The Cancer Generation: Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm
by John Geyman
Common Courage Press
No topic could serve as a better proxy for the deficiencies in the

The Cancer Generation: Baby Boomers Facing a Perfect Storm
by John Geyman
Common Courage Press
No topic could serve as a better proxy for the deficiencies in the

Research Firm Cited by GOP Is Owned by Health Insurer
By David S. Hilzenrath
The Washington Post
July 22, 2009

The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely

The progressive community has really blown it. The decision was to make "choice" the rallying cry for comprehensive reform - choosing to keep the insurance

Bait and switch: How the "public option" was sold
By Kip Sullivan
Physicians for a National Health Program
July 20, 2009

The progressive community has really blown it. The

President Obama: I want to cover everybody. Now, the truth is that unless you have a what's called a single-payer system in which everybody

News Conference
President Barack Obama
The White House
July 22, 2009

Question: ...is this bill going to cover all 47 million Americans that are uninsured...?

President Obama: I want to

There has been intense interest in providing the administration with greater control over Medicare spending in order to bend down the trajectory of projected increases

Centrists Win Backing on Medicare Cost Cuts
By Greg Hitt and Naftali Bendavid
The Wall Street Journal
July 22, 2009

Democratic centrists said they won a tentative commitment from

The vote on the data exclusivity amendment was covered in a qotd last week, at the link above. More background information is provided by Lisa

Is the health care cost debate limited to concerns about federal spending on health care, or is it about total health care spending? The distinction