Tag Archives: health care

Sealy’s uncertain future

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

After BAE Systems officially lost the Army truck deal, the city of Sealy and the surrounding Austin County are pondering what the effect will be. The impending loss or transformation of its largest employer will have a staggering effect on … Continue reading →

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The health care mess

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t know what will happen with health care reform. But I do know this: It can’t possibly be right for the Democrats to do what the Republicans want them to do. I play tournament bridge, and we bridge players … Continue reading →

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Abbott’s bogus health care claims

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

If there’s an opportunity to play politics, you can be sure AG Greg Abbott will take it. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that the push in Washington to force most Americans to buy health insurance may violate the … Continue reading →

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One Voice for Choice

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t usually get involved in the national stuff, but I’m totally on board with this idea and hope you will take action as you can. Ever since Stupak hijacked the health care bill, we’ve been watching.  So far, nothing … Continue reading →

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Our healthcare system is great, if you ignore all those people who can’t afford it

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

State Rep. John Zerwas demonstrates that being a physician doesn’t make you qualified to talk about health care reform. His article is as embarrassingly idea-free as his national colleagues’ plan was. After the usual paean to tort “reform” and invective … Continue reading →

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Please know a little something about Texas before you write about Texas

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

David Broder packs an awful lot of ignorance into these two sentences of his bizarrely hostile column about the Senate’s health care reform bill and the opt-out compromise. If a health care reform with an opt-out provision were to become … Continue reading →

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Doing the liveblogging thing

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I’m at the KUHT studios with Mike Reed and Ree-C Murphey for another round of “Houston Have Your Say”. You can follow our thoughts here. If you want to participate more actively, you can do it by voting in their … Continue reading →

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Houston, Have Your Say on health care

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Tuesday night, KUHF channel 8 will broadcast another edition of “Houston, Have Your Say”, with the topic being health care reform. Here’s what to expect: At 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 20th, HoustonPBS, in partnership with The Center for Houston’s Future, … Continue reading →

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The cost of doing nothing

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Just a reminder, as the health care reform battle lurches towards the finish line, that doing nothing is not a viable option. A week after a Texas agency reported health care reform legislation would cost the state’s Medicaid program an … Continue reading →

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Election tidbits for 9/23

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

– KTRK has another round of candidate videos, this time answering the question “How can you help Houstonians get to work?” – Peter Brown sends out another mailer, this one all about his blueprint for an “Even Better Houston”. You … Continue reading →

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Polling health care in CD28

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Daily Kos/Research 2000 conducted a series of polls in various Blue Dog Congressional districts, one of which was Rep. Henry Cuellar’s CD28. The results are here. To the question “Do you favor or oppose creating a government-administered health insurance option … Continue reading →

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Up, up, up…

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

That’s the direction your health insurance premiums have been going, at an ever-increasing rate. A national report that was released today says family health insurance premiums in Texas increased 91.6 percent since 2000 — 4.6 times faster than earnings. The … Continue reading →

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John Cornyn: For deficits before he was against them

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

There are many ridiculous things about our political discourse these days. Among them is the discussion of long-term federal budget deficit projections, in which the vast majority of Republicans, especially those who have been in office for more than a … Continue reading →

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Pete gets pwned

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

In case you haven’t been reading John Coby‘s coverage of Rep. Pete Olson’s hilariously off-message performance at a recent town hall, you should be. See here: Congressman Olson talks about the free market death panels Congressman Olson’s townhall mtg Update … Continue reading →

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Stenholm speaks

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s a really interesting interview with former Rep. Charlie Stenholm, who represented the Abilene-centered 17th District until it was redistricted into what is now the Lubbock-centered 19th in 2003. Stenholm was a founder of the Blue Dogs, and while there … Continue reading →

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Mickey Leland, 20 years later

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Twenty years ago today, US Representative Mickey Leland died in a plane crash while on a humanitarian trip to Ethiopia. His widow Alison Leland and State Sen. Rodney Ellis remember his legacy in today’s Chron. Twenty years ago our city, … Continue reading →

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If you can’t beat ’em, shout ’em down

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Ladies and gentlemen, your modern day Republican Party: Angry teabaggers and other opponents of health care reform are heckling members of Congress at their town hall meetings back home in an effort to sway the debate and drown out reform … Continue reading →

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Perrycare

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Who says Republicans don’t have any ideas about health care reform, or anything else for that matter? Here’s Rick Perry’s plan to overhaul the system. This afternoon, Rick Perry’s office released a letter the governor has sent to Health and … Continue reading →

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KBH to vote against Sotomayor

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Nobody is surprised by this, right? Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice. She said Tuesday she is concerned about Sotomayor’s views on the Second Amendment on the … Continue reading →

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Maddow on Perry

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I mentioned in passing that Governor Perry has decided that since his battle against the stimulus package was so effective, he needed to turn to health care reform, which he planned to oppose on 10th Amendment grounds. No, I have … Continue reading →

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Can we call this a bipartisan agreement?

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

From last week. As Democrats in Congress push harder for a government-run health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers in some reform bills, Sen. John Cornyn said it remains a “deal-breaker” with Republicans. From this week, via Kos. … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Workshop

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Public service announcement: Next Saturday, February 7, from 9 AM to 1 PM at Covenant Baptist Church (4949 Caroline, see map), the group Health Care For All Texas will be holding a workshop on “Health Reform: An Opportunity to Address … Continue reading →

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