PostPartisan: health care


Posted at 11:28 AM ET, 03/14/2013

Punch line of the day

Paul Ryan is not only still pretending that "repeal and replace" is a thing but also that Republicans deserve credit for the (fictional) "replace" portion.

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  11:28 AM ET, 03/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  health care, Paul Ryan

Posted at 03:50 PM ET, 01/03/2013

A Katrina echo in Sandy anger

"[W]hen a disaster comes that is not what you expect, you expect a human reaction, not a political reaction," said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco in 2007.

By Jonathan Capehart  |  03:50 PM ET, 01/03/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Chris Christie, health care, Hurricane Sandy, John Boehner, Republicans

Posted at 04:09 PM ET, 11/29/2012

Republicans' bizarre fiscal cliff rhetoric

Why are they demanding what the Democratic position should be on Medicare?

By Jonathan Bernstein  |  04:09 PM ET, 11/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Congress, fiscal cliff, health care, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Republicans, taxes

Posted at 04:42 PM ET, 06/28/2012

Medicaid mystery at SCOTUS

Why did the liberal justices join Roberts?

By Charles Lane  |  04:42 PM ET, 06/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Health care, Supreme Court

Posted at 03:17 PM ET, 06/25/2012

Dionne’s commenters and Obamacare

Welcome to the breathless anticipation edition of PostScript!

By Rachel Manteuffel  |  03:17 PM ET, 06/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  postscript, health care

Posted at 02:31 PM ET, 04/26/2012

Glenn Hubbard’s other misleading argument

Romney adviser Glenn Hubbard repeats a misleading argument about Social Security and Medicare.

By James Downie  |  02:31 PM ET, 04/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Wall Street Journal, Glenn Hubbard, Health care, CBO