Preexisting Conditions

Health Care Debate Looms Large At Thanksgiving

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Jerry Chautin

Turkey, cranberry sauce, and a side of health care debate is dominating Thanksgiving tables this year. The debate gets more heated when some worry that their situation will be adversely affected.

GOP Health Care Bill WON'T Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Sick People

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain Strategist, Losing Health Coverage

The Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


If history had taken a different course, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be inside the McCain White House driving the Republican president's domestic agenda, i...

Insurers Limited Coverage For Acne, Pregnancy, Intention To Adopt

Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


A proposal to make preexisting health conditions irrelevant in the sale of insurance policies could help not just the seriously ill but also people wh...

Apologies for being sick, and other weekend stories

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home


Harold Pollack

In the 1970s, people began quoting bromides of the sort: "a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged." This wasn't logical or nice--not least fo...