If America is to truly be guided by Christian values, Christians would do well to vote for those who actually practice what they preach.
The signing of 2010's health care reform law represented a huge step forward in the fight for racial equity in health in the U.S. But a new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services could undermine key features of health reform.
Earlier this month I wrote that the Center for Public Integrity and I would soon launch "Ask Wendell" to help people who are at wits end trying to res...
Here is my question for Ron Paul supporters. Imagine that your mother got laid off her job and lost health insurance and needed emergency treatment. ...
While the Republican candidates for President made it clear in their debate this week that they are happy to let uninsured people die if they have a serious illness, the Republicans in Congress are plotting to make people with insurance pay even more.
Even health care professionals and policy wonks find it hard to stay ahead of all the ideas and arguments floating around healthcare these days; all the more reason to focus on the fundamentals.
Everyone agrees that healthcare spending is out of control and the cost spiral is unsustainable. The cure for this sickness seems, however, elusive.
Despite paying lip service to the importance of communicating in "plain English," insurers are actually being more obtuse than ever, according to J.D. Power and Associates.
Beginning today, the deck is no longer stacked in insurers' favor. The next time your insurance company tries to raise your premium by double digits, they'll have to explain themselves.
Lately, both supporters and detractors can't help but poke President Obama on his accomplishments and purported failures, insisting he should have att...
As people work to make money on Main Street, insurance plays a key role in making sure that an illness, fire, or accident does not put them out of business and that the financial goals for families and charities are met if the person who set the goals dies before they are achieved.
While it might be politically popular to tell people, "the government can't make you," that promise doesn't work in reality. For the sake of public health, let's all hope Perry's is the road less traveled.
We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care.
Government, to paraphrase Congressman Barney Frank, is just the name we give for the things we the people decide to do together.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Iowa straw poll is meaningless. The Republican debate last night in Iowa wasn't as meaningless, but will also soon be forgotten.
If Americans like the idea of self-employment and know it presents the greatest opportunity for growth, what is stopping some of them from taking the plunge?
