President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Read the transcript of President Obama’s remarks.
NEW: A Gallup Poll, published in the March 24 USA Today, shows 49 percent think passing the bill was “a good thing,” while just 40 percent think passage was bad for the country. Get details from USA Today.

On this historic [...]

David Frum, former Bush advisor and editor of a website “dedicated to the modernization and renewal of the Republican party and the conservative movement,” has written an opinion essay that should warm the hearts of liberals wondering what health reform may cost Democrats.
3/25/10 UPDATE: Frum’s essay sparked retaliation from The Wall Street Journal, which called [...]

Health reform has passed the House, and the reconciliation bill with its ‘tweaks’ has been sent to the Senate for action.
Dan Weintraub provides a useful summary of what changes are set to take place and when in this post from HealthyCal.org.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has a regional look at how representatives of various categories of [...]

The Congressional Budget Office report on the projected fiscal implications of the final health reform bill has been completed and is available HERE (NOTE: very large 1.6 MB PDF). Democrats say the report predicts the latest reform bill would cut the deficit by an amount greater than previous bills. The report also says the bill [...]

By Michele Ann Mareck, EDC member
I would like to offer a “big picture” comment on the recent very disturbing events in our county – events that reflect “tip of the iceberg” realities in our social fabric. [“For the record,” as they say, I am an elementary school teacher, 68 years old, from a ‘working class,’  [...]

The health care reform debate is not about good policy, it is about beating Obama at all costs. And that cost? Republicans and insurance companies win. The people lose.
Make sure congress gets the people’s message:
Americans want bold leadership, not bipartisan watered-down-to-nothing compromise. Americans want good policy and they will vote for Democrats who are strong [...]

The White House has released details of President Obama’s health care reform proposal. No public option is included.
Read a summary with links to specifics HERE.
Visit a new White House website about the upcoming health care meeting HERE.
Obama offers new health-care plan; GOP slams it as ‘government takeover’
The Washington Post, February 22, 2010
Obama’s Plan for Health [...]

On Wednesday, February 17, a four-member EDC group joined 15 others at a Progressive Democrats of America sponsored meeting at Congressman Brian Bilbray’s 50th District office in Solana Beach.
The event, titled “Healthcare Not Warfare” was attended by Nova Morgan (at left, holding large sign), Andrea Seavey, and Joanna Welch (in plaid shirt). Also participating was [...]