Ezra Klein of the Washington Post has said a version of this already today, but it’s worth repeating. There is only a very, very slim chance that the individual mandate will be repealed by Congress, despite Politico’s contention that the policy might be on the ropes thanks to four Democratic senators.
As Ezra points out – and …
Here’s my story about the West Virginia Senate race. Though, interestingly PPP has a poll out today showing Governor Joe Manchin retaking the lead. PPP’s been pretty spot on this cycle, but there’s still three weeks left before voting, several lifetimes in terms of newscycles. And yesterday Sarah Palin endorsed Republican John Raese. …
I spent the last few days in West Virginia looking at the special election for Robert Byrd’s Senate seat. Two-term Governor Joe Manchin, a Democrat who until recently was leading by double digits, has seized on a TV ad put up by the independent expenditure arm of the National Republican Senatorial Committee that features some guys at a …
Nope, you won’t see a public option in the legislation that is expected to come to a vote in the House later this week. But if it passes, we may well see a public option established in some–maybe many–states.
As Kate and I have written before, if this bill becomes law, states will be on the front lines of health reform. What they do …