Health CareDon't Expect Brett Kavanaugh To Protect The Affordable Care ActBrett Kavanaugh upheld key parts of the Affordable Care Act in two cases, writes Carmel Shachar, but he's not as friendly to the health care policy as those decisions might...Jul 12, 2018The Cost Of Assuming Your Doctor Knows BestI missed the cancer cells on my 42-year-old patient, causing her diagnosis to be delayed, writes Dr. Vinita Parkash. My patient eventually died of her cancer.Nov 13, 2017Obamacare: What Doesn’t Kill It Makes It StrongerThe Affordable Care Act has never been in better standing with the American public than it is today, writes John E. McDonough.Jul 18, 2017Memo To Mitch McConnell: Let's Get Real About Health Care CostsIf you want to rein in what the government pays for health, writes Rich Barlow, focus on America’s highest-in-the-world medical prices instead of denying folks coverage.Jul 6, 2017A Mother's Response To The Health Care DebateOur instinctive efforts to protect our children cannot serve as a shield against devastatingly bad public policy, writes Lauren Stiller Rikleen. Jun 30, 2017AdvertisementThe Week That Was: Dems Defeated, SCOTUS To Hear Gerrymandering Case, David Ortiz Gets A Street And MoreDemocrats lose two more Congressional races, the Supreme Court will hear a case on gerrymandering and part of Yawkey Way becomes David Ortiz Drive. All that and more from Tom...Jun 23, 2017If You’re Against Abortion, Gunning For Planned Parenthood Makes No SenseThe other services provided help decrease abortions -- not to mention save women's lives, writes Rich Barlow.Jun 1, 2017From The ER To Nowhere: GOP's Health Care Bill Threatens Opioid Addiction TreatmentOn the front line of the opioid crisis, emergency physicians Alister Martin and Nathan Kunzler implore: less lip service, more drug rehabilitation services. May 31, 2017Single-Payer Health Care Is The Key To Democratic Victory In 2018Not proposing an alternate health care bill will leave Democrats looking even more out-of-touch with the concerns of ordinary people, writes Miles Howard.May 17, 2017Journalism And The Republican Health Plan: Covering Class Warfare Dressed Up As PolicyWe need a Fourth Estate that acts as an honest broker of the truth, writes Steve Almond. Millions of lives are at stake.Mar 15, 2017Privatizing Veterans' Health Care Isn't The CureAllowing for-profit networks to provide health care to veterans, writes Coleman Nee, creates the potential for systematic fraud that could devour billions of government dollars.Jan 24, 2017
Don't Expect Brett Kavanaugh To Protect The Affordable Care ActBrett Kavanaugh upheld key parts of the Affordable Care Act in two cases, writes Carmel Shachar, but he's not as friendly to the health care policy as those decisions might...Jul 12, 2018
The Cost Of Assuming Your Doctor Knows BestI missed the cancer cells on my 42-year-old patient, causing her diagnosis to be delayed, writes Dr. Vinita Parkash. My patient eventually died of her cancer.Nov 13, 2017
Obamacare: What Doesn’t Kill It Makes It StrongerThe Affordable Care Act has never been in better standing with the American public than it is today, writes John E. McDonough.Jul 18, 2017
Memo To Mitch McConnell: Let's Get Real About Health Care CostsIf you want to rein in what the government pays for health, writes Rich Barlow, focus on America’s highest-in-the-world medical prices instead of denying folks coverage.Jul 6, 2017
A Mother's Response To The Health Care DebateOur instinctive efforts to protect our children cannot serve as a shield against devastatingly bad public policy, writes Lauren Stiller Rikleen. Jun 30, 2017
The Week That Was: Dems Defeated, SCOTUS To Hear Gerrymandering Case, David Ortiz Gets A Street And MoreDemocrats lose two more Congressional races, the Supreme Court will hear a case on gerrymandering and part of Yawkey Way becomes David Ortiz Drive. All that and more from Tom...Jun 23, 2017
If You’re Against Abortion, Gunning For Planned Parenthood Makes No SenseThe other services provided help decrease abortions -- not to mention save women's lives, writes Rich Barlow.Jun 1, 2017
From The ER To Nowhere: GOP's Health Care Bill Threatens Opioid Addiction TreatmentOn the front line of the opioid crisis, emergency physicians Alister Martin and Nathan Kunzler implore: less lip service, more drug rehabilitation services. May 31, 2017
Single-Payer Health Care Is The Key To Democratic Victory In 2018Not proposing an alternate health care bill will leave Democrats looking even more out-of-touch with the concerns of ordinary people, writes Miles Howard.May 17, 2017
Journalism And The Republican Health Plan: Covering Class Warfare Dressed Up As PolicyWe need a Fourth Estate that acts as an honest broker of the truth, writes Steve Almond. Millions of lives are at stake.Mar 15, 2017
Privatizing Veterans' Health Care Isn't The CureAllowing for-profit networks to provide health care to veterans, writes Coleman Nee, creates the potential for systematic fraud that could devour billions of government dollars.Jan 24, 2017