Still more Obama say one thing do another – Obamacare edition

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  November 10th at 09:11 AM  | 

Patients First goes after President Obama’s broken promises of transparency in the health care reform process: Presidential candidate Obama promised time and again not to negotiate health care reform behind closed doors, to bring all parties together and to broadcast health care reform negotiations on C-SPAN. It is truly unfortunate that President Obama did not keep those promises, but instead, chose to meet privately with | Read More »

Obama throws transparency under the bus

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  February 16th at 06:24 AM  | 

With the so-called “stimulus” bill, President Obama has thrown the change he promised under the bus. On his Change.gov website, Obama promised to “end the practice of writing legislation behind closed doors” – to “restore the American people’s trust in their government by making government more open and transparent. Obama will work to reform congressional rules to require all legislative sessions, including committee mark-ups and | Read More »