Health Care

The Breakdown: Can Healthcare Reform Be Saved? The Breakdown: Can Healthcare Reform Be Saved?

In the wake of the surprising loss in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the future of healthcare reform has become uncertain. The Nation's DC Editor Christopher Hayes and special guest Rya...

Jan 22, 2010 / Chris Hayes

What Coakley’s Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform What Coakley’s Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform

Healthcare is in jeopardy, but it's not dead--especially if Democrats drag their feet on swearing in Brown.

Jan 20, 2010 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein

What Massachusetts Got Right What Massachusetts Got Right

Obama's opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our healthcare concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country.

Jan 20, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Breakdown: A Healthcare Timeline The Breakdown: A Healthcare Timeline

Even if healthcare reform passes in 2010, many of its programs will only go into effect in two or three years. Why? Christopher Hayes says it's all an accounting trick.

Jan 15, 2010 / Chris Hayes

What’s Next for Healthcare Reform? What’s Next for Healthcare Reform?

Despite the Senate compromises, there's still a lot to like in the healthcare reform bill. But will it survive reconciliation?

Dec 30, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein

Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On

Before the healthcare reform bill reaches President Obama's desk, here are the issues that are still worth fighting on to ensure reform helps as many Americans as possible.

Dec 24, 2009 / J. Lester Feder

Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham

Howard Dean was roundly condemned for casting aspersions on what even many of its more ardent supporters admit is an obviously flawed bill.

Dec 23, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Healthcare Pressure Points Healthcare Pressure Points

How do the House and Senate bills compare on affordability and enforceability?

Dec 22, 2009 / J. Lester Feder

GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform

The Nation's DC editor Chris Hayes weighs in on the petty tone currently defining the Senate's healthcare battle.

Dec 22, 2009 / Countdown

Swapping Politics for Science on Drug Policy Swapping Politics for Science on Drug Policy

President Obama has lifted the twenty-year ban on federal funding of needle exchanges. But if he wants to promote public health--over politics--on substance abuse, there are plenty...

Dec 21, 2009 / Feature / Beth Schwartzapfel

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