Health Care Plan

Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

The following is a memo Jim Wallis has provided to leaders throughout the nation concerning the ongoing issue of abortion within the health care refor...

Small Businesses Take A Back Seat In Obama's Health-Care Plan

Newsweek | Kevin Kelly | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


A healthy percentage of the uninsured, about 46 percent, work for small businesses too poor to afford insurance. And poll after poll says that fear of...

GOP Health Care Plan Just A Mess Of Bizarre Amendments: WaPo

Washington Post | Dana Milbank | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


It's getting late in the Senate Finance Committee's writing of a health-care bill, but not too late for Republicans on Wednesday to make one more vali...

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.29.2009 | 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.

Healthcare FLASHBACKS (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics


How Barack Obama has changed! We recently learned that President Obama has secretly made a sweetheart deal with Billy Tauzin, the former congressman ...

House Republicans Unveil $700B Health Care Plan

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $700 billion health care plan that would offer tax credits to help people buy insurance, ...

CBO Deals New Blow To Health Plan

Politico | CHRIS FRATES | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics


For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan to...

Paying For Healthcare Overhaul Likely To Fall Unevenly On States

Los Angeles Times | Janet Hook | Posted 08.05.2009 | Business


When Congress decides how to pay for President Obama's signature healthcare initiative, some of his strongest political bastions may be footing a heav...

Schumer: Dems May Have To Go It Alone On Health Care

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in a...

Kennedy Bill Would Make Employers Provide Health care

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Employers would be required to offer health care to employees or pay a penalty, and all Americans would be guaranteed health insura...

Obama's Health Care Strategy Revealed

New York Times | MATT BAI | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Sometime in the next few weeks, Congress and the White House will descend into the labyrinthine politics of comprehensive health care reform. For Bara...

Obama Open To Plan Requiring Everyone To Get Insurance

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's hopes for a bipartisan health deal seemed in jeopardy Thursday as GOP senators protested his renewed suppo...

Sam Stein

Republican Health Care Plan Unveiled

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Republicans in Congress are slated to unveil their health care reform plan on Wednesday, a proposal that relies heavily on private mechanisms, contain...

A Presidential Rx to Improve Health in the New Year

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country faces significant health challenges including skyrocketing costs, declining funding for scientific research, and lack of innovation in the government's response to emerging threats.

McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Jason Rosenbaum

According to McCain's senior economic policy adviser, McCain's health care plan won't destroy the employer-based insurance system because the plan doesn't work.

Giuliani Derides "Socialized Medicine," But Expanded Government Health Care While Mayor

New York Times | SARAH KERSHAW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In campaigning for president, Rudolph W. Giuliani has criticized Democrats for promoting "socialized" medicine, boasted about his record as mayor of N...