Another Take on the Times’s Memphis Piece

And the Social Security connection

By Trudy Lieberman   Jun 2, 2010 at 11:10 AM

The New York Times’s excellent piece Sunday—already praised by our Holly Yeager—ended with an unsettling conclusion: Blacks in Memphis are... More

What Congress Giveth, It Also Taketh Away

Farewell, COBRA extensions?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jun 1, 2010 at 08:53 AM

Much of the health news coverage of late has tracked the topics that administration officials, notably HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius,... More

Secrecy at the Deficit Commission

Note to the media: It’s past time for a little sunshine here

By Trudy Lieberman   May 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM

The President’s Deficit Commission held an end-of-the month meeting yesterday, and among the attendees was a woman representing the disability... More

William Greider on Social Security

A superb take on Obama’s deficit commission

By Trudy Lieberman   May 25, 2010 at 11:42 AM

William Greider, writing in The Nation, didn’t mince words when it came to explaining what’s at stake in the looming... More

Good Coverage at USA Today

Some smart takes on problems with health and financial reform

By Trudy Lieberman   May 24, 2010 at 12:22 PM

The other day, on a plane from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong, a flight attendant thrust a copy... More

Everyone Knows the Troubles They’ve Seen

The press pays attention to WellPoint

By Trudy Lieberman   May 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM

If any group can claim responsibility for breaking the logjam on health reform, you might say it was WellPoint. Just... More

More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson

Geezers vs. Gen X-ers vs. millenials, etc, etc.

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM

Former Sen. Alan Simpson’s interview on Fox Sunday was a doozy. His usual outspoken, outrageous, colorful self shined through, perhaps... More

Rick Foster’s Predictions

No bending of the cost curve in his crystal ball

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 28, 2010 at 01:19 PM

Richard Foster, as good an actuary as you can find, delivered the Obama folks a bit of bad news last... More

Sebelius Watch, Part II

Will Madame Secretary rule with moral suasion?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 26, 2010 at 02:21 PM

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to... More

The Midnight Ride of George Pataki

Who’s behind the ex-gov’s health repeal crusade?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 21, 2010 at 08:48 AM

The latest health care news is the formation of a group called Revere America whose mission, it seems, is to... More

Merrill Goozner on Tom Friedman

Why health care costs so much

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 19, 2010 at 12:58 PM

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman waded into the weeds of health care costs yesterday with a column about a... More

Sebelius Watch

Does the administration want to make seniors wait longer for Medicare?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 16, 2010 at 01:30 PM

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to... More

Sebelius Watch Archive

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 16, 2010 at 08:00 AM

Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Sebelius Watch” series, in descending order. 09/14/10: Sebelius Watch,... More

Bad News for Ben Nelson?

The Cornhusker Kickback still grates on Nebraskans

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 15, 2010 at 12:03 PM

A few days ago, I found myself a visitor in Lincoln, Nebraska, a city where I cut my teeth as... More

Finishing The Treatment

The New Republic ends its health care blog

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 13, 2010 at 10:34 AM

Campaign Desk was sorry to see Jonathan Cohn’s last post on The New Republic’s health reform blog, The Treatment. Cohn... More

The Devil in the Details, Part VIII

What’s really in store for seniors on Medicare?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 12, 2010 at 01:40 PM

Health reform is now the law of the land, and the 2,000 or so pages of the legislation contain lots... More

The White House vs. the Associated Press

Is talking to the insurance industry off limits?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM

Linda Douglass, who works at the White House Office of Health Reform, smacked the AP last week for its “so-called... More

The Best-Covered News Story, Ever?

Does The New Republic live on Mars?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Last week, The New Republic turned over its health care blog “The Treatment” to an odd commenter on media coverage—University... More

Laurel to Denver’s Westword

For explaining how insurance companies behave

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 30, 2010 at 12:02 PM

It was a riveting tale that reporter Alan Prendergast told in Westword, the Denver alternative weekly. Graphically and methodically, he... More

The Devil in the Details, Part VII

Can insurers still dump you when you get sick?

By Trudy Lieberman   Mar 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Health reform is now the law of the land, and the 2,000 or so pages of the legislation contain lots... More