During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… moved to Washington when Lugar won his Senate seat, and later was a senior White House political aide to President Ronald Reagan.In 1987, he left government to h …"

Fact Check: Rep. Ryan's budget spin

By FactCheck.Org

GOP budget chairman throws some curves while 'setting the record straight'

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"… 2012. The sunset was part of a deal struck between the Republicans and the White House to extend the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers for two more years rather th …"

After skipping Ground Zero event with Obama, Bush made three paid speeches

By Peter H. Stone

Bush skipped Ground Zero event but gave three paid speeches in the next week

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"… om 36 speeches in 2009 alone."I never had any money until I got out of the White House, you know, but I've done reasonably well since then," Clinton said at a fo …"

"… said at a forum in South Africa last year.In one interview as he left the White House, Bush said he planned to “replenish the ol’ coffers” by hitting the …"

"… a probe into tax evasion by thousands of its clients.(Clinton also nixed a White House invitation to appear at Ground Zero, citing scheduling conflicts.)Later th …"

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Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… well-placed ally. New York Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, a former Clinton White House lawyer, launched his own package of reforms that dovetailed with the billi …"

Analysis — Insurers lobbying on the fine print may erase consumer protections

By Wendell Potter

One of the provisions of the health reform law that insurers hate most requires that they spend at least 80 percent of what we pay them in p

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"… re undermining the law. So are a few industry-friendly Democrats. Even the White House is doing its part, although only because it is being coerced. Insurers a …"

Analysis — Obama’s view: Not a lot left to debate in health care law

By Wendell Potter

New IRS reporting requirement could be axed, but malpractice reform is not likely....

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"… ategy to thwart the law’s implementation. Peter Orszag, the former White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget, explained the president&r …"

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Analysis — The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans

By Wendell Potter

One of the reasons I left my job as a PR executive for the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience be a pitchma

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"… phanie Cutter, assistant to the president for special projects, wrote in a White House blog post last October as the first round of waivers were about to be gran …"

Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter looks at the GOP budget plan

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"… ding to a story in Politico this week, Democrats “with close ties to the White House” think Ryan has handed them a gift that will keep on giving.  They …"

ANALYSIS: Are insurers writing the health reform regulations?

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Media has stopped watching health reform; insurers taking advantage

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"… re pushing back hard. Consumer advocates who have been in meetings at the White House in recent weeks say they believe the administration is bending over backwa …"

"… east for now, the insurers seem to have the upper hand in dealing with the White House.Are you struggling to pay for health insurance? Have you or your family ha …"

One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

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"… oposal, officials at the Office of Management and Budget — an arm of the White House — had held more than 40 meetings on the issue dating back to October 200 …"

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