Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Care Bill

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2007 President Bush may not have done his party any favor in coming elections by exercising his veto privilege -- the fourth time he's done so -- to deep-six a bipartisan bill passed by Congress that would have renewed the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Hillary Clinton Takes On Healthcare (Again)

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 If there's any candidate who knows what he or she would be dealing with in attempting to change the American healthcare system, it's Hillary Clinton. And, according to Boyarsky, charging into that particular political battleground might have made her a stronger contender. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ignoring the Other Victims of 9/11

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 11, 2007 When the National Guard helicoptered her husband, Mark, to Staten Island to work as a wireless technician setting up a communications network for thousands of emergency workers who were descending upon Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Jeanmarie DeBiase did not know this would begin the unraveling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Failing America’s Neediest Children

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jul 19, 2007 Why does the Bush administration want to orphan the State Children's Health Insurance Program, one of the few programs that both Democrats and Republicans have claimed as a wild success since the Clinton days? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Damage Control Time for Blue Cross

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2007 A Blue Cross exec sent out a memo with talking points to help company employees handle the fallout resulting from filmmaker Michael Moore's scathing take on the American healthcare system, "SiCKO" -- and Moore got his hands on it. Oops! (H/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Movie Review: Michael Moore’s “SiCKO”

Eunice Wong / Truthdig Jun 29, 2007 After all the usual controversy that swirls around any film by director and rabble-rouser Michael Moore, and after all those stories about Moore taking 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment, "SiCKO" is finally in theaters. Eunice Wong delivers her diagnosis for Truthdig. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Movie Review: Michael Moore’s “SiCKO”

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2007 After all the usual controversy that swirls around any film by director and rabble-rouser Michael Moore, and after all those stories about Moore taking 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment, "SiCKO" is finally in theaters. Eunice Wong delivers her diagnosis for Truthdig. Dig deeper

Watch ‘Sicko’ and Call Your Congressman in the Morning

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jun 28, 2007 The rudimentary equation of the health insurance industry is that to make a profit, it must take in more money than it pays out in claims. This is why the public, as distinct from the political class, will intuitively understand and likely appreciate Michael Moore's new film, "Sicko." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘SiCKO’: Michael Moore’s Prescription for Change

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 20, 2007 Michael Moore screened his new film, "SiCKO," on Father's Day at a special New York event honoring Sept. 11 first responders. Moore spoke of their heroism and recognized their role in the film. "SiCKO" is about the broken U.S. healthcare system. Case in point: the 9/11 rescue workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Michael Moore, Oprah and ‘Sicko’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2007 Documentarian Michael Moore takes clips from his latest to Oprah for a discussion of the healthcare crisis and why even Republicans are responding warmly to the film: "I don't want this to be a political issue When you get sick, you get sick The illness doesn't care whether you're a Democrat or a Republican". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moore Pays Foe’s Health Bills

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2007 Michael Moore is enjoying major buzz at the Cannes Film Festival for his new film, "Sicko," about the U.S. healthcare system. Meanwhile, one of his staunchest detractors has discovered that the anonymous benefactor who paid off his sick wife's $12,000 yearly medical insurance bill was none other than the documentary filmmaker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )