‘The Doctor Can’t See You Now’
Here’s my latest story for MotherJones.com on the less-covered, under-the-radar health-care crisis that practically nobody’s talking about. *** THE DOCTOR CAN’T SEE YOU NOW (at MotherJones.com) It’s a year from now, and you wake up with a sore throat. You’re not worried, because not too long ago the Obama administration successfully passed comprehensive health care reform, expanding coverage to you and many of the 46 million Americans previously... Read More
OBAMA vs. THE WASHINGTON INFLUENCE MACHINE
That’s the title of my new piece published at TomDispatch.com, a dive into the onslaught by lobbyists and their special interest clients to derail the Obama administration’s legislative agenda. The piece looks at the vast amount of money being spent on lobbying, the growing numbers of lobbyists working on K Street and Capitol Hill (six health-care lobbyists for every one member of Congress), and the close ties between lawmakers and these lobbyists (see: Max Baucus). The... Read More
Why We Can All Move Past Co-ops and Public Options
Now that the public option in health care reform seems to be nearing its demise, non-profit co-ops are all the rage, with every damn media outlet in the Union scrambling to pick apart the latest player in the health-care debate. Just as the public option’s merits have been debated and fought over ad nauseum, so, too, will this latest twist in the health care battle, an idea largely connected to Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), a member of the (unfortunately) influential Gang of... Read More
