For almost twenty-five years the federal government has banned federal employees from choosing a health care plan that covered abortion.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business
Let's have the government assume the cost of providing health care to auto workers, and have it take the lead in deciding how those health dollars are spent.
Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Health care could easily be the glue that brings us all together, but instead it is the stuff that is keeping us apart. Why is there no one fighting for me, and others like me?
newyorker.com | Posted by Avi Zenilman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
This morning, President-elect Barack Obama formally announced his plan to nominate former Democratic Senator Tom Daschle as his Secretary of Health an...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
In a press conference designed to focus on the appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Barack Obama was besieged almost ...
The American Prospect | Ezra Klein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
Tom Daschle is no ordinary appointment. Not just because of his experience, or relationships, or prestige. The connection between Daschle and Obama is...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday he's "absolutely certain" no one close to him was involved in an alleged plot by Gov. Rod B...
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
Obama has made clear his belief that health care reform requires first "reforming how government communicates with the American people." And that effort seems to be moving forward as we speak.
Washington Post | Ceci Connolly | Posted 01.04.2009 | Home
Under the best of circumstances, overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services is an enormous undertaking. With 65,000 employees and a budget...
Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
A familiar coalition of hawks, hardliners, and neoconservatives expects Barack Obama's proposed talks with Iran to fail -- and they're already proposing an escalating set of measures instead.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
The commitment of Barack Obama to have an open dialogue, whether it be in revealing donors or crafting policy, is one of the defining features of his ...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton could play the heavy with the Israeli government (for once) and demand that it makes serious concessions toward creating an independent Palestinian state.
Paul Szep | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
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The Media Consortium | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home
By Lindsay Beyerstein, MediaWire blogger It's official, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschl...
David Sirota | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Though as a former senate majority leader Daschle seems like a conventional cabinet pick, his deep understanding of the role that states must play in health care sets him apart.
Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Daschle alumni constitute their own cluster of critical mass within the Obama network; at least nine senior campaign advisers have ties to the former Senate leader.
Kate Kelly | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
With 47 million Americans lacking health insurance and a woeful absence of emphasis on any type of preventive health care in our country, Tom Daschle faces a vital but Herculean task.
David Kirby | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Senator Daschle is not anti-vaccine, but his record shows his willingness to question -- and even oppose -- vaccine makers and big pharmaceutical interests when it comes to protecting the rights of American medical consumers.
Amie Newman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
The former S. Dakota senator may please some inside-the-Beltway Democrats, but the reaction of reproductive and sexual health advocates working on the ground will be interesting to gauge.
Matt Littman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Here's what you need to be a great Secretary of State: a massive ego. Would Hillary Clinton have the potential to be a great Secretary of State? Absolutely.
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
***UPDATE*** 12/11 9 AM Daschle will not only serve as Obama's Health and Human Services secretary, a decision expected to be announced today, but wi...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
And that's why ABC is including the right-wing hate talker in a primetime special of the year's most fascinating people. Because naturally, in a yea...
William Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
Even if helping Obama means more to Rahm Emanuel than his personal political career, he can do more for Barack by staying in the House.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
***Check Back For Updates*** Update 10/28 The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder runs rumored intelligence about the Obama cabinet and reports to have receiv...
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics
Obama's got to ask himself as he considers Daschle for Chief of Staff -- does he want change and success or hypocrisy, capitulation and defeat?
Kirsten Moore | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics