Health Care

Obama’s Healthcare Achievements

Obama’s Healthcare Achievements Obama’s Healthcare Achievements

Let's give the president credit for pushing through the most far-reaching and economically redistributive social legislation since the New Deal.

Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Theda Skocpol

What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About

The attorneys general in Florida and Virginia who are attacking America's uninsured ought to think about who really benefits from the politicization of well-being.

Aug 12, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Progressives Did Right to Win Healthcare What Progressives Did Right to Win Healthcare

The progressive campaign to win health reform was several years in the making and based on a well-developed and resourced plan, from which other progressive campaigns can learn.

Aug 9, 2010 / Richard Kirsch

Nation Conversations: Jeff Blum on the Battle for Healthcare Nation Conversations: Jeff Blum on the Battle for Healthcare

USAction's Jeff Blum argues that progressives need to embrace Obama's healthcare reform as a major victory for the social justice movement: "We actually established a new r...

Jun 29, 2010 / Audio / The Nation

A Single-Payer Laboratory in Vermont A Single-Payer Laboratory in Vermont

Don't count single-payer out yet. Vermont just passed a bill mandating a study of three approaches to universal healthcare, including single-payer, and will adopt the best plan.

May 13, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ten Things You Can Do for Healthcare Reform Ten Things You Can Do for Healthcare Reform

What you need to know to make the most of the new healthcare law.

May 6, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors

Healthcare Bill Needs Reforms Healthcare Bill Needs Reforms

John Nichols explains why he is excited about the possibilities for progressive reform to the healthcare bill.

Apr 16, 2010 / Video / John Nichols

Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform

 Legal experts say constitutional challenges to the healthcare reform legislation don't have a leg to stand on. But as politics, these suits could be a roaring success.

Apr 16, 2010 / Aziz Huq

Nowhere to Hyde Nowhere to Hyde

The healthcare reform debate exposed the weakness of the prochoice movement. What now?

Apr 1, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Socialism? Not Quite, Say the Socialists Socialism? Not Quite, Say the Socialists

"I know they call Obama's plan 'socialist.' But if the point is to make sure everyone has health care and that costs are kept down, Socialists really could have come up with s...

Mar 27, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

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