Analysis — A prize for simply doing what's right

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter is honored for speaking truth to power, but hopes such prizes won't always be necessary

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… political battle has been waged to change how health care is delivered in America. The fact is, I shouldn’t have had to write the book. There shouldn’t …"

"… ls. They would not support block granting Medicare and leaving millions of Americans to fend for themselves in the insurance market if it weren’t good for …"

Analysis - Ryan's Medicare plan would be a windfall for insurance companies

By Wendell Potter

Rep. Ryan's Medicare plan would shred the safety net for seniors and make billions for insurers

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… ns for insurance corporations and other businesses.For millions of average Americans, many of whom already are finding it impossible to save for retirement, …"

"… ve been saying for years that the best way to control medical costs is for Americans to have more “skin in the game.” That’s an expression that former …"

"… total compensation that year was almost $111 million.The problem is, most Americans have far less skin to put in the game than CEOs like Rowe and Hanway or …"

"… coverage increased from $1,543 to $3,997.With household incomes declining, Americans have had far less money to put into retirement. According to a recent su …"

Insured profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health execs get richer as Americans beg for help to pay bills

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… pany’s shareholders, including Hemsley, now the highest paid CEO in America, were suddenly much wealthier.Owners of health insurance company stock hav …"

"… ying doctors to nearly inaccessible places along the Amazon River in South America. Today, most of RAM’s “expeditions” are in the United States, and in …"

"… n how incredibly rich a few executives and shareholders are becoming while Americans are being reduced to begging for help to pay for health care or waiting …"

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Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

Excerpts from this story referencing "car home":

"… Chief among them is the “yo-yo,” where dealers let buyers drive a new car home in hopes of locking them into a deal and later tell them their financing f …"

"… common technique is called the “yo-yo.” That’s when a buyer drives a car home with a signed contract, but the dealer calls days or weeks later to say th …"

Financial reform this week: House Republicans push bill to curb CFPB power

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to financial reform law events during the week of May 2

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… nancial Services Committee, speaks at the Independent Community Bankers of America policy meeting in Washington.Escrow accounts- Deadline for public comments …"

More Harken Energy Corporation documents

August 1, 2002 — The New York Daily News reported on July 30 that Harken Energy Corporation set up a Cayman Islands subsidiary, the Harken B

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… ported on Halliburton’s tax court case in our 2001 book, The Cheating of America.The White House confirmed that Harken had set up the subsidiary, but argue …"

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The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… esident Barack Obama pledged nothing less than a transformation in the way America uses energy in order to “save our planet from the ravages of climate cha …"

"… o group exemplifies the sophistication of the current debate more than the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity — a new lobbying organization unve …"

"… he mighty U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which ran ads featuring energy-starved Americans cooking eggs over candles and jogging to work on auto-free streets.But n …"

"… . Morgan, Merrill Lynch (both before and after it was swallowed by Bank of America), insurance companies such as American International Group (before it was …"

The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… n Vegas.As Butch Cassidy might say, “Who are those guys?”They’re the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a collection of 48 mining, rail, m …"

"… ears ago, Lucas took over as spokesman for another coal industry group — Americans for Balanced Energy Choices — that was working hand-in-hand with Mille …"

"… an expanded campaign in late 2007. Still under the banner of the old name, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, coal billboards and radio spots began to ap …"

"… he Senate was about to consider major climate legislation, a new name, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, was minted. But the coalition also …"

Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… legislation for the first time. But they were joined by a host of others. American Superconductor of Devens, Massachusetts, pushed for the electricity grid …"

"… ous religious groups, from Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America , to the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, hav …"

"… he past year. In the second quarter, another advocacy group joined in: the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, concerned about possible subs …"

"… Florida Crystals, which operates the largest biomass power plant in North America, and was pushing for greater support of biomass power development.But the …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

Excerpts from this story referencing "America":

"… u know, an enormous and growing problem with elections in certain parts of America today,” the then-deputy White House chief of staff and Bush political st …"

"… t? It’s a chilling question, fueling a worry that has been rattling many Americans’ faith in the institution of free and fair elections since the 2000 pr …"

"… of Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America, says they were just business as usual.“Nothing has been more normal, ov …"

"… as been more normal, over the past 200-plus years, than for one side in an American election to push, shove, and strong-arm its way across the finishing line …"

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