By Igor Volsky. Published in Think Progress. March 23, 2011.
Today is the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act or health care reform into law, which, once fully implemented will cover 32 million Americans and begin to lower the rate of growth in health care spending.
By Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen. Posted on Talking Points Memo. April 29, 2009.
Universal health care and the reform of outdated labor laws are shaping up to be the two great policy battles of the year, if not the century. Business interests are dusting off decades of campaign rhetoric warning about the doomsday scenarios if Congress enacts "socialized" health care and the Employee Free Choice Act to give workers a decent shot a organizing unions. They're wrong about both issues, but will politicians and pundits believe them anyway?
FLASHBACK: One Year Ago, GOP Predicted ‘Armageddon’ If Health Reform Became Law
By Igor Volsky. Published in Think Progress. March 23, 2011.
Today is the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act or health care reform into law, which, once fully implemented will cover 32 million Americans and begin to lower the rate of growth in health care spending.
Read MoreCrying Wolf -- The Same Old Song on Health Care and Unions
By Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen. Posted on Talking Points Memo. April 29, 2009.
Universal health care and the reform of outdated labor laws are shaping up to be the two great policy battles of the year, if not the century. Business interests are dusting off decades of campaign rhetoric warning about the doomsday scenarios if Congress enacts "socialized" health care and the Employee Free Choice Act to give workers a decent shot a organizing unions. They're wrong about both issues, but will politicians and pundits believe them anyway?
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