The heated debate over health care reform was certainly not unexpected. What has been a surprise to many of us is the intensity of the

President Obama, in his speech before the joint session of Congress last evening, did not break new ground on the current proposal for reform being

Health Insurance Coverage: 2008
U.S. Census Bureau
September 10, 2009

* The percentage of people without health insurance in 2008 was not statistically different from 2007 at 15.4

Average-income Americans - the majority of us - are finding the impact of health spending growth to be onerous, and it will get worse.

Increased Spending On Health Care: Long-Term Implications For The Nation
By Michael E. Chernew, Richard A. Hirth and David M. Cutler
Health Affairs
September/October 2009
Average-income Americans - the

In his Labor Day speech yesterday, President Obama, in using his "I continue to believe..." phrasing when mentioning a public option, made it quite clear

This may be the most important week in this window of opportunity for health care reform. Matt Taibbi's well researched article tells us where we

Sick and Wrong
By Matt Taibbi
Rollingstone.com
September 3, 2009

All that's left of health care reform is a collection of piece-of-shit, weakling proposals that are preposterously expensive and

Sick and Wrong
By Matt Taibbi
Rollingstone.com
September 3, 2009

All that's left of health care reform is a collection of piece-of-shit, weakling proposals that are preposterously expensive and

Under the House bill for reform (HR 3200), a family of four with an income of $88,200 that had health care needs could be responsible