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After Ripping Clinton And McCain, Obama Embraces Their Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, President Barack Obama challenged his critics to identify any "gap" between what he campaigned ...

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Medicare Part D Creators Now Working For Lobbyists With Billions At Stake

ProPublica | Olga Pierce | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollar...

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An Open Letter to Jane Smiley: Please Don't Believe Everything You Read

Maggie Mahar | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Maggie Mahar

Based on what the mainstream press has been reporting, the president is letting us down. But the truth is, the press is just engaging in a time-honored media sport: first build someone up then tear him down.

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Obama on Drugs: 98% Cheney?

Greg Palast | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Greg Palast

When Cheney was caught having secret meetings with oil companies, we denounced it as a case of foxes in the henhouse. But Obama's secret meetings, he assures us, are in the public interest.

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Health-Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign...What Happened?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

For some, the system works best when elites make the most fundamental decisions for our society, unencumbered by the trappings of "democracy", and when the population is depoliticized, misinformed, or both.

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Why Aren't Progressive Groups Protesting Obama's Back-Room Deal with Big Pharma?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Progressives were outraged when the Bush administration banned Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. It's time for outrage when the Obama administration does the same.

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The White House Deal with Big Pharma

James Love | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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James Love

The White House has abandoned any real effort to control costs in the pharma sector and Democrats have taken this hands-off approach as a green light to side with Big Pharma.

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Obama Embraces Drug Lobbyist He Targeted During Campaign

Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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As a candidate for president, Barack Obama lambasted drug companies and the influence they wielded in Washington. He even ran a television ad targetin...

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Salon: Blue Dogs Put Corporate Interests Over Party, Constituents

Salon | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Nobody could be better positioned than the Democrats who call themselves "Blue Dogs" to sabotage healthcare reform, the primary objective of their pre...

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Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

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Sam Stein

PhRMA CEO Urges GOP To Work With Obama On Health Care, But Won't Compromise Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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A key industry official in the health care debate praised the Obama administration on Tuesday for taking an "us"-oriented approach when it came to rev...

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