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It’s now clear that health care “reform” is a bonanza for the insurance companies. But these acquisitive businesses want even more. Their efforts to increase their profits are at the center of the clandestine Senate and House negotiations currently shaping the health bill.

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]]> 2009-10-20T04:20:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091009_hes_earned_it_for_now/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091009_hes_earned_it_for_now/ afghanistan, barack obama, dick cheney, disarmament, george w. bush, israel, nobel peace prize, palestinian, russia, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

In Obama’s nine months as president, he has put U.S. relations with Russia on a more constructive course; has seen Iran agree to open its nuclear facility near Qom to international inspection; and, despite Israeli and Palestinian intransigence, has kept the two sides negotiating with America’s dogged envoy, George Mitchell, who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland.

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]]> 2009-10-10T02:03:45+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091005_the_missing_health_care_debate/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091005_the_missing_health_care_debate/ boyarsky, california, congress, corruption, debate, government, health, health care, insurance, money, obama, politics, public option, regulation, senate, venice, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

One way to give people a good deal on their health care is the so-called public option. A better way is the kind of strong regulation that isn’t even being discussed.

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]]> 2009-10-06T06:47:15+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090910_a_speech_even_insurance_companies_could_love/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090910_a_speech_even_insurance_companies_could_love/ boyarsky, campaign, congress, democrats, government, health, health care, house, media, medicare, obama, politics, public option, republicans, speech, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

President Barack Obama’s health care reform speech to Congress Wednesday night was impassioned, but it also echoed a lot of ideas from insurance company lobbying.

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]]> 2009-09-10T08:26:52+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090825_waxman_gears_up_for_health_care_showdown/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090825_waxman_gears_up_for_health_care_showdown/ health care, hospitals, insurance, john dingell, jon stewart, medicare, obama, senate, tom daschle, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

By the time Congress returns from its recess and takes another whack at the health insurance mess, Rep. Henry Waxman will have started revealing the deceit that protects health business profiteers.

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]]> 2009-08-26T02:19:21+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090219_health_care_reform_cant_wait/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090219_health_care_reform_cant_wait/ baucus, boyarsky, campaign, clinton, congress, daschle, democrats, economy, government, insurance, obama, politics, recession, republicans, taxes, waxman, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

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.

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]]> 2009-02-19T11:29:20+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090207_obamas_immigration_conundrum/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090207_obamas_immigration_conundrum/ aclu, civil liberties, homeland security, immigration, janet napolitano, national security, obama, torture, transgender, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

One of the worst messes facing the Obama administration is the disgraceful state of the federal government’s immigration detention centers.

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]]> 2009-02-08T05:52:02+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090120_boyarsky_jan_21_column/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090120_boyarsky_jan_21_column/ barack obama, inauguration, martin luther king jr., service, speech, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech was an inspiring call to national service. But you have to read it closely.

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]]> 2009-01-21T03:58:50+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090113_here_comes_the_change/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090113_here_comes_the_change/ bailout, barack obama, boyarsky, change, economy, fdr, great depression, hank paulson, inauguration, paul krugman, tarp, treasury, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Like many other people, I’d like to party all week when Barack Obama is sworn in as president. But this isn’t the year for it, not with unemployment rising and fear spreading through the land.

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]]> 2009-01-14T06:50:27+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090108_obama_will_back_israel/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090108_obama_will_back_israel/ blair, boyarsky, bush, campaign, egypt, gaza, hamas, hezbollah, history, iran, israel, mideast, obama, palestinians, peace, politics, recession, security, terrorism, un, violence, war, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The president-elect has struggled to stay out of the Gaza fight, but based on everything he said during the campaign, he appears determined to stand up for Israel.

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