Crimes Against Liberty (69 page)

3
Michael A. Fletcher and Ceci Connolly, “Obama Announces Agreement With Drug Companies,”
Washington Post
, June 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062200349.html
.

4
Ed Morrissey, “WaPo: Hey, Did You Know Obama’s Statements Had Expiration Dates?”
HotAir.com
, December 16, 2009; available at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html
.

5
Ryan Grim, “Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma,”
Huffington Post
, August 13, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/health/policy/06insure.html
.

6
David D. Kirkpatrick, “White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost,”
New York Times
, August 5, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/health/policy/06insure.html
[accessed July 12, 2010]

7
Ibid.

8
Ibid.

9
Jake Tapper, “What Did the White House Know About the PhRMA Deal?”
ABC News
, Political Punch, August 8, 2009; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/what-did-the-white-house-know-about-the-phrma-deal.html
.

10
Ibid.

11
Derrick Z. Jackson, “Drug Firms’ Tired Song and Dance on Reform,”
Boston Globe
, November 21, 2009; available at:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/21/drug_firms_tired_song_and_dance_on_reform/
.

12
Ibid.

13
“Drug Companies Resist White House Call to Reduce Rights to Exclusive Drug Data,”
FOXNews.com
, August 13, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/13/drug-companies-resist-white-house-reduce-rights-exclusive-drug-data/
.

14
Alicia Mundy, “Deal Breaker? White House, Drug Companies Fight Over Exclusivity,”
Wall Street Journal
, January 15, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/01/15/deal-breaker-white-house-drug-companies-fight-over-exclusivity/
.

15
“Pay-For-Delay’ Ban Dropped From Health Care Reconciliation Bill,”
FDA Week
, March 19, 2010.

16
Charles Babbington, “Analysis: Obama Rebukes Insurance Critics,”
Breitbart.com
, June 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D990K59O0&show_article=1&catnum=3
.

17
Calvin Woodward, “Fact Check: Health Insurer Profits Not So Fat,”
ABC News
Money, October 25, 2009; available at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8910507
.

18
Sean Lengell, “Sebelius Calls for More Insurance Oversight,”
The Washington Times
, May 7, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/07/sebelius-calls-for-more-insurance-oversight /
.

19
Charles Babbington, “Analysis: Obama Rebukes Insurance Critics, GOP,”
Breitbart.com
, June 23, 2009.

20
Sally Pipes,
The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide
(San Francisco, CA: Pacific Research Institute, 2008), pp. 13, 14.

21
“One Health Insurance Company Turned a Profit, But Not A Record,”
St. Petersburg Times
,
PolitiFact.com
, July 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/23/barack-obama/health-insurance-company-turned-profit-notrec/
.

22
“Top Industries: Most Profitable,”
Fortune
Magazine, May 4, 2009; available at:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/performers/industries/profits/
.

23
Calvin Woodward, “Fact Check: Health Insurer Profits Not So Fat,”
ABC News
Money, October 25, 2009.

24
Ezra Klein, “Profit and the Insurance Industry,”
Washington Post
, September 9, 2009; available at:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/09/profit_and_the_insurance_indus.html
.

25
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David Herszenhorn, “Two Sides Take Health Care Debate Outside Washington,”
New York Times
, August 2, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/health/policy/03healthcare.html
.

26
Barack Obama, “Why We Need Health Care Reform,”
New York Times
, August 15, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/opinion/16obama.html
.

27
Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick, “Obama Says Insurance Companies Holding US Hostage,” Reuters, August 14, 2009; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE57D47P20090814
.

28
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, “HHS Investigates Humana for Medicare Mailer Warning Seniors on Health Overhaul,” Associated Press, September 21, 2009; available at:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/59990947.html
.

29
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, “HHS Investigates Humana for Medicare Mailer Warning Seniors on Health Overhaul,” Associated Press, September 21, 2009.

30
“Obama Administration Drops ‘Gag Order’ on Private Health Insurer,”
FOXNews.com
, October 17, 2009; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/17/obama-administration-drops-gag-order-private-health-insurer/
.

31
Sandra Maier, “Obama: Firms Nervous that Health Reform May Pass,” Reuters, October 15, 2009; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE58T43G20091015
.

32
Patricia Zengerle, “Obama; Health Insurers ‘Deceptive and Dishonest, ’” Reuters, October 17, 2009; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17525473
.

33
Cathy Arnst, “Obama Attacks Health Insurance Industry,”
Business Week
, Money and Politics Blog, October 17, 2009; available at:
http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/10/obama_attacks_h.html
.

