Obamacare Ruling Roundup and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. attorney general being held in contempt and why Bill O'Reilly should apologize. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Biden Defines Depression, Stewart on the New ‘Gate,’ and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 28, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the SCOTUS health care decision countdown and Sen. Rand Paul wading into the personhood debate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Wants Donor Secrecy, Limbaugh Is Scared, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 27, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including an update on the messy voter purge in Florida and a "death panel" revival of sorts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Health Care Ruling Looms, Arpaio on Immigration, and More

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including reaction and nonreaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Arizona immigration law; also, Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter to criticize a presidential candidate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Recall Elections, Proposition 8 Moves Closer to Supreme Court and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 6, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the Wisconsin recall election, the next step in the battle to legalize same-sex marriage in California and Bill O'Reilly's election prediction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Liberty and Health Care for All

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 "There is an important connection, a profound connection, between that problem and liberty. And I do think it's important that we not lose sight of that," Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court. Can Congress mandate the purchase of health insurance? If so, what about broccoli or burial insurance? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Day 2 in the Health Care Showdown

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2012 Tuesday marked the second day of arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over key aspects of President Obama's health care reform law, and the top court's conservative justices were at the ready with pointed questions for the Obama administration's lawyer about the stipulation that would require all Americans to have health insurance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Biggest Win Could Be His Biggest Weakness

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 17, 2012 Conservative super PACs, along with Republican presidential and congressional candidates, are aiming at President Barack Obama’s health care reform, figuring that “Obamacare” and the program’s shaky support will be a deadly weapon against Democrats facing a difficult election year.It’s conceivable that the nation might as well prepare a White House welcome mat for Mitt Romney, the man who invented Obamacare (Romneycare) and now campaigns against it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What’s Really at Stake in 2012

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Observing the liberal Democratic critics of President Barack Obama set me wondering whether they ever listen to the Republican candidates. Haven’t they noticed that the Republicans want to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the rest of the economic protections for the poor and the middle class? Observing the liberal Democratic critics of President Barack Obama set me wondering whether they ever listen to the Republican candidates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Flock This Way

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White House Pushing Big Pharma to Report Payments to MDs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2012 The Obama administration is laying the legal groundwork to strongly encourage (read: enforce) more transparency between pharmaceutical companies and doctors by requiring drugmakers to divulge the details of their monetary exchanges with M.D.s for various services and perks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Proposed Rules Could Hamper Patient Protection

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2011 Last year's health care reform law promised to address the problem of the hundreds of thousands of patients killed each year by professional error Outside groups were to be allowed to analyze hospital conditions and publicly report on the quality of care But new rules proposed by (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )