I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Democrats will likely strip the Medicare buy-in from the health care reform bill, various news outlets reported Monday night. The Medicare buy-in proposal would allow those from 55 to 64 to purchase Medicare coverage.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
U.S. Senate Democrats appeared close to dropping a proposal to let people between 55 and 64 purchase health insurance coverage through Medicare, but they said they remain resolved to pass health-care overhaul legislation this year.
The Medicare “buy-in” is a key component of a compromise version of the Senate bill brokered by a group of 10 liberals and centrists organized by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.). But following a Monday night meeting of Senate Democrats, several lawmakers said they believed the proposal would not remain part of the larger bill.
Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., is opposed to the Medicare buy-in proposal, and the Democrats in the Senate are looking for a 60th vote to end debate and vote on the bill itself. Lieberman is also opposed to a public option.
The Huffington Post reported Monday that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel personally told Reid to give Lieberman what he wanted on the health care reform bill.
