Max Baucus Requires Health Care Rationing

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  October 1st at 04:30 PM  | 

The Washington Times recently took a look at the forced health care rationing in Chairman Max Baucus’s health care overhaul legislation: The offending provision is on Pages 80-81 of the unamended Baucus bill, hidden amid a lot of similar legislative mumbo-jumbo about Medicare payments to doctors. The key sentence: “Beginning in 2015, payment would be reduced by five percent if an aggregation of the physician’s | Read More »

The Thugs are Back in Town

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  September 23rd at 06:30 AM  | 

Update: Several Republican Members of Congress are beginning to call the Democrats out over this. Congressman Dave Camp wants to know why the White House is censoring companies – especially while leaving supporters of the president’s plan alone. And Mitch McConnell is calling out Democratic colleague Max Baucus. I’ve not had the chance to comment on this yet (except on Twitter), but the thuggish tactics | Read More »