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GRITtv: Healthcare: What About the Mandate?
As Republicans take over the House of Representatives vowing to overturn Obama's health care reform, debate rages still among progressives as well about the best way to move forward toward still better health care for all. A judge in Virginia ruled the individual mandate portion of the bill unconstititional, and the case will likely wind up with the Supreme Court. Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog says that progressives should cheer the end of the individual mandate; Maggie Mahar of the Health Beat Blog at the Century Foundation argues that the individual mandate is essential to health care reform. They join Laura for a spirited debate over health care policy, proving that the process is far from over.
Email this pageGRITtv: Health Care: What's In The Bill, Anyway?
The most asked question after the historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the health care bill, is "How does this affect me?" While we can't answer all your individual questions in a 30-minute show (or a week of 30-minute shows), we thought we'd pull in some experts to lay out what's in the new law. Jacob Hacker, Yale professor, is known as "The Father of the Public Option," and Maggie Mahar is the author of Money-Driven Medicine and editor of HealthBeatBlog.org, and they join us to break down the pluses and minuses of the biggest social reform legislation since the Johnson era.
GRITtv: Mar. 24 2010
The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans? Concerted attacks from the right were the main cause, but, Jim Naureckas notes, inaccurate reporting by the nation's major news outlets didn't help. Naureckas is the editor of Extra!, the magazine put out by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the media watchdog organization, and he joins Laura to talk about the problems with the newspapers' accounts of the ACORN saga. The most oft-asked question after the historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the health care bill, is "How does this affect me?" While we can't answer all your individual questions in a 30-minute show (or a week of 30-minute shows), we thought we'd pull in some experts to lay out what's in the new law. Jacob Hacker, Yale professor, is known as "The Father of the Public Option," and Maggie Mahar is the author of Money-Driven Medicine and editor of HealthBeatBlog.org, and they join us to break down the pluses and minuses of the biggest social reform legislation since the Johnson era. What does FOX News have to do with the demise of ACORN? According to this segment from our friends at Brave New Films, quite a lot. FOX's lead sent other news outlets scurrying after the non-story of James O'Keefe's infamous "pimp and prostitute" video, and kept up a steady drumbeat that saw the organization stripped of funds and forced to close its doors.
GRITtv: Who Elected Joe Lieberman President?
When word broke last night that Joe Lieberman had taken the health care bill hostage and that it appeared the White House and Senate Majority Leader Reid were ready to cave, progressives howled. How the heck did Joe Lieberman, party of one, wind up in charge? Jacob Hacker, the "father of the public option," Prof. Stanley Resor, Maggie Mahar of HealthBeatBlog and Harpers Luke Mitchell try to explain what's left in the bill and what's likely to happen next.
GRITtv: It's a Start: Debating Health Care in the Senate
The Senate held a dramatic vote just to begin debate on Harry Reid's health care bill, and already there's more than enough drama, controversy, grandstanding, egos and filibuster threats to go around. Is it possible to come out of the Senate with a more progressive bill than the House passed? Joining us are Maggie Mahar, editor of Healthbeatblog.org, John Nichols of The Nation, Jonathan Cohn, senior editor at The New Republic and Olga Pierce, lead health care reporter at ProPublica.
GRITtv: Dec. 2, 2009
Barack Obama, in a dramatic speech last night, was arguing for escalation in Afghanistan. The real down payment on America's future, of course, would be investing in the health of its citizens. Joining us to discuss the health care bill are Maggie Mahar, John Nichols, Jonathan Cohn and Olga Pierce. Obama called the escalation an investment in America's future, but what about the Afghan people? Zoya, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of RAWA, joins us to talk about what would really be best for the women--and all the people--of Afghanistan, and Brave New Films brings us messages for Obama from many Afghan citizens who want a peaceful exit for US soldiers.
GRITtv: What's Left of the Public Option?
Back in June a NYT/CBS News poll found that the majority of Americans support a public option, a government run insurance plan to compete with private insurers. More than 500,000 doctors support a public option. It hardly seems controversial. But many fear, and with good reason, that it won't be part of whatever kind of bill ends up on the president's desk. Maggie Mahar, Lester Feder and Dr. Manisha Sharma talk about the Baucus bill and whether it will be improved.
GRITtv: September 23, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, is on Grittv today. She says that all countries, industrialized and developing, must learn to live within their means. Maathai was in New York for the UN summit on climate change, which she addressed yesterday. Speaking of pledges and promises, what remains of the public option? Will it survive? Maggie Mahar, author of "Money-Driven Medicine," offers opinions and suggestions.
GRITtv: Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle
August was a dark month, so to speak, for advocates of healthcare reform--public option or single payer. Where were the activists? And what's the message? Marshall Ganz, a long time organizer and lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Maggie Mahar, the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much, and Nina Agrawal, Director of Community Outreach for National Physicians Alliance in NY on what needs to be done to win the healthcare war.
GRITtv: September 1, 2009
August was a dark month, so to speak, for advocates of healthcare reform—public option or single payer. Where were the activists? And what’s the message?
Marshall Ganz, a long time organizer and lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Maggie Mahar, the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much, and Nina Agrawal, Director of Community Outreach for National Physicians Alliance in NY on what needs to be done to win the healthcare war.
