Jimmy Carter: Ted Kennedy Cost America National Health Insurance Decades Ago
WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans could have had comprehensive health care coverage decades ago if Sen. Edward M. Kenned...
WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans could have had comprehensive health care coverage decades ago if Sen. Edward M. Kenned...
Sandy Maisel | Posted 05.25.2011
Some see Kennedy's legacy as the roaring liberal lion, ready to express moral outrage. And surely he was that. But his lasting legacy may well be as the respected legislator who could reach across the aisle.
Sasha Reuther | Posted 05.25.2011
The fight for health care reform is a generation-defining struggle that must not waver, even with the loss of a great champion. I pledge to do my part and only hope that we can forge the next coalition to finally reach the shore.
SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011
Even those who win one moment can face horrific, brutal loss in the next. The rich and famous are no more spared than the rest of us.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011
Prelates at Ted Kennedy's funeral did not sacrifice on the alter of ideology the health care reform the Senator so ardently supported. Colorado Catholics should be so fortunate to have such enlightened leaders.
New York Times | CARL HULSE and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Posted 05.25.2011
The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has quickly become a rallying point for Democratic advocates of a broad health care overhaul, a signature Kenne...
Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011
Known as the "Lion of the Senate," we counted on Ted to fight for fairness in the workplace and serve as a voice for those whose labor makes this country great.
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011
The day I met Teddy, I will never forget. The 2004 campaign pitted Kennedy's fellow Massachusetts senator John Kerry against an incumbent George Bush, and the battle had gotten bloody.
Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
I arranged for Placido Domingo, the great tenor, to sing to Ted Kennedy on his 72nd B-day. Of course, Teddy loved to sing and joined in two-part harmony. He had a great baritone.
Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011
May the memory of Kennedy's passionate and reasoned voice for health care as a right and not a privilege be the basis for extending and improving our health care system.
ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011
Ted Kennedy made affordable health care for all Americans the goal of his Senate career and hoped to see that reform achieved in his lifetime. But the...
nytimes.com | ABBY GOODNOUGH | Posted 05.25.2011
The push to swiftly name an interim successor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy intensified Wednesday in the wake of his death, with Gov. Deval Patrick com...
Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011
For all of us who have survived Kennedy, we must take up the gauntlet. We must ensure that the "never say never" attitude that was his signature on health care reform, does not wither on the vine.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
Edward Kennedy, last of the Kennedy brothers and one of his generation's foremost champions of the less fortunate, died last night with the "cause of ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
On his radio show Friday, Rush Limbaugh suggested that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) would be dead by the time health care reform legislation passes. "Befor...
Newsweek | Ted Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011
In 1964, I was flying with several companions to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention when our small plane crashed and burned short of the runway. ...
AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Employers would be required to offer health care to employees or pay a penalty, and all Americans would be guaranteed health insura...
The Boston Globe | Ted Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the last year, I've seen our healthcare system up close. I've benefitted from the best of medicine, but I've also witnessed the frustration and o...
AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 05.25.2011