by Bill Scher | Apr 18, 2007 | Blog
Today, the pharmaceutical lobby joined forces with the Senate's conservative minority and killed legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices, which would have saved us $30 billion a year. Fixty-six senators tried to carry out the will of 85...
by Bill Scher | Apr 17, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday's headline from the Associated Press read: "EPA chief: Bush climate policy working." And why is that? Says the AP: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 percent in 2005 shows the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 17, 2007 | Blog
CQ Today reports that Senate leaders remain "just short" of the 60 votes needed to break the drug lobby-backed filibuster of legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices. The key vote to cut off the filibuster is still expected tomorrow....
by Roger Hickey | Apr 16, 2007 | Blog
The following is a part of the TPMCafe Book Club group discussion of the new book "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis -- and the People Who Pay the Price" by Jonathan Cohn Several participants have rightly insisted on focusing us on a large order...
by Bill Scher | Apr 16, 2007 | Blog
According to CQ Today, a Senate vote is expected Wednesday to try to break a planned filibuster against a bill empowering Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices. And Senate leaders are hunting "for a final few votes" to get to the needed 60. Meanwhile, Bob Geiger...
