Special Report | Health Care Reform
Health care reform is a vital and engaging concern for America - and for Americans.
David Culver, Evergreene Digest, ed.
Jim Day
Setting Our Sights on Single-Payer Health Care, Bob Fertik, Democrats.com
The only serious way to reduce health care costs is to move from for-profit health insurance to a single-payer system like Medicare.
Senate Dems Caving Already on Health Care, Charles Chamberlain, Daily Kos
Why are Senate Democrats already caving on health care before the fights begins?
Healthcare reform is not a laughing matter, Tim Carpenter, PDA
A concerted and serious effort by single-payer supporters can wipe that smile off Sen. Baucus’ face.
Health Care Reform in Critical Condition, Roy Ulrich, AlterNet
The public is going to have to wake up from its slumber and demand real reform.
The questions our healthcare debate ignores, Joe Conason, Salon.com
Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
Talking About Health Reform, But Not About A Cure, John Nichols, The Nation
"Change we can believe in" was not on the agenda
Workers feel the brunt of health insurance woes, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
About 20.7 million workers were uninsured in the mid-1990s. A decade later, it was 26.9 million, an increase of about 6 million
Careless Industry: How Corporations Further the Health Care Crisis, David Sirota, In These Times
We do not have a government dedicated to “protecting the health of all Americans,” as we are told. We have a bunch of bought-off frauds pretending to care about ordinary Americans, but really only interested in protecting the health of one thing: the insurance industry’s bottom line.
