Health Care System

Health Care Reform Through an M&A Lens

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


Ron Ashkenas

If the U.S. government were a corporation, the new health care "division" would represent a major acquisition. Companies don't add units without combining, consolidating, streamlining, and reducing.

The Best We Can Do

Lance Simmens | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

Why is it that it is easier to take the country into war without justification than it is to ensure that every American is entitled to health care?

I'm the Poster Child for Public Healthcare

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Lara M. Gardner

I sincerely hope our legislators can get their act together and create a health plan that provides health care for every American so all of us can experience true and complete care, as I did.

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.

Kristof: Existing Health Care System Kills More Than An Army Of "Death Panels" Working 24/7

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home


Critics fret that health care reform would undermine American family values, not least by convening somber death panels to wheel away Grandma as if sh...

Not New Rules But New Questions

Etan Thomas | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Etan Thomas

How can anyone be in favor of a health care system in which the patients are treated according to the amount of coverage their insurance company provides?

Technology, the Road to Recovery, and Personal Prosperity

Dean Garfield | Posted 09.13.2009 | Technology


Dean Garfield

It is time to marshal industry and scientific innovation to advance our key terrestrial priorities. The deep cultural divisions of the 1960s are largely behind us, but challenges remain.

A Practicing Doctor's Prescription for Health Care Reform

Dr. Jordan Shlain | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home


Dr. Jordan Shlain

The government has no problem regulating Wall Street, nuclear energy, the health care system and the legal system. Where are the regulations for maintaining personal health?

Jonathan Alter: Our Heath-Care System Is Just Fine As Is!

newsweek.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics


Go ahead, shoot me. I like the status quo on health care in the United States. I've got health insurance and I don't give a damn about the 47 million ...

Obama: "This Storm Will Pass"

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, citing fresh evidence the recession is winding down, says the country's future economic prosperity depends on bu...

Sam Stein

Reich: Obama "Over-Learned" From Clinton (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics


In crafting health care legislation, the Obama White House may have "over-learned the lesson of the Clinton years," giving too much deference to Congr...

Sam Stein

Obama Won't Commit To Opposing Health Care Bill Without Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


The Obama White House would not commit on Friday to opposing a health care reform proposal that did not include one of the president's favored compone...

Blue Dog Democrats Complain Of Being Shut Out Of Health Care Debate

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


Forty-five House Democrats in the party's moderate-to-conservative wing have protested the secretive process by which party leaders in their chamber a...

Health Care and Its Reform: A Right vs. A Service?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


Miles J. Zaremski

President Obama should declare health care a service for all Americans rather than a right.

The Future of Bush's Past

Stuart Blumin | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Stuart Blumin

History will identify the Bush-Cheney administration as the last holdout of the Age of Carbon, using its crucial eight years to block every effort to end the reign of fossil fuels.

The Blame Game - No Winners

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living


Deane Waldman

Blaming gets you what you think you want right now, not what you really need or want long term. When something bad happens - terrorists blow up the T...

"Expanding Access to Care": The Health Insurance Industry's Magic at Work

John Geyman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


John Geyman

As the costs of health care surge ever higher, the financial barrier to care has clearly become the biggest impediment of all.

Scum of the earth - NOT!

Deane Waldman | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home


Deane Waldman

We have had this talk before but apparently lots of you missed class that day. If you review the post "The Future of Healthcare" as well as others pri...

Morphine for Your Headache?

Deane Waldman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


Deane Waldman

You go to a doctor complaining of headaches. She gives you morphine and sends you home pain-free (and high). Is she practicing good medicine? Ridicul...

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise?

Andrew L. Yarrow | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business


Andrew L. Yarrow

How did two proud symbols of American greatness from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries become emblematic of deep social and economic problems and the nation's slide from global pre-eminence?

Study: Boomers to Flood Medical System

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even disco...

Cancer Fight Gets Nuclear, Despite Huge Price Tag

New York Times | Andrew Pollack | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


There is a new nuclear arms race under way -- in hospitals. Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for...