McCain’s Warped Worldview

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 20, 2008 The world according to John McCain is one in which America is triumphant at home and abroad thanks to the Bush legacy, rolling to victory internationally and mastering its domestic economic problems. If daily news would seem to deny such a rosy scenario, then that only shows skeptics lack the courage that sustained McCain as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ted Kennedy Makes Surprise Visit to Save Medicare Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Just when it seemed they wouldn't have enough votes to pass a key Medicare bill, Democratic senators staged a dramatic coup by secretly whisking Sen. Edward Kennedy into the Capitol on Wednesday to cast his vote and make his first congressional appearance since he was diagnosed with brain cancer in May. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Single-Payer Solution

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 24, 2008 As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gouging Grandma

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 The elderly are paying for waste in the GOP-crafted Medicare drug benefit. Rep. Waxman, D-Calif., is lifting the lid on this kettle, and what's inside ain't pretty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

If It’s Broke, Fix It

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 Hillary Clinton's health care proposal won't please progressives looking to do away with corporate insurance or conservatives who prefer unaffordable micromanaged care to government "bureaucracy," but at least it's a step in the right direction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democrats’ Faustian Bargain

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 20, 2007 In their mad race for money, the front-running Democratic presidential candidates might be selling themselves to the devil. That is, in words more familiar to political debate, they might be delivering themselves into the hands of rich and powerful opponents of progressive policies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Medical Refugees Flee to India

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2006 An increasing number of the 46 million Americans without health insurance have begun fleeing to places as far away as India to get lifesaving medical treatments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marie Cocco: Ignoring the Medicare Fiasco

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Dec 5, 2006 A new study suggests Medicare will lose $30 billion in overpayments to private companies over the next five years. While Republicans made the mess, the Democrats have threatened to do little more than spray Windex on a landfill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rep. Dennis Kucinich Tackles Healthcare

Joshua Scheer / Truthdig Nov 28, 2006 Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaks with Truthdig about the state of healthcare in America, his bill with Rep. John Conyers to provide universal coverage and why progress is inevitable: "It is going to happen, because there is an awareness that government has failed the American people in this regard, and it's an economic issue, it's a moral issue and it's central to who we are as a nation." Exclusive: For the first time, the Ohio congressman describes his behind-the-scenes struggle with the party to overcome corporate influence and promote healthcare reform. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Marie Cocco: A Prescription for Congress

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Nov 16, 2006 The Medicare prescription drug program is the single totem that best represents the ugly excesses of the now-defeated Republican-controlled Congress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart to Dems: ‘Pick Up Your Game’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 "The Daily Show" host tells Larry King in that joking-but-not-really-joking way of his, "I'm leaving the Democrats out because I honestly don't feel that they make an impact. They have 49% of the vote and 3% of the power." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kicking the Oil Addiction: Bush Lied, Again

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 Cut imports? Medicare savings? Just kidding! As one White House official confessed, they just fib for your benefit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )