While Rep. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the moderate “Blue Dog” Democrats wrestle over the cost of health care reform, another storm is brewing and it’s a nasty one: the abortion issue. In a nutshell, the proposed bill doesn’t contain language prohibiting federal funding of abortion

What? How can you possible link something like obesity to health insurance? Is that insinuating health insurance is some kind of health risk factor? Not exactly

While it’s pretty clear the Senate has foregone the August deadline, the House is still working furiously to pass legislation on health insurance and health care.

Malcolm Smith, the Senate’s top Democrat, conceded yesterday that the chamber won’t pass an overhaul of health care and health insurance by August. In a townhall meeting that same day, President Obama accepted this fact, as long as he sees “folks working diligently and consistently,” reports The Wall Street Journal

Last night, President Obama held a press conference in primetime to address all concerns about the health care and health insurance reform bills that are being drafted in both Houses of Congress. The first reactions from news analysts and political pundits was that the president didn’t offer much clarity on what was to come and left many of the critical details, such as how we were going to pay for it all, more or less up in the air. But if you don’t listen the political pundits, this press conference was probably nothing short of a success for the president. What most pundits never talk about is the fact that the average American doesn’t pay attention to them at all.