After Ripping Clinton And McCain, Obama Embraces Their Policies
In an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, President Barack Obama challenged his critics to identify any "gap" between what he campaigned ...
In an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, President Barack Obama challenged his critics to identify any "gap" between what he campaigned ...
ProPublica | Olga Pierce | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
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...
Maggie Mahar | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
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.
Greg Palast | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
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.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
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.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
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.
James Love | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
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.
Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama lambasted drug companies and the influence they wielded in Washington. He even ran a television ad targetin...
Salon | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Nobody could be better positioned than the Democrats who call themselves "Blue Dogs" to sabotage healthcare reform, the primary objective of their pre...
Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics