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Healthcare: Caremark Profits Rose 15% in 2006

By Karoli March 25, 2007 Domestic Policy No Comments

An illustration of why PBMs are such wonderful cash cows for the insurance boys: For the year ended Dec. 31, Caremark reported that its profit grew 15 percent to $1.07…

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Healthcare Reform: PBMs Don’t Save Money

By Karoli March 24, 2007 Domestic Policy No Comments

[First in a series on healthcare reform] Those who read my personal blog know that I have a special place on my hit list for Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs.…

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US Attorneys: Bush Holds the Smoking Gun

By Karoli March 21, 2007 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

From yesterday’s batch of DOJ-released documents, part 7-8, page 17, comes the smoking gun which proves that the US Attorney firing of Bud Cummins in Arkansas and replacement was politically…

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Of course Gonzales was involved

By Karoli March 20, 2007 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

From Document 1-8, page 11, letter to Sen. Harry Reid from Richard A. Hertling (Acting Assistant Attorney General): The decision to appoint Tim Griffin to be interim U.S. Attorney in…

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DOJ Releases More Documents

By Karoli March 19, 2007 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

Over 2000 new pages have been released. I’m reading them now. Reading hint: Start at the back, read to front. There is so much duplication and so many multiple documents…

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Bud Cummins Interview on PBS

By Karoli March 19, 2007 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

Former US Attorney Bud Cummins is a loyal Republican. He is also one of the fired US Attorneys at the heart of the current attorney firing scandal. He was interviewed…

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