MAINSTREAM MEDIA
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
-
Senate girds for Saturday vote and long battle on health care
The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter, lengthy battle over the future of health care in America, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The $100 Million Health Care Vote?
(Blog Post) The health care bill includes a $100 million section for increasing medicaid subsidies to the state of Louisiana. ...via Digg -
Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote
The majority leader also put to rest any notion that the Senate would try to use budget reconciliation rules. Read ...via Publish2 -
Reid announces a Saturday vote on beginning debate on health bill
That procedural vote will decide whether to bring that bill to the Senate floor and begin debate, and its approval ...via Memeorandum -
Seniors skeptical of health overhaul
For seniors opposed to an overhaul, much of the fear stems from well-publicized news reports of massive Medicare ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
-
Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort ...via NewsRack -
Docudrama
(Blog Post) Sometime in August, McKinsey & Company created a PowerPoint document called “Health Care Reform and Implications ...via Jonathan Cohn -
Tell Congress to Go To Hell With their Current Health Reform
For OpEdNews: Rob Kall - Writer "I know some of my words are not nice-- crude, vulgar-- but if you're not thinking ...Posted by Michael Dewey -
I’d Like the Same Plan Better If It Was Bill Clinton’s
(Blog Post) Even among the most extreme opponents of President Obama's push for health care reform — those who equate his ...Posted by Michael Todd -
Endless Obstacles Delay Veteran Benefits
The Department of Veterans Affairs routinely delays disability claims by wounded soldiers for months and years, ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
-
Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey
When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The psychology of healthcare reform
The House has passed the first comprehensive reform package of the health insurance industry in decades, which is ...via OneRiot -
America's defining choice: war in Afghanistan or health care at home
Where's the best place to spend $100 billion a year? Is it on patrols in Afghanistan? Or is it to refurbish our ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
A very bad deal to pass a very good bill
(Blog Post) The final compromises before a bill comes to the floor are never very pretty. This one, however, is worse than I ...via Jonathan Cohn -
What would improve the House health-care bill
MUCH OF the criticism of the health-care measure before the House of Representatives is overwrought. Another part ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
-
Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie -
Stupak Amendment Could End Abortion Coverage -- For Everyone
there is more bad news for women: a George Washington University study released this week indicates that the Stupak ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Health Care, Not Assimilation
While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs
But Harry, you really need to take on future health-care costs. The House bill fails to do this. The public option ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Five Senators To Watch On Health Care
With 60 Democrats in the Senate, the party has enough votes to pass any bill it pleases -- but that total includes ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
-
The Price of Health Reform: Abortion Rights?
Will health care reform come at the cost of abortion rights? The Democrats? historic health care bill squeaked ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
I’d Like the Same Plan Better If It Was Bill Clinton’s
(Blog Post) Even among the most extreme opponents of President Obama's push for health care reform — those who equate his ...Posted by Michael Todd -
Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort ...via NewsRack
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
INDEPENDENT MEDIA
-
The psychology of healthcare reform
The House has passed the first comprehensive reform package of the health insurance industry in decades, which is ...via OneRiot
-
Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie
Comments: Health Care (2)
(BETA)
Welcome to our discussion about health care, which is now open to trusted members. Which of the stories listed on this page do you find most informative? Have any of these stories broadened your perspective on this topic?
Hosted by Patricia Blochowiak, Kristin Gorski, Derek Hawkins