Health Care

Casualties of Care Casualties of Care

The privatization of veterans' healthcare limits the government's ability to honor those who serve.

Apr 8, 2009 / Feature / Tara McKelvey

Healthcare Lifeboats Healthcare Lifeboats

The Massachusetts healthcare reform model may rest on impeccable political logic, but it's economic and medical nonsense

Apr 8, 2009 / Feature / Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein

Fighting for Our Health Fighting for Our Health

Can Washington summon the will to cut costs, raise revenues and cover the uninsured?

Apr 8, 2009 / Feature / J. Lester Feder

Healthcare Enemy No. 1 Healthcare Enemy No. 1

Hospital magnate Rick Scott, the face of GOP resistance to healthcare reform, has won the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary.

Mar 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Healthcare Heats Up Healthcare Heats Up

Don't listen to the fearmongers: government-run healthcare is cost-efficient, effective and far superior to the free-market mess we're in.

Mar 11, 2009 / The Editors

Dr. Gupta, Give Me the News Dr. Gupta, Give Me the News

Withdrawing his bid for Surgeon General, CNN's Sanjay Gupta is headed back to TV. But his medical reporting, like his nomination, is worrisome.

Mar 6, 2009 / Chris Mooney

Will Obama Pay Your Doctor Bills? Will Obama Pay Your Doctor Bills?

A year from now, will America have affordable healthcare? Monica Sanchez, Adam Thompson, and Dr. Walter Tsou on Obama's healthcare reform plan.

Mar 4, 2009 / GRITtv

Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’ Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’

In a 2009 Nation editorial the Congressman passionately called for money for healthcare, not warfare. 

Feb 12, 2009 / Barney Frank

The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Obama’s Gupta Pick The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Obama’s Gupta Pick

The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses Obama's controversial choice of Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.

Jan 9, 2009 / Countdown

Life or Death Life or Death

This essay, a finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that health care should be considered an inalienable right on par with any other Constitutional protection.

Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / Daniel Zhou

x