The NYT, having provided dishonest and snide coverage of President Bush for the past eight years, has actually managed to give him some credit for his health care record:
It is only fair to note that President Bush can also lay claim to some signal achievements in health care — achievements that we urge President-elect Barack Obama to continue and develop further.
For example:
As we have argued in the past, Mr. Bush deserves high praise for significantly increasing American support for the global effort to control AIDS.
The Gray Lady also approves of Medicare Part-D:
Equally remarkable was Mr. Bush’s decision to push through a costly new prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program for older Americans despite stout opposition in his party to government-run health care.
And the editors acknowledge his health clinic initiative:
Another substantial health achievement came in the form of bricks and mortar, through the president’s vigorous support of community health clinics.
Predictably, the editors include several caveats designed to assuage the sensibilities of their core readership, and this piece certainly doesn’t make up for the many lies they have told about the man over the years, but it’s something.
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