99% of all health insurance markets are highly concentrated. That hasn’t been seen in an entire sector since the Gilded Age.

House Democrats received some good news in the form of a string of high-profile endorsements for H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act.” The AMA, AARP, American Cancer Society, and Consumers Union (non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports) have all endorsed the bill. The endorsements should help ensure that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will [...]

Democratic leadership looks ineffectual again. Sen. Harry Reid couldn’t get the votes together to restrain inflation of Medicare payments, allowing Republicans another winning hand in what has become little more than a political game instead of real health care reform.

The Hill reports the Senate failed to get even 50 votes Wednesday on a procedural motion on the Medicare “Doc fix,” the first health care reform-related bill. On a vote of 47-53, the Senate knocked down Majority Leader Reid’s motion to proceed on the so-called “Doc fix,” a bill to eliminate automatic Medicare cuts for [...]