Tag Archive: HCR

Reporting: Health Care Waivers and Health Care Lobbying

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 24, 2011 10:31 am

Sarah Dorsey on the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group site posted yesterday about the continued health care reform lobbying. Her post... View Article

Reid gets support from drug companies after preserving deal in health care reform

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 8, 2010 5:16 pm

The pharmaceutical industry is beginning to wade into the 2010 midterm elections in support of those that helped to preserve... View Article

Frontline: Obama’s Deal (April 13, 9PM)

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 9, 2010 12:03 pm

PBS’ Frontline is running an investigation into the various negotiations and deals that led to the formation of the health... View Article

Last Minute Drug Deal In Health Care Reform

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 30, 2010 12:27 pm

Concessions to the pharmaceutical industry were added to the reconciliation bill after the industry agreed to provide additional savings requested... View Article

Health Sector Contributions by Party (1990-2008)

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 26, 2010 4:06 pm

From the 1990 election cycle to the 2008 election cycle the health sector contributed over $829 million to candidates for... View Article

Transparency, the Internet and the Affordable Care Act

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 25, 2010 11:25 am

Last year, I looked at the instances of the word “Internet” in the Senate version of the health care reform... View Article

Health Care Recap: Interest Group Power

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 22, 2010 12:08 pm

I noticed this post last week from Matt Yglesias dinging Ezra Klein on the power of interest groups in light... View Article

Read the Bill Becoming the Norm

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 16, 2010 9:48 am

Check out this line from Jay Newton-Small’s Swampland blog post on the way forward for health care reform in the... View Article

Potential House Health Care Vote Switchers Reliant on Party Campaign Money

by Paul Blumenthal Mar 3, 2010 12:02 pm

Seven key Democrats seen as potential vote-flippers on the health care reform bill are heavily reliant on campaign funds from... View Article

Sunlight Live Recap: How We Did It

by Jake Brewer Mar 1, 2010 11:17 am

During the Health Care Summit on Thursday, Feb 25, Sunlight tried something new by connecting a live political event to the government data and information we work to make more accessible every day. Dubbed "Sunlight Live," our coverage of the joint Republican and Democratic heath care summit as a pilot was a smashing success, thanks to all of you.