Health Care Coverage

Sam Stein

Palin News Is Top Story For Only Two Percent Of Public, According To New Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


The media is drastically overplaying former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's influence on the national political conversation, suggests a new study of the pu...

Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.

Point 3: We Need an Orbitz for Health

George Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


George Halvorson

Consumers and patients in America need to be able to make health care choices in a data-rich environment with clear information about care outcomes, caregiver performance, effectiveness and price.

Americans Increasingly Worried About Losing Health Care Coverage: Poll

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a ...

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

Victims Of 'Health Insurance Bureaucracy' Speak Out

ABC News | Devin Dwyer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Erinn Ackley still remembers her father's words as he struggled with an aggressive form of cancer in 2006. Bill Ackley had health insurance through hi...

"Yes We Can" Returns: Obama Leads Campaign-Style Health Care Rally

The Huffington Post/ AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


MINNEAPOLIS - President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boo...

Sam Stein

Key Blue Dog Democrat Pushes Health Insurance Co-ops (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


One of the chief Blue Dog Democrats in the House made the case on Monday that fellow members of his party should get behind health care legislation th...

Sam Stein

Key Centrists Rally Around Conrad's Co-op Plan For Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics


Two centrist Senators who will play vital roles in the health care debate, said on Sunday that they were intrigued by the idea of structuring co-opera...

Sam Stein

McCain Adviser: Obama Burdened By Campaign Pledge On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


An ongoing lobby effort to get the White House to fund health care reform by ending the tax breaks for employers who provide coverage to their workers...

Universal Health Care Can Save Our Economy

Dr. Behzad Mohit | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


Dr. Behzad Mohit

Anxiety and uncertainty about our health care will be once and for all gone. Even pharmaceutical companies will cut billions in costs because they'll have no need to advertise, lobby, or provide gifts.

Sam Stein

Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics


Reader KP writes in to add some much needed perspective on the increasingly obsessive Rod Blagojevich coverage. Here is some food for thought. I lost...

Wal-Mart Revamps Employees' Health Care Plans

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Wal-Mart, long criticized for its health care coverage, unveiled a broad plan yesterday that is intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and of...