Public Health Insurance

Growing Momentum for Public Option

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

With just 2 votes short of passage Tuesday, the odds are now very high that some form of public health insurance option will be included on the final reform bill.

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...

The Hippocratic Oath And Health Care Reform

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


Raymond J. Learsy

This letter speaks eloquently to an issue critical to the administration and the conduct of our society.

A Public Health Insurance Plan Can Cover All of Our Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

A public health insurance plan option would encourage competition on the basis of cost and quality, not by avoiding the sick and denying care, as is the current practice.