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Showing videos filed under: public option
Back to Work, Jesse Jackson and Day Labor
March 23, 2010Amidst all the hullabaloo over the health care bill in the past week, President Obama quietly signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, otherwise known as the HIRE Act or the jobs bill. But is the bill, mostly a collection of temporary corporate tax breaks, really going to put people to work--or will it bypass those most in need, often communities of color and urban residents?Health Care: Fight's Just Starting
March 23, 2010The House of Representatives, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, passed historic health care reform late Sunday night. That's a fact. Also a fact is that the bill is far from perfect, and legislators from all sides will be working to shape the bill more to their liking. Progressives regret the lack of a public option, let alone single payer, and the use of women's reproductive choice as a political football in the negotiations--Obama was forced into an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment's commitment not to use federal dollars for abortions.Health Care, Gary Younge, and Protesting Iraq
March 22, 2010The House of Representatives, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, passed historic health care reform late Sunday night. That's a fact. Also a fact is that the bill is far from perfect, and legislators from all sides will be working to shape the bill more to their liking. Progressives regret the lack of a public option, let alone single payer, and the use of women's reproductive choice as a political football in the negotiations--Obama was forced into an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment's commitment not to use federal dollars for abortions.The F Word: Stupak vs. The Nuns
March 20, 2010Poor Bart Stupak. Apparently his life has become a living hell. That's according to a recent profile in The Hill. Ever since he started trying to hold health care reform for ransom over abortion, he's had to deal with critics. He's had to deal, for example, with receiving letters from religious leaders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns.States' Rights, Wafaa Bilal, and Budrus
March 19, 2010As the health care bill drags toward a finish line, conservative opponents of the bill are raising a specter with some long history--"States' Rights." They claim to be able to nullify the federal reform bill on the state level, but the argument for states' rights has been made before to prevent progressive action from being taken, particularly around racial equalityStephanie Miller, Norman Finkelstein & Queer the Census
March 18, 2010Are we, maybe, possibly, going to see an end to the endless health care debate this weekend? With recent reports saying Dennis Kucinich has decided to vote for the bill, signs are pointing to yes. But without a public option, is this really health care reform we can believe in?Stephanie Miller: Put a Human Face on Healthcare
March 18, 2010Here to discuss--and make us laugh at--the fate of the health care bill, financial reform, and who the members of Congress are that we can count on to keep fighting for better reform is Stephanie Miller,host of The Stephanie Miller Show.Homestretch for Healthcare Reform
March 12, 2010After nearly a year's worth of fighting over health care reform, Congress is finally perceived to be in the final stretch. Of course, that means more fighting, more grandstanding from legislators on all sides, and last-ditch efforts to include a public option or keep alive the hope of single payer.Healthcare Reform, Protest for Palestine, and Student Protests
March 11, 2010After nearly a year's worth of fighting over health care reform, Congress is finally perceived to be in the final stretch. Of course, that means more fighting, more grandstanding from legislators on all sides, and last-ditch efforts to include a public option or keep alive the hope of single payer.Dean Baker: We Need to Keep Up Public Pressure to Reform Health Care
February 26, 2010Dean Baker reminds us that we need to keep pressuring Obama and our lawmakers to enact health care reform. Baker is Co-Director of the Center for Economic And Policy Research, and author of a new book, False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy. You can also check out his blog at Beat the Press.
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