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August, 2012
‘It’s a floor wax. No, it’s a dessert topping.’
August 31, 2012 – Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are peddling a magical Medicare concoction that's appetizing to seniors – promised protection from $716 in…
Convention’s pants on fire over Obamacare
August 30, 2012 – Perhaps conventions are not where you expect truth to be told. But should they at least be places where lies are not so…
A GOP victory and women’s health?
August 26, 2012 – On the eve of the Republican Convention, blogger Maggie Mahar wonders, "What would a Republican victory in November mean for women's…
Health reform: it’s having each other’s back
August 17, 2012 – Alleged Obamacare-related increase in price of Papa John's pizza ? 11 cents. Ensuring working Americans have a health care safety net?…
Ryan’s Medicare plan would ‘pave Paradise’
August 16, 2012 – It's not particularly helpful to either demonize or lionize Paul Ryan. Medicare needs to change and he has certainly made it a major point…
Massachusetts still leads way on reform
August 9, 2012 – In colonial times, Massachusetts was considered the "Cradle of Liberty" as the center of the fight for American Independence. That spirit…