Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.
We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.
Andrew Ruben | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
If we've really survived the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression thanks to government intervention, and if health care reform is so integral to fulfilling the American promise, where is Obama's "New Deal"?
David Cay Johnston | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.
Harry Moroz | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
Lawmakers should use the current crisis as an opportunity to usher in a new era of middle-class American rule.
Steven Hill | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Whether one looks at infant mortality, life expectancy, the number of physicians, hospital beds, medical errors or high out-of-pocket expenses, America underperforms to a shocking degree.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is vowing a rapid push on health reform this year, telling reporters yesterday that he would intro...
Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Neither the president, nor Congress, should consider the job of securing access to health care for children to be a done deal.
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
As a freshman member of Congress that made the expansion of children's healthcare a cornerstone of my campaign, this is a truly powerful and emotional moment for me.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
The expansion of SCHIP is a historic health care development and is a reminder that despite the drama, President Obama is able to deliver the change he promised.
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
President Obama signed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Wednesday afternoon. "This is a down payment on my promise to cov...
Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Some analysts are guessing that Obama, while he won't utter the words "immigration reform" in the same breath, might be more willing to tackle the issue one piece at a time.
Frank Sharry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
If the raging debate this week over kids health care is any indication, the GOP's new Hispanic Outreach Team must be locked in the closet, bound, and gagged.
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics
Let's not lose sight of the fact that, like Cheney, these political and business leaders all think they know what they are doing.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
With a stroke of his pen, Barack Obama will soon change America's priorities - spending the equivalent of 40 days in Iraq to provide health care for over 10 million children a year.
Frank Sharry | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
This week the House is will vote on reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and the Senate Finance Committee will take up...
Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
After benefiting enormously from the Latino backlash against GOP anti-immigrant race-baiting, Democratic legislators will have their first reality test, albeit a modest one, on this hot button issue.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama returned to Capitol Hill today for the first time since his election, convening leaders of both parties to lay the groundwork for his eco...
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
My hope that the Obama administration eschews the typical form of crafted bipartisanship characterized by short-term compromises that gloss over ideological differences.
Paul K. Longmore | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
Ever since Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, there has been a great deal of talk about "special needs" children but little about the issues that concer...
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home
"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."
David Nassar | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business
Instead of perpetuating a cycle of poverty among its workers, it's time Wal-Mart consider a meaningful wage increase for its U.S. employees who are struggling to make ends.
Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, h...
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics