Public Health Care

The Secret History Of Mammography

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Devra Davis, Ph.D.

Mammography is one of the most oversold and understudied technologies in medical history. To continue to assert that mammography will save lives flies in the face of huge numbers of studies on the topic.

Dick Armey - Master Scaremonger

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

What's sad is that these scaremongering tactics are so effective. They make it easy to forget that we rank #37 in world health.

Rep. Giffords Bucks Fellow "Blue Dogs," Supports Public Health Care Option

FIreDogLake | slinkerwink | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics


Gabrielle Giffords, a Blue Dog Democrat, wrote an editorial in the Arizona Daily Star, about the need for health care reform that includes a strong pu...

Americans Back Public Health Care, New Polls Reaffirm

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Two new polls show that Americans support health care reform, but they're concerned about costs. Quinnipiac found that 69 percent of voters nationwid...

Self-Preservation: The Real Reason the GOP Opposes Health Care Reform

Dan Sweeney | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Dan Sweeney

Public health care isn't just the right thing to do from a moral standpoint. For the Democrats, it also makes the most sense politically.

AMA Support Can Secure The Public Option

Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Sahil Kapur

It's time for AMA physicians to take back the compassion and honor that led them into their profession and support the public alternative.

Ryan Grim

Pelosi: Health Care Reform Can't Pass Without Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Huffington Post Thursday that a health care overhaul that did not include a public option wouldn't make it through...

Ryan Grim

Nelson Again Open To Public Health Care Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


On Tuesday, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said that he is open to a public health insurance option as long as it doesn't undermine existing private insuran...

Conservatives Step Up Ad Campaign Against Obama Health Plan

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A conservative group that's been running ominous ads warning that President Barack Obama will institute government-run health care ...

Evan Bayh "Agnostic" On Public Health Care

ThinkProgress | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


On Fox News Sunday this morning, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) trashed the idea of including a new public health insurance plan as part of health care reform...