Yesterday I wrote that I didn’t think Diana DeGette and other strongly pro-choice Democrats would scuttle health care reform over the crappy deal women are bound to get out of any bill that eventually arrives at some compromise language on abortion. Matt Yglesias cites Theda Skocpol and offers further support for my read of the [...]
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More About Abortion & Health Care for Women and Children
March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform
Health Care Reform, Abortion Language, and Diana DeGette
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform
The Denver Post highlights House Democrats’ health care conundrums relative to endangered seats (Betsy Markey) and abortion language (Diana DeGette).
I can see the challenge facing a fractured Democratic caucus in an election year, and to be frank I’m not getting my hopes up for Betsy Markey’s vote. DeGette is a different story, however, and contra [...]
Tags: Abortion·Betsy Markey·Brian Beutler·Diana DeGette·Health care reform
Stupak Costs Taxpayers More
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Health care reform
Kevin Drum mulls the Stupak Amendment and nails it:
I wonder what the insurance industry thinks of this? I know that if I were an insurance company, I’d sure rather cover an abortion (cost = $500 or so) than a pregnancy carried to term (cost = $10,000 or so). But they’re probably too scared to speak [...]
Tags: Abortion·House Health Care Bill·Kevin Drum·Stupak Amendment
