Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small business would have no idea whether their doctor was going to be a apart of one of those plans. Jim Cooper ahpapproachaverage share on social
If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. Jim Cooper americanbankruptcychange Change image and share on social
It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away. Jim Cooper businessbuyfamily Change image and share on social
Almost every economist agrees that the American health care system is unsustainable. Medical care is so expensive that it is busting all of our budgets - government, business, and personal. Eventually, the medical price bubble will pop. What, then, are the alternatives? Jim Cooper agreealternativeamerican share on social
Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action. Jim Cooper actionbudgetbush Change image and share on social
Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history. Jim Cooper equalityhistoryhope Change image and share on social
We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame. Jim Cooper 123rdbearbody share on social
If Congress wanted to intervene with the Federal Reserve, well, we created the Federal Reserve. We could uncreate it. But would you want Congress regulating the money supply? We'd have drowned in inflation, or gone bankrupt, decades ago. Jim Cooper agobankruptcongress share on social
With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings. Jim Cooper boostcosteffective Change image and share on social
True partisans draft legislation that gives themselves everything and their enemies nothing. They love bills that repulse and even disgust the other side. Today's politics have become an all-or-nothing, black-or-white, zero-sum game - it's not a contact sport but a blood sport. Jim Cooper billblackblood share on social
