The GOP’s Sick Priorities

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 13, 2011 These threatened programs are not government handouts to a privileged class, like defense contractors and bailed-out bankers, who do feel eminently entitled to pig out at the federal trough.Social Security is a particularly weird whipping boy for what ails us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

From Wisconsin to Florida, Strong Winds of Political Remorse

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 27, 2011 Still spinning in the vortex of the May 24 tornado in New York's 26th Congressional District, Republican leaders insist that Democrat Kathy Hochul's upset victory on their party's turf was meaningless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hangover 2

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Voters to GOP: Leave Medicare and Medicaid Alone

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 Republican lawmakers who planned to ride Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicaid overhaul to glory can think again, as polling confirms the voter opposition demonstrated in New York's 26th Congressional District on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Bernie Sanders, No Chaser

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 Yes, Wednesday night's "Daily Show" skewering of the Trump vs. Obama birtherversy was funny. You can watch it here. We'd rather focus on a more substantial segment from that show, featuring straight-shooting Sen. Bernie Sanders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Florida Lawmakers Put Medicaid Under Budget Knife

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2011 Citing budgetary constraints, Florida's Republican-led Legislature is prepared to push the state's Medicaid payment system off the public dole and into private pockets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Do They Hate Social Security?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Among the mysteries of modern politics in America is why so many of our leading pundits and politicians persistently seek to undermine Social Security, that enduring and successful emblem of active government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Without Obama, We Lose So Much More Than an Election

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 The selfish negativity expressed by Republicans in the House health care debate last week showed why we should fight hard for President Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Healthy Start … With Loopholes

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 25, 2010 Now that President Barack Obama has signed health reform into law, insurance industry lobbyists will turn their attention to trying to cripple it This will be done under the pretense of improving the reform proposal -- or, as they say in the lobbying business, loving the law to death. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Moderate Republican: An Endangered Species

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 Boy, the Republicans know how to make Barack Obama look good. What are they going to do now, threaten to repeal a law that forces insurance companies to cover the sick? Or block the provision that allows you to keep your out-of-work kids on your policy until they are 26?Boy, the Republicans know how to make Barack Obama look good. What are they going to do now, threaten to repeal a law that forces insurance companies to cover the sick? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Considers Adding GOP-Generated Ideas to Health Bill

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 It doesn't seem possible, but it could maybe perhaps be the case that some kind of resolution in the health care reform saga might be achievable soon. At least that's the tone President Barack Obama struck in a letter he sent Tuesday to prominent members of Congress that included conciliatory language on the subject of four ideas advanced by Republicans at last week's health care summit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Calamity in the Making

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 A major reason for enacting health reform is the fate of elderly and disabled patients—especially the indigent—in nursing homes and assisted-care facilities Nobody is affected more by the confluence of the health care stalemate and the recession than these patients. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )