Read more health care industry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3674/health-care-industry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:10:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72942/lieberman-bayh-wives-in-bed-with-health-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe threats from Sens. Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh to help filibuster any health reform bill with a public option should come as no surprise to anybody familiar with their family finances, writes Joe Conason. Lieberman's wife Hadassah spent 30 years working in the corporate health sector for pharmaceutical firms...http://www.newser.com/story/72942/lieberman-bayh-wives-in-bed-with-health-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 9:38:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say...http://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70808/health-bill-author-baucus-reaps-15m-from-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's no secret that Capitol Hill is awash in money from the health-care industry but the amounts involved are far larger than many realize, according to a new report from a watchdog group. The Sunlight Foundation found that many senators—especially Montana Democrat Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance...http://www.newser.com/story/70808/health-bill-author-baucus-reaps-15m-from-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 3:21:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69637/baucus-bill-gives-obama-a-route-to-compromise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt may not look like anyone’s happy with Max Baucus’ health care bill, but it has some very important backers: the health care industries it seeks to reform. Influential players who long ago struck a bargain with the Obama administration “found elements to dislike,” writes Ceci Connolly of the Washington...http://www.newser.com/story/69637/baucus-bill-gives-obama-a-route-to-compromise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 9:27:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68870/liberals-ought-to-ditch-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiberals need to abandon the notion that no health care reform is acceptable without a public option, former Clinton aide and health industry consultant Matt Miller writes in the Washington Post. Progressives’ top priority should be to make sure every American can access group coverage outside an employment setting, and...http://www.newser.com/story/68870/liberals-ought-to-ditch-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 11:40:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68469/jell-no-hospital-chow-goes-upscale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf an industry group's cooking competition is any indication, the Wall Street Journal reports, hospital food ain’t what it used to be. This year's winner of the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management's gold medal produced a “Machaca Flat Iron Steak” that met with his hospital nutritionist’s approval and cost...http://www.newser.com/story/68469/jell-no-hospital-chow-goes-upscale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 14:24:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68380/health-care-is-a-public-good-its-time-dems-explain-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democrats are in danger of losing the health care reform battle over an argument "that a novice debater would have no trouble putting down," writes Thomas Frank for the Wall Street Journa l . Reformers need to directly address the role of government in health care, Frank writes, and demolish...http://www.newser.com/story/68380/health-care-is-a-public-good-its-time-dems-explain-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 7:16:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66850/to-fix-health-care-end-health-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEverybody's thinking small on health care reform, writes David Goldhill in the Atlantic . Our system is so abysmal—the headline on his lengthy piece is "How American Health Care Killed My Father"—that it needs a radical restructuring, and that should start with insurance. Let's just stop buying it, or...http://www.newser.com/story/66850/to-fix-health-care-end-health-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 15:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66572/americans-split-on-health-care-priorities-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans have differing priorities for health care reform based not on a Republican/Democrat divide but on their race, age, and location, a USA Today /Gallup poll found. A majority of African-American and Latino voters among those polled think extending coverage to the uninsured should be the most important aspect of...http://www.newser.com/story/66572/americans-split-on-health-care-priorities-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 16:11:09 CDT