The fight over health care reform is indeed a moral battle. No longer an issue of statistics and parliamentary maneuvers, it's moved to a higher level.
Jim Wallis | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics
Misinformation and angry mobs are not how democracy functions. Freedom of speech and assembly are certainly our rights, but they must be exercised with responsibility and accountability.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Progressives were outraged when the Bush administration banned Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. It's time for outrage when the Obama administration does the same.
Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Health care reform hangs in the balance at the same time we learn that nine banks, all recipients of federal bailout support, paid an astounding $33 billion in bonuses in 2008.
Rachel Farris | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
We are often like manatees, unwilling or unable to defend ourselves. Maybe progressives are in fact angry. What's unclear is when we'll start doing something about it.
Louise Marie Roth | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
Defenders of the status quo seem unable to see the big health insurance bubble for what it is: an unsustainable, out-of-control behemoth headed for a huge collision.
Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
You cannot win any political campaign without connecting to people's emotions. Americans split pretty evenly over health care reform, so whoever taps into these emotions will win.
Bill Scher | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media
I don't consider Ambinder to be a right-wing shill. He's giving sincere analysis, as he always does. Just in this case, he's wrong.
Richard Kirsch | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home
Since health care won't be decided at the popular ballot box, we can't just wait for the public to recognize the reality behind this nutty minority.
Darrell West | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
Ultimately, Democrats will succeed in passing health care reform because the risks of failure are too high.
Peter Daou | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
Weeks ago, I cautioned that the White House was in perpetual campaign mode. Therein lies the problem. The August health care battle isn't the presidential campaign.
Lanny Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
I know to be effective helping the president pass national health care at long last -- which I strongly support -- it would help a little if I understood a little more.
Dan Nejfelt | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
Huffington Post blogger Matt Warmowski asked an important question about healthcare reform last week: Where are the Christians in this debate?
Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
What supporters of the public option most need is a clear line of argument. That line of argument is rooted in the fact that the vast majority of Americans think Medicare is great.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics
Even if we insure more people, as President Obama hopes to, a fragmented, profit-oriented system simply cannot yield the most efficient use of health outlays.
Mike Lux | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics
After all the health care reform pushing and shoving, threats and counter-threats, deals and counter-deals, after all the negotiating back and forth: so far, so good.
Washington Post | Ceci Connolly | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
From the start of his presidency, Barack Obama made clear that his plan for enacting comprehensive health-care reform came down to three words: fast, ...
FiveThirtyEight.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
Last night, the Energy and Commerce Committee voted 31-28 to approve a compromise version of the Democrats' health care reform bill. As the Energy and...
Blaise Zerega | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
I have a sinking feeling that by the time the Senate has its turn, the public option will resemble a poor combination of Medicare and Medicaid.
Dawn Teo | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
Obama's former campaign arm, Organizing for America, is targeting districts of Blue Dog Dems reluctant to support health care reform with old-fashioned, on-the-ground operations.
Michael Brenner | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics
The health care bill is 1,000+ pages. As long as the Old and New Testaments, with a few centuries of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire tacked on.
Mike Lux | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
One thing is absolutely clear from what has happened over the last week in the health care debate: fundamental change has not come to Washington, D.C.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that he has grown "a little frustrated" with objections to his health care reform goals. "This is one of ...
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Today, the Health Care for America Now coalition is having a national call-in day. Our message? The House of Representatives needs to pass reform now, before they go home for vacation.
Robin Wells | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics