address, your Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is busying itself with the futile, symbolic task of repealing “Obamacare” for reasons that aren’t hard to understand. If you’re watching this sad spectacle on C-SPAN, you’ll no doubt hear a lot of erroneous talk coming from the GOP about [...]