[And not one of them was paid a dime or expenses to do it. Most of the time their performances were worth every penny.] Right now, ... we're at abysmal . We're trying to move up to bad . |
[Nevertheless, he said he was encouraged.] Clearly they're thinking hard about all the key issues and seem to be moving toward a shared responsibility framework that says, 'Everybody's got to be part of this,' ... Today will be seen in the long run as a significant milestone in the process, where the House really began to create its own identity in terms of health reform. |
Based on the information we had last night, we thought it was prudent to go ahead and implement our pre-hurricane plan, |
Given the amount of money we spend on our health care system, it would be pretty scandalous if we weren't high up there. We get an 'A' in access (to emergency care), only because the rest of the darn nation is so bad. |
I like to divide the league into thirds. We're a middle tier team. |
It absolutely affirms the need for public policies to protect taxpayers from companies who deliberately shift responsibility for the health needs of their workers onto the backs of taxpayers. Every company on this list needs to take a second look at what's going on with health care benefits. |
It would have been nice to have some discussion with the leadership, |
It's a huge increase and unfortunately it's not a surprise. It's all tied to the cost of health insurance. It's either employers dropping coverage, which we haven't seen much of, or employers raising the cost of coverage to workers, so they can no longer afford it. |
It's become the thing to do when you're in Chicago — to sing during the seventh-inning stretch, ... Every day, people regularly ask, 'Who's pitching? And who's singing?' |
It's between 35,000 and 45,000 women, all low-income, many of them desperately poor and many of them attempting to get back into the workforce and finding a significant obstacle: the state of their teeth. |
One of the lessons we learned from other states, such as Maine, is that voluntary doesn't get you where you want to go. If you really want to achieve a dramatic breakthrough in expansion of coverage, you have to be willing to take the political heat and political risk. |
Our fans provide unconditional support. But it's time to win. |
People should look at what we did in Massachusetts more as a political blueprint and less as a policy blueprint. |
Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit, |
Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit. |