34
“Obama Attacks Insurance Companies,” United Press International, October 17, 2009.

35
Byron York, “Michelle Obama Turns Breast Cancer Awareness Month into Attack on Insurance Companies,”
Washington Examiner
, October 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Michelle-Obama-turns-Breast-Cancer-Awareness-Month-into-attack-on-insurance-companies-65818422.html
. .

36
Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller, “President Obama Takes on Big Banks: ‘If They Want a Fight, That’s a Fight I’m Willing to Have,’”
ABC News
, Political Punch, January 21, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/president-obama-takes-on-big-banks-if-they-want-a-fight-thats-a-fight-im-willing-to-have
. html.

37
Carrie Budoff Brown, “Barack Obama Seeks Control Over Insurance Rate Hikes,”
Politico
, February 21, 2010; available at:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33258.html
.

38
“Obama Health Reform Speech Rallies Pa. Audience, Challenges Insurers,”
Kaiser Health News
, March 8, 2010; available at:
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/March/08/Obama-speech.aspx
. .

39
Alan Reynolds, “The Truth about Health Insurance Premiums and Profits” Cato Institute, March 15, 2010; available at:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11447
.

40
Alisa Ulferts, “Obama Administration Summons Health Care Insurance Companies to Washington,”
Justmeans.com
, February 25, 2010; available at:
http://www.justmeans.com/Obama-administration-summons-health-care-insurance-companies-Washington/9577.html
.

41
Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller, “President Obama Tells Insurance Execs of Constant Premium Hikes,”
Politico
, March 4, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/president-obama-tells-insurance-execs-of-constant-premium-hikes-this-is-unacceptable-and-unsustainab.html
.

42
Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller, “President Obama Tells Insurance Execs of Constant Premium Hikes,”
Politico
, March 4, 2010.

43
Jill Dougherty, Ed Henry, Evan Glass and Alan Sliverleib, “Obama Targets Insurers for Final Health Care Push,”
CNN.com
Politics, March 19, 2010; available at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/19/health.care.main/index.html
.

44
Mark Halperin, “Remarks: Obama on Health Reform at George Mason University March 19, 2010.”
Time
, The Page, March 19, 2010; available at:
http://thepage.time.com/remarks-obama-on-health-reform-at-george-mason-university-march-19-2010/
.

45
Steve Holland, “Obama Administration Has Blunt Message for Insurers,” Reuters, March 29, 2010; available at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2017888120100329
.

46
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldiver, “Insurance Industry Agrees to Fix Kids Coverage Gap,” Associated Press, March 30, 2010; available at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/29/insurance-industry-agrees-fix-kids-coverage-gap/
.

47
Charles Babbington, “Analysis: Obama Rebukes Insurance Critics, GOP,”
Breitbart.com
, June 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D990K59O0&show_article=1&catnum=3
.

48
Jake Tapper, “Exclusive: Vice President Biden Says President Obama’s Rescheduled Trip Not a Bad Sign for Health Care Bill’s Prospects,”
ABC News
, Political Punch, March 18, 2010; available at:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/exclusive-vice-president-biden-says-obamas-cancelled-trip-not-a-bad-sign-for-health-care-bills-prosp.html
.

49
John E. Calfee, “Obama’s Misleading Assault on the Insurance Industry,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 12, 2010; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703625304575115540074840182.html
.

50
President Barack Obama, “Obama’s Fifth News Conference,”
New York Times
, July 22, 2009; available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/us/politics/22obama.transcript.html
.

51
“Obama: Doctors Choose Amputation Because Surgeons Get Paid More Than Physicians,” Breitbart TV, August 11, 2009; available at:
http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-doctors-choose-amputation-because-surgeons-get-paid-more-than-physicians/
.

52
Editorial, “The War on Specialists, Obamacare Punishes Cardiology and Oncology to Finance GPs,”
Wall Street Journal
, October 6, 2009; available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574443472658898710.html
.

53
Editorial, “The War on Specialists, Obamacare Punishes Cardiology and Oncology to Finance GPs,”
Wall Street Journal
, October 6, 2009.

54
Dr. Milton R. Wolf, “Wolf: Obama Family Health Care Fracas,”
Washington Times
, March 11, 2010; available at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/obama-family-health-care-fracas/
.

55
Scott Atlas, “ObamaCare: Kiss Your Access Goodbye,”
Real Clear Politics,
June 23, 2009; available at:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/23/obamacare_kiss_your_access_goodbye_ 97122.html
.