When it comes to the public's health, moms have a record of getting things done, when the efforts of policymakers and scientists have fallen short.

Something is missing in health care reform, even if the one year old Affordable Care Act is landmark progress. According to a recent Kaiser...

There will be more shooting rampages, like that which targeted Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson last weekend -- as long as it is easier to get a gun than mental health care. Our current epidemic of mass shootings is but a symptom of our nation's broken health care system....

While Washington fusses and grandstands about health care reform, we as individuals can vote with our actions and dollars. In America's free market economy, our collective choices will significantly impact the nation's health care system.

Here are five actions each of us can take today, thanks to new benefits...

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Democrats may have lost a lot of races to Republicans this election, but the upstream re-election victory of Congress' freshman class president, Martin Heinrich (D-NM), deserves a second look.

Heinrich was re-elected to a traditionally Republican seat, in a state that had just elected a Republican...

Must health reform discussions always be so unhealthy?

U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM) met with Albuquerque physicians Saturday, October 2, for a luncheon of local organic produce and a discussion of health care reform.

Heinrich spoke about the Affordable Care Act, while revealing a personal passion for...

It's a landmark week for health reform, when many laws in the Affordable Care Act take effect. As we celebrate, it's a good time to pause, and to remember the larger purpose of our health care system, and of medical care.

Medicine has always been grounded in humanitarian ideals,...

As mothers, daughters, wives and leaders of households, women often steer the health care choices of families. Thus in the coming years, women will also be a major force toward implementing health care reform and the landmark Affordable Care Act.

Whenever we enroll a child into newly available health insurance,...

Dear Congress,

As a physician and medical school professor, I breathe a sigh of relief, and thank you for giving us the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, and the new Patient's Bill of Rights.

Next, how about a Physician's Bill of Rights?

Physicians and hospitals need protection from...

Is your health insurance company traded on Wall Street?

If so, is Wall Street deciding your medical care?

It's hard to recall that for-profit corporations were once kept out of health care -- in fact, for most of the 20th century. During this time, the nation's medical system was built...