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Obama Gathers Leaders at Healthcare Summit (US Politics, Healthcare Policy)
The Nation
Talking Healthcare and Consumer Protection (Congress, Economics, Healthcare Policy)

Guest-hosting the Rachel Maddow Show, Nation DC editor Christopher Hayes talks to Rep. Diana DeGette on healthcare and Demos director Heather McGhee on consumer protection.

The Rachel Maddow Show
Massa Backs Off Healthcare Conspiracy (Congress, Healthcare Policy)

The latest moves on healthcare reform from Kucinich, Massa and Stupak.

Lindsay Beyerstein
Healthcare Hypocrisy Continues (Healthcare Policy, Conservatives and the American Right)

Republicans attack government healthcare while trying to save Medicare.

The Rachel Maddow Show
The Breakdown: How Would Healthcare Reform Affect the Economy? (US Politics, Healthcare Policy, Economy)

How will healthcare reform affect the economy? This week on The Breakdown, Christopher Hayes talks to Ezra Klein to correct the misperceptions.

Christopher Hayes
Former Obama Adviser: Why Is the Administration So Unassertive? (Healthcare Policy, Environment)

Former Obama adviser Marshall Ganz wonder why has it taken so long for Obama to settle on the most direct route to legislative victory on healthcare.

Ari Melber
The World According to Stupak (Healthcare Policy)

By Representative Bart Stupak's logic, the government is "subsidizing abortion" by building roads, developing medicine and providing childcare.

Jessica Arons
CPR for the Public Option (Healthcare Policy)

There's still a chance it can be resuscitated.

Christopher Hayes
Big Tobacco and the Historians (Health, Corporations)

A tale of seduction and intimidation.

Jon Wiener
Obama to Push Health Plan at Summit (Healthcare Policy, Health)

Obama is billing the summit as a last-ditch attempt to solicit Republican ideas for healthcare reform.

Lindsay Beyerstein

Blogs

Tea Party Govs Say 'No' to Medicaid Expansion
George Zornick

More than a million people will be denied medical coverage if Florida and South Carolina opt out, but the battle is far from over. 

July 2, 2012
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Justice Roberts's Legacy
Nation in the News

Why did the chief justice change his mind on healthcare?

June 29, 2012
Roberts and Obamacare: The Odd Couple Wins
William Greider

With the ACA upheld, the door has been opened for evolution toward what eventually will be recognized as nationalized healthcare.

June 29, 2012
Justice Roberts's Decision Is Not for Cheering
Laura Flanders

There are booby traps in the Court’s Commerce Clause reading, and the traps are baited and ready for tripping in the Medicaid part of the ruling.

June 29, 2012
Did Justice Roberts Set Booby-Traps in His Commerce Clause Ruling?
Leslie Savan

Is Roberts “gutting the Commerce Clause”—or merely throwing red meat to the right?

June 28, 2012
Howard Dean on Healthcare Ruling: 'The President Won'
Ari Berman

"It’s going to be hard for conservatives to say that John Roberts condoned a socialist plan,” Howard Dean tells The Nation.

June 28, 2012
Outside the Court, GOP Revs Up Base While Progressives Cheer
George Zornick

Republicans will push for a full repeal of the law, while many Democrats are promising to add even more to it. 

June 28, 2012
Bernie Sanders, Nurses: We Still Need 'Medicare for All'
John Nichols

Senator and key union recognize that today's health care ruling is vital, but ultimately they say it's not enough.

June 28, 2012
Republicans Freak Out Over Ruling, Renew Attack on Obamacare
Ben Adler

This may be the rare instance where what is good for the country is good for Mitt Romney.

June 28, 2012
Supreme Court Upholds Obama's Healthcare Law
Ari Melber

The Court issued the biggest ruling of its term on Thursday.

June 28, 2012