How Obama Can Win on Health Care

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 31, 2009 President Obama can still secure major health care legislation this year if he learns from his mistakes in recent months and spends more time reminding Americans why they were once eager for fundamental change.Obama can still secure major health care legislation this year if he learns from his mistakes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

American Plutocracy: Corruption Is In the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley / Truthdig Aug 1, 2009 To many observers, the recent New Jersey corruption sting, which resulted in the arrests of three mayors, two state assemblymen and five rabbis, seems rather surreal for the American social and political fabric. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Care Tyranny by 13 Obstructionists

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 31, 2009 The lawmakers charged with health care reform, hailing mostly from small states and rural areas, together represent only 13 million people, meaning those speaking for just 4 percent of America are maneuvering to impose their health care will on the other 96 percent of us. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Public Option Headed for Senate Death

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2009 Looks like the insurance companies are getting what they've paid for in the U.S. Congress. The Senate Finance Committee is closer to a deal with Republicans, which means no public health care option. The Blue Dogs, meanwhile, are still nipping at the heels of House Democrats. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Progressives Campaign Against Democrats

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2009 The Progressive Change Campaign Committee wants to run ads against Democrats, including John Kerry and Dianne Feinstein, who are working against a public health care option. They're already running this ad against Sen. Max Baucus in his home state of Montana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Aces in the Hole

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 20, 2009 It was not the soaring rhetoric that is Barack Obama's signature, but he recently offered the sound bite that may define his presidency: "Don't bet against us." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama and the Stone Tablets

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 29, 2009 The president has shied away from handing Congress his own plans on "stone tablets," but if he doesn't intervene in the health care debate, and soon, lawmakers are going to send him an unworkable monstrosity of a bill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health Care Fail

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2009 By one estimate, Sen. Max Baucus gets about $1,500 a day from the health industry. Who put this man in charge of health care reform? The senator's latest innovation in compromise is to slash proposed insurance subsidies in a bid to get Republicans on board. And forget about a government-run insurance program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congre$$, Heal Thyself

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 17, 2009 As the Obama administration pushes for a vote on health care reform before Congress recesses in August, has health industry money too thoroughly polluted the process for anything good to come of it? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Baucus’ Raucous Caucus

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 13, 2009 Single-payer advocates have been protesting in Senate Finance Committee hearings, chaired by Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Last week, at a committee hearing with 15 industry speakers, not one represented the single-payer perspective. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health Care Reform Can’t Wait

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 19, 2009 The national health care crisis, intensified by the recession, is so bad that nothing can be permitted to stop reform of the system, not even the implosion of the president's health czar. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )