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House to Vote on Health Care Bill Saturday

post from TalkLeft on 04 November 2009 11:56:00 PM. © TalkLeft

The House of Representatives will vote on the health care reform bill Saturday. The Republicans are offering their own bill, which is woefully inadequate:

The [Republican] measure would cover 3 million additional people at a cost of $60 billion through 2019, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Democrats' bill, by comparison, would cover far more -- 36 million additional Americans -- at a much higher cost -- $1.055 trillion through 2019, the CBO has said.

It would also result in more than 52 million uninusred Americans ten years from now. The Democrats' House bill would cover 96% of Americans in ten years. The AARP will announce its support for the House bill Thursday.

Revisions to the bill to rein in health insurance premium hikes have been introduced: [More...]

In a move aimed at health insurance companies, the revised House bill would launch a federal-state crackdown on what it terms “unjustified premium increases.’’ The federal Health and Human Services department would monitor patterns of premium increases, and could take action if the price hikes are out of line. The bill would also provide $1 billion to state insurance commissioners, allowing them to ramp up their own monitoring and enforcement.

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CBO: GOP Health Bill Wouldn't Increase % Covered

post from MyDD on 04 November 2009 11:55:53 PM. © MyDD

Not a huge surprise, but the Republicans' healthcare amendment would do literally nothing to decrease the percentage of Americans without coverage, per the CBO (.pdf): By 2019, CBO and JCT estimate, the number of nonelderly people without health[...]

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post from TalkLeft on 04 November 2009 11:50:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Yankees win!

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The New York Yankees won the 27th World Championship in their storied history by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 of the World Series. The Yankees won the series 4-2.

This is an Open Thread.

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 04 November 2009 11:30:45 PM. © Crooks and Liars

For me, Rush Limbaugh being "interviewed" for 30 minutes on Fox News was arguably the greatest advance in jaybird-naked cross-promotion since Mork showed up on Happy Days.

Open Thread below...

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Bachmann Rallies Tea Partiers for "Last Stand"

post from Talking Points Memo on 04 November 2009 11:21:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

We sent TPMDC's Evan McMorris-Santoro deep into the heart of the crazy tonight to get a preview of what we can expect from tomorrow's Tea Party / Town Hall on Capitol Hill. Evan sat in on a series of planning conference calls this evening and just filed[...]

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Open Thread and Diary Rescue

post from Daily Kos on 04 November 2009 11:16:09 PM. © Daily Kos

Tonight's Diary Rescue is brought to you by dadantion, Louisiana 1976, jlms qkw, dopper0189, ItsJessMe, and mem from somerville, with vcmvo2 editing

The diaries up for rescue are:

Marcion gives us a thorough background on the so-called winner in Searching for a credible local partner in Afghanistan after a failed election. (jlms qkw)

How truthful is drug advertising? noe44 tells us about this marketing in Blockbuster drug has blockbuster problems. (Louisiana 1976)

Tara the Antisocial Social Worker combines holidays, goddesses, and election commentary in How a Woman Becomes a Goddess: Morrigan. (jlms qkw)

Planned Parenthood volunteer escort LiberalTexan has doubts about the Bryan, Tx PP director's recent defection to the other side: Pro-Choice to Pro-Life: An Insider’s Look Into the Conversion of a Planned Parenthood Employee. (ItsJessMe)

dreaminonempty digs into the details in 2008 Electorate: East and South Asian Americans, Diverse and Growing. (jlms qkw)

rperks wonders what is up with the DOI delays on taking appropriate regulatory action, in Facing Coal Hard Facts at Interior Department. (ItsJessMe)

RogerShuler relates how idiocy lost in Artist Strikes a Blow for the First Amendment in Alabama. (dadanation)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: November 3, 2009.

virgomusic brings tonight's Top Comments - Preaching About the Choir Edition.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries from the past twenty-four hours in this Open Thread!

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Late Night: The Great Muppet Menace, Or, Ten Tiny
Trotskys on the Telephone Talking about DESTROYING AMERICA

post from Firedoglake on 04 November 2009 11:06:43 PM. © Firedoglake

Many threats threaten America with their threatening threatiness. Terrorism. Socialism. Cooties. Sesame Street.The Children’s Television Workshop? THE CHILDREN’S COMMUNISM FUCK-YOU-UNCLE-SAM-SHOP. Read this very important blog post and be[...]

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Late Night Music Club with U2

Title: VertigoArtist: U2
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Five years ago today I started my own humble little blog, and that same month U2 released the album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."

They've had considerably more traffic than I.

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Italy convicts 23 US CIA agents

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 04 November 2009 10:46:00 PM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

You never quite know where Italy is going next. The down side to these convictions is that it's falling on some but not all of those involved in the disgraceful "extraordinary rendition" policy. What about those who gave the orders at the top? Why should the Bush administration get a free pass on this? The Guardian:

Twenty-three Americans were tonight convicted of kidnapping by an Italian court at the end of the first trial anywhere in the world involving the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme for abducting terrorist suspects.

The former head of the CIA in Milan Robert Lady was given an eight-year jail sentence for his part in the seizure of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, who claimed that he was subsequently tortured in Egypt. Lady's superior, Jeff Castelli, the then head of the CIA in Italy, and two other Americans were acquitted on the grounds that they enjoyed diplomatic immunity.

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Hill Staffers, Listen Up!

Okay, sorry for the abrupt call to attention. But we need your help with something. We're going to be covering Michele Bachmann's Capitol Hill Tea Party/Town Hall event tomorrow. Not just the rally outside the building but whatever it is that's going[...]

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