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"Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends..." All week long, this line has been running through my head. It's from an Emerson, Lake, and...
"Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends..." All week long, this line has been running through my head. It's from an Emerson, Lake, and...
Huff Radio | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
Al Franken in the Senate and the Democrats' now-60 seat majority, we thought we'd take this opportunity to sort through the differences between Democratic factions as the Obama revolution gets underway.
John R. Price | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
Is health care reform best left to the capitalists, or to the government? These are not appealing choices. They might have been when we still naively believed that both were competent.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
Profits have no place where people's lives are concerned, where the heartbreak and stress of raising a sick child is concerned.
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
It is essential for government to play a role in health care. Market forces alone are simply not up to the task of ensuring good health for the nation while containing costs.
John Graham | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
We deserve better than what the health care industry is willing to give us. We deserve better than a weak compromise from Congress described as victory.
Katharine Zaleski | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
Last Friday I learned what it was like to be part of a civilized, first world health system. I was in England, staying at my godmother's house, when I got slammed by one of my chronic migraines.
Dr. Daniel Palestrant | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living
The sad fact is that the AMA membership has now shrunk to the point where the organization should no longer claim that it represents physicians in this country.
New York Times | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 07.10.2009 | New York
Hospitals in New York State are significantly worse than those elsewhere in the nation at limiting patients from having to return shortly after being ...
Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Reform should be financed with a small increase in the Medicare payroll tax by about a third of a percentage point. For about half of working Americans, this would cost a latte a week ($3) or less.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
The recent decision by President Obama to disband his predecessor's Council on Bioethics raises important questions regarding the role of professional bioethicists in contemporary society.
Doug Schoen | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Bringing industry leaders into the legislative process diffuses one of the biggest threats to comprehensive health care reform.
Clayola Brown | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Providing health care for all must recognize and address health disparities that exist among minority populations.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
You don't have to be rich and famous -- or even insured -- to get the same bad medical care that VIPs can get. You just have to have the wrong attitude and the wrong doctor.
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Miss Jackson reminds me of a quote, attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
TIME | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama has been President for six months now, and we are beginning to learn a few things about how he does business. The most surprising of thes...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Speaker Nancy Pelosi affirmed on Wednesday that the House would pass a health care bill before the August recess, and she said in no equivocal terms t...
Yahoo! News | Ed Stoddard | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business
SOUTHLAKE, Texas (Reuters) -- Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the of...
Bloomberg | Ryan J. Donmoyer and Nicole Gaouette | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration pressed House lawmakers to strengthen legislation to revamp health care, saying it doesn't go far enough to fix a system plag...
Drew Westen | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Before we start going after middle class taxpayers, both as good policy and good politics, we would do well to remember that the middle class is and always has been the backbone of our economy
Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
The president has been telling Americans that a public plan will create competition, lower the cost of private insurance, and improve care. The data from San Francisco is proving that he's right.
Bob Cesca | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
If certain wingnuts and Republicans don't want affordable, guaranteed health insurance, then they don't have to sign up. They're welcome to continue to defiantly roll the dice with their private plans.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?
Huff TV | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
Deepak Bhargava | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics
A "universal" health care program that leaves out millions of Americans is a fraud and hurts all Americans, not just those who are excluded.
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OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people?
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
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Chris Weigant | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics