Make Your Voice Heard
On February 6, the White House Open Government Initiative launched a government wide public participation opportunity unprecedented in the history of our democracy. As part of the Open Government Directive issued in early December, every major agency published an open government website. These pages went live in early February complete with the latest news and [...]
Streaming at 11 AM: CTO Chopra and CIO Kundra Launch Open Government Plan
In an appropriate first for the White House, we’ll be announcing the White House’s Open Government Plan in a live online chat with Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. Watch the announcement, then ask your questions and make your suggestions live.
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Crass Warfare
We haven’t posted since Thursday because for us, Thanksgiving hasn’t happened yet; it’s a complicated dance involving my sister’s in-laws and trying to juggle two Thanksgivings at two different locations, coupled with several other family members having made commitments for Friday and Saturday — don’t ask! So we’re doing our Thanksgiving today. (And [...]
A Tale of Two Birds - the Vulture and the Eagle
Let’s sing a tale of two pieces of legislation. First, Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) offered up her take on ObamaCare. SqueakerCare on a nutshell:
Puts virtually all decisions about medical care in the hands, not of the patient, the doctor, or even the insurer, but in the iron fist of [...]
Medi-Fraud for Everyone
Guillermo Denis Gonzalez was released from prison in Florida in
2004 after serving 12 years for murder. By the end of 2006, he
owned a health care business officially licensed by Medicare.
This August, the Miami Herald
reported that Gonzalez pled guilty to filing $586,953 in
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No Deal
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus on Wednesday
released a much-anticipated $856 billion
health care bill (pdf) intended as a compromise measure.
While better in some respects from other Democratic proposals, it
would still put American on the pathway to a government-run
health care system.
After [...]
