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Drug Manufacturers Promise $80 Billion In Rx Savings, But How Much Are They Saving Themselves?

By Monica Sanchez

July 2, 2009

Drug manufacturers are not acting out of a charitable impulse. They are trying to forestall strong health reform legislation that would cost the industry more than it is promising. PhRMA took action in 2003 when adding a drug benefit to Medicare seemed inevitable and managed to keep a public health insurance plan—Medicare—from cutting drug costs. Now the threat of a new public health insurance option for people under 65 has spurred the powerful lobby into action once more, with promises of cooperation and voluntary discounts. Don’t be fooled! We can do better.

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Memo To Deficit Hawks: Public Plan Option Indisputably Saves Money

By Bill Scher

July 2, 2009

When the CBO scored an early draft of the health care form bill from the Senate HELP committee as costing $1 trillion over 10 years but only covering one-third of the uninsured, obstructionists pounced and proclaimed the public plan option dead. more »

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Progressive Breakfast: CBO Sez Public Plan Option Cuts Cost

By Bill Scher

July 2, 2009

CBO: Public Plan Option and Employer Mandate Cuts Cost Of Reform more »

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Spare Us Another 8 Years of Faulty US/China Trade Policy

By Lila Kalick

July 1, 2009

On Monday, The International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted to recommend that President Obama impose tariffs on the import of Chinese tires for three years. The new administration will have until September 17 to decide what, if any, relief to provide based on the ITC’s recommendation. more »

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The New Senate Global Warming Deniers

By Bill Scher

July 1, 2009

If you wanted to get progressives more excited about the clean energy and climate protection bill that passed the House last week, you might be inclined to point to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins HuffPost piece on the $1 billion in green jobs funding that was added at the last minute, including "[l]ocal more »

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2044 on FireDogLake

By Eric Lotke

July 1, 2009

FireDogLake will feature Eric Lotke’s 2044 on its book salon this Sunday evening. Please join them!
In 2044, the problem isn't Big Brother. It's Big Brother, Inc.

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Pecora Commission II: Super-Sleuths or Keystone Cops?

By Dean Baker

July 1, 2009

Congress will be appointing a special commission to investigate the causes of the economic crisis and to determine who is to blame. This proposal originated among progressives who wanted to see a replay of the depression era Pecora Commission, which exposed the Wall Street corruption that laid the basis for the 1929 stock market crash and the depression that followed. more »

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