Month: December 2011

Key to Wyden/Ryan is the ACA

The Wyden/Ryan compromise Medicare reform was announced yesterday. Austin looked at the policy and politics; his series on premium support is required reading. Aaron also

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Reflex: December 16, 2011

There’s more backlash for Wyden than for Ryan on controversial Medicare plan, writes Brian Beutler. “First, the political consequences of the Wyden-Ryan alliance are worse

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RIP, Christopher Hitchens

One of the perks of having a reasonably well read blog that is that, once in a while, I get to write something that is out

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Post-debate thoughts

For heaven’s sake. The Ryan-Wyden plan was released today and there was not one substantive question on health policy. I thought there would be something; I

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On The Record

 Wyden/Ryan: white paper on their Medicare reform plan Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin continues his premium support series (accountability today), and reacts to the Wyden/Ryan

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Debate coverage tonight

Since the Fox News Republican debate is NOT on a Saturday night (which I reserve for a life), I will be live-tweeting tonight. Follow me

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Patience is not my virtue

OK, so I can’t entirely wait for the conference. Senator Wyden and Representative Ryan wrote an editorial today in the WSJ on their Medicare reform

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Reflex: December 15, 2011

Gingrich proposes more Medicare Advantage, reports Sarah Kliff. “What Gingrich proposes sounds a lot like what we have in Medicare right now: A public, traditional

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