A View From The Press Box

For the life of me, I cannot imagine how the Liberals in Congress–particularly in the Senate–can possibly get a health care reform bill passed that includes a public option of any kind. Can you? Read the rest of this entry »

If having 30-to-40 million uninsured Americans constitutes a “crisis,” how is it Congress is willing to wait three- or four years to put its “solution” into effect? What are people without coverage supposed to do in the meantime? I have an idea. Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. Senate leaders can’t be serious about proposed penalties against those who don’t buy insurance under their health care reform proposal. It is so low that if this provision survives, it almost assures the death of the private health insurance market.

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I came away from our annual P&C Executive Conference impressed by the feistiness of many of the top players speaking, compared to last year’s far more introspective and downbeat lot. Read the rest of this entry »