‘Left, Right & Center’: Prop. 8, Jobs and Spanish Getaways

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2010 With the job market in a scary slump and a slow economy to boot, President Obama may be in for a politically treacherous time. Is Prop. 8 a human rights or a moral issue? And what's with all the hubbub about Michelle Obama in Spain? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who’s Afraid of Health Care Reform?

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Mar 29, 2010 After days of protests over reform, the Obama administration has, in fact, created a change that many Americans can now see and feel The new law, though imperfect, represents progress in a new direction However, it seems that for this step forward some Americans have taken two steps back The new health care law, though imperfect, represents progress in a new direction . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Your Kid Is Ugly’

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GOP Launches Final Health Care Attack in Senate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 If you can't beat ’em, hit ’em with a bunch of amendments they'd have a hard time opposing. That was apparently the strategy of Republicans hoping to throw a wrench into the health care reform works in the Senate on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 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 )

O’Reilly Revels in Correctness After ‘Obamacare’ Vote

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 After the health care reform bill cleared the House on Sunday, were Fox Newsers like Bill O'Reilly forced to eat their hats? Never! Or, at least, not in O'Reilly's case In fact, he'd like to point out, as he did on Monday's "O'Reilly Factor" (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Makes Health Care Reform Official

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 After months of partisan bickering, "Obamacare" paranoia and tea-party whimsy, President Obama made the health care reform bill law on Tuesday, signing it with studied deliberation as Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others from among Fox News' most beloved federal officials looked on.After months of partisan bickering, "Obamacare" paranoia and tea-party whimsy, President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama: ‘If This Vote Fails, the Insurance Industry Will Continue to Run Amok’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2010 Barack Obama, speaking Friday at George Mason University, struck a confident pose during his last-leg speech about health care reform The president waxed nostalgic about his days on the campaign trail before declaring that the controversy over health care reform is "not only about the cost of health care it's a debate about the character of our country" President Barack Obama, speaking Friday at George Mason University, struck a confident pose during his last-leg speech about health care reform . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Slams ‘Insurance Company Abuses’ at Health Care Rally

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2010 "Improper payments" figured among the many symptoms of an ailing health care system that President Obama railed against during a pep rally for health care reform near St. Louis on Wednesday -- the latest stop in his U.S. tour to drum up support for his controversial cause. 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 )

Losing the Health Care Battle Is Not an Option

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 Just pass the damn thing If the health care bill fails, President Barack Obama’s legacy could be limited to the failing war in Afghanistan Worse yet, many thousands more Americans will die because they don’t have adequate medical care. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Massachusetts Got Right

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 The president got creamed in Massachusetts. No amount of blaming this disastrous outcome on the weaknesses of the local Democratic candidate or her Republican opponent’s strengths can gainsay that fact. Obama’s opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our health care concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )