When it comes to finally doing something about the millions of people in this country who live just one medical emergency away from financial ruin, "no" is not a serious response.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D - CA) recently joined me on my radio show. The interview was primarily focused on the October 28th NFL Congressional He...
It's not uncommon for a president to recommend journalistic work. It's rarer for the process to happen entirely online, as in the case of Ron Brownstein's blog post on Harry Reid's health care bill.
Last Monday a government task force came out with an opposition to the American Cancer Society's long-standing position that women in their 40's shoul...
While it's perfectly reasonable to argue about the best way to reduce costs, it is the height of irresponsibility to do nothing about a national crisis and hope the sloganeering and inaction redounds to your political advantage.
Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, includin...
Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.
Like it or not, abortion is a legal medical procedure and a decision that has to be left to doctors and families. Why are women being singled out and denied coverage, even through private plans?
If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.
Spirituality should be approached rationally, not solely through inspiration, emotion and blind faith. It's time to bring it into the 21st Century, and for irrationality that seeps into other crucial debates to be stymied.
In taking a purely obstructionist stance, the GOP has evinced scant empathy for tens of millions of fellow Americans who lack basic protection against illness or injury. So much for compassionate conservatism.
The Senate collectively orders from Papa John's. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out the archive....
Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.
Turkey, cranberry sauce, and a side of health care debate is dominating Thanksgiving tables this year. The debate gets more heated when some worry that their situation will be adversely affected.
Approximately 4 million live children are born each year in America, and by age six more than 15 percent of those children have clinically recognized ...
It is sad and ironic that an information-dependent profession is denied convenient access to needed information in an age when we connect other aspects of our infrastructure easily and often.
If the non-insurance industry constituents of Lieberman hold him accountable, he may recognize that there are more people worried about health care costs than there are CEOs worried about health care profits.
If the Senate gets their way, in just a few years we'll end up having to gut education, Medicaid, and public assistance. In just a few months, we'll have to lay off state employees.
The health care reform coverage is an example of how a standard Washington lie becomes a zombie lie -- a lie that simply will not die. It is repeated over and over and over again until it becomes conventional wisdom.
There are proposals for opt-out, opt-in, and "triggered" public options. What are Americans to think or to do? Let's get back to basics.
Just as the health care debate has served as a springboard for those who prey upon fear, Obama must do the same, but for a vastly different purpose: to speak about the nature of the discourse and plant a seed of peace.
