Medicare: Where’s the evidence that vouchers save money?

The National Journal seeks some, and comes up empty

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM

Margot Sanger-Katz, a National Journal reporter who has been brave enough to question conventional wisdom surrounding health policy—she reported that... More

Romney’s ‘job killer’ narrative: time for an X-ray

Some reporters are asking: Does Obamacare really destroy jobs?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jun 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM

ONNtv.com, which bills itself as Ohio’s channel for news, is one of the latest media outlets to casually pass along... More

A laurel to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times

She begins to X-ray the Romney/Ryan Medicare plan

By Trudy Lieberman   Aug 24, 2012 at 04:04 PM

This week’s laurel goes to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times for reporting the increasing skepticism in health... More

A muddy Bloomberg story sets up Romney’s Jeep attack

The wire’s poorly worded story is misread

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Mitt Romney's gotten in hot water with the nation's burgeoning horde of fact checkers by asserting that Jeep "is thinking... More

An election post-mortem on Medicare coverage

Coverage? Yes. Guidance? Not so much

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 15, 2012 at 01:12 PM

In mid-August, when Paul Ryan burst on the scene with his voucher scheme for Medicare, the 47-year old program suddenly... More

Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?

An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past

By Howard W. French   Oct 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM

Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More

Ask Obama This: Can you imagine criminal justice reform?

A nearly forgotten topic that impacts the budget, families, and communities

By Farai Chideya   Oct 24, 2012 at 03:12 PM

Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More

Ask Romney This: What will replace Obamacare?

A vague healthcare plan raises many questions

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 2, 2012 at 10:28 AM

Over the final weeks of the campaign, CJR has been publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama... More

Audit Notes: ‘makers and takers’ edition

Romney’s “47 percent” comment continues to reverberate

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM

A big part of the problem with Mitt Romney's "47 percent" characterization, as I wrote yesterday, is that it uses... More

Audit Notes: Bain’s LBOs, Star Tribune, Wolff on JRC

ProPublica reports that the “turnaround artist” narrative is off

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 11, 2012 at 06:50 AM

ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger looks at Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, calling into question the narrative that it was largely about... More

Audit Notes: NYT and Bain, Dimon’s Comp Committee, 401(k)s

Too much focus on Romney, who left the company years before the alleged collusion

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM

It's great that The New York Times is going aggressively after court documents in a big private-equity bid-rigging lawsuit, filing... More

Audit Notes: Romney and taxes, prison phone racket, WSJ

The Atlantic eyes the Republican’s corporate tax plan

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 5, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Nobody can figure out what exactly Mitt Romney wants to do with taxes. His plan is mathematically impossible, and Wednesday... More

Audit Notes: Romney’s taxes, NBC’s win, turning off the Web

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 15, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Joe Nocera writes about the sharp choice facing voters in November, and so it is. But this strikes me as... More

Audit Notes: Statute of limitations, whither The Daily, Romney’s taxes

The WSJ on how the clock may (or may not) be running out on the SEC

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 17, 2012 at 01:55 AM

The Wall Street Journal is good to keep an eye on the statutes of limitation clocks that are running out... More