“Tweaking” Health Reform

Who pays the price for the changes?

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Lost in MSM coverage of the president’s budget and hype over a government shutdown has been reportage about the various... More

Pinning Down the Pols

NPR misses again on Social Security story

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 22, 2011 at 12:21 PM

A few days ago, NPR’s Morning Edition brought together Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, and Sen. Mark Warner, a... More

The Budget Narrative

The press goes astray on Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM

For most of last year and so far into this one, the media has passed along the narrative that Social... More

Minnesota Public Radio Takes on Pawlenty

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 14, 2011 at 02:22 PM

It was good to see Minnesota Public Radio get an early start truth squading an emerging candidate for the GOP... More

The Many Hats of Jonathan Gruber

Dissecting a health care expert’s words

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 11, 2011 at 03:03 PM

Campaign Desk has written about Jonathan Gruber many times—his role in building Obamacare; his television appearances touting the Massachusetts model;... More

Peter G. Peterson Goes to School

A laurel to Remapping Debate

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 9, 2011 at 12:31 PM

Remapping Debate, the young website that is analyzing public affairs and bringing fresh approaches into the national conversation, deserves a... More

Selling Health Reform the Obama Way

Beware the “slob-lock”

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 7, 2011 at 12:28 PM

It’s tough to sell the virtues of health reform what with all those Republicans and Tea Partiers aghast at what... More

Nice Work at the AP

The administration stretches a health reform stat

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM

It’s no secret the president and his surrogates are trying mightily to keep their sales job for health reform on... More

The Cost of Living, Part IV

Digital mammograms in the medical marketplace

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 2, 2011 at 02:01 PM

Containing the runaway costs of medical care is perhaps the thorniest of health care issues. Despite the rhetoric about getting... More

The Return of Alan Simpson

Parsing his latest thoughts on Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 28, 2011 at 12:30 PM

Alan Simpson, the co-chair of President Obama’s now-defunct deficit commission, showed up on Fox News the other day to talk... More

SOTU Vague on Health Care

Plenty of reading to do between the lines

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 26, 2011 at 03:14 PM

The president’s remarks about health care last night were, well, short and to the point, and that’s pretty much what... More

Andrea Mitchell Crosses the Line

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 26, 2011 at 11:47 AM

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was bummed out yesterday on her show, Andrea Mitchell Reports, when Melody Barnes, director of the White... More

A Shout Out to David Gregory

For pinning down Eric Cantor on Meet the Press

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 25, 2011 at 01:00 PM

David Gregory’s Meet the Press interview Sunday with new House Majority Leader Eric Cantor should be required reading in every... More

Steny Hoyer’s “Adjustments” Warning

Is the MSM listening?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 24, 2011 at 12:57 PM

Should seniors on Medicare and those about to join the program be worried about benefit cuts? That was an issue... More

Repealing the Health Law

Symbol or grand strategy?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 20, 2011 at 02:03 PM

The recent stories about Republican efforts to repeal the health reform law all telegraphed the same story lines. One: the... More

The NewsHour Blows a Health Story

Leaving misconceptions on the table

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 19, 2011 at 03:36 PM

It’s not clear what the public took away from the PBS NewsHour segment on health care last night. Perhaps confusion,... More

Health Care Red Meat from Politico

Business writers, take note

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 18, 2011 at 12:26 PM

One of the most illuminating health care stories to come along in the last couple weeks was Politico’s take on... More

Death Panels Make a Comeback

And pose some larger questions for the press

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 7, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Well, what do you know? The Obama administration has resurrected the topic of death panels—or, as one Pennsylvania man called... More

Memo to Robert Samuelson

A few more facts on Medicare, please

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM

Dear Robert: I read a Washington Post column of yours just after Christmas—the one about the fairness dilemma and how... More

The Lowdown on High-Risk Pools

A harbinger of things to come?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 4, 2011 at 12:49 PM

It was good to see Amy Goldstein’s fine piece on high-risk insurance pools in The Washington Post. It’s an example... More