Health Care
Report: Where’s the Media Health Coverage?
President-elect Barack Obama may have made health-care reform a priority in 2009, but not everyone sees the issue as being so important. So says a new report, revealing that media coverage of health issues made up just 3.6 percent of all news coverage in the 18 months between January 2007 and June 2008.
Obama to Middle Class: Help is on the Way
As expected, President-elect Barack Obama announced his picks to fill four of the top economic positions in his administration at a press conference today in Chicago.
None of the names came as a surprise, as all of them had leaked out over the course of the past week.
Obama selected: Timothy Geithner, the current head of the [...]
Report: Daschle to Head Health and Human Services
Moments after the Obama-Biden Transition team announced former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) would head a health care policy working group in the new administration, MSNBC reports that Daschle will serve as the next secretary of health and human services.
Rahm Emanuel Lays Down the Law
Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had some straight talk for top business executives, telling them to get on board with major health care reform and help for the middle class, the Wall Street Journal says. Emanuel also struck a “combative” pose in addressing the executives, the Journal reported:
Happy Toilet Day!
I know you’ve all been sitting on your hands for the past 364 days in anticipation of this glorious holiday. But wait no longer — today is World Toilet Day!
So give your steadfast porcelain friend a hug and a kiss, and remember the World Toilet Organization’s “3 WE’s:”
Waxman: No Rookie at Taking on Power
For anyone wondering if Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) is in his right mind challenging Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, for the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, there is this bit of history:
After being elected to his third term in Congress in 1978, Waxman took on Rep. Richardson Preyer [...]
States Reeling From Economic Downturn
The states’ collective budget shortfall is estimated to be $30 billion and rising. Required by law to balance their books, states are cutting social services even as demand is rising. Can Congress come to the rescue?
Liberals Hope to Link Financial Crisis to Health Care Debate
Who knew, eight years ago, that compassionate conservatism would include the partial nationalization of the banking industry?
It happened today, and some supporters of Sen. Barack Obama hope the new wave of broader federal regulation will spill over into the health-care debate.
In an ad in today’s New York Times, the Institute for America’s Future, a liberal [...]
Collateral Damage
Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have promised to overhaul how we pay for medical treatment. But the cost of their programs, estimated in the trillions of dollars, seem out of reach for an economy sliding into recession — or worse — because of the financial system’s meltdown.
Palin: Working-Class Hero?
Palin often calls herself working class. But over the course of her political career, when faced with policy choices on issues important to blue-collar voters, Palin rarely breaks in their favor.
