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Joe Scarborough said on MTP yesterday and Morning Joe this morning that the health care bill soon to be passed in the senate is a gift to the insurance companies. Can someone here explain why? Seems to me it's going to be a lot more regulation and mandates that the insurers have to comply with. That will cost them more $$$ which will just be passed on to business/consumers in premium increases. Also, aren't these health care "exchanges" a lot like a public option?I guess I'd be curious to know what is in the senate bill that is actually a...

By Kathleen Parker Sunday, December 20, 2009 Perhaps it is the spirit of the season, but my empathy receptors are in overdrive for poor Barack Obama. All he wanted for Christmas was a health-care reform bill -- and all he got was a lousy insurance industry bailout that few can love. Lefties hate it because there's no public option and no Medicare buy-in for those 55 and over. Righties hate it because requiring that Americans buy private insurance or face penalties means taxpayers will have to hand over more of their hard-earned dollars (assuming they have a job) to the...

CNN: Sarah Palin's 'Death Panel' Comment Wins 'Lie of the Year' By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-12-20 18:44 If President Obama or any Democrat had actually won the dubious honor of committing PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year," do you think CNN would have reported it? Fat chance, right? Before you answer, consider the glee exhibited by CNN's Josh Levs Sunday when he announced Sarah Palin had "won" for her Facebook comment concerning a "death panel" in healthcare reform legislation (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Story Balloon [1]): BETTY NGUYEN, CO-ANCHOR: Well, let's talk about politics, shall we? Something...