The False Bird Flu Scare The False Bird Flu Scare
The United States has fueled a worldwide overreaction to the threat of a bird flu pandemic, putting AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other crucial global health programs at risk.
May 18, 2006 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel
Government’s the Problem Government’s the Problem
Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Part D From Outer Space Part D From Outer Space
The Bush Administration's ill-advised new prescription drug program could destroy Medicare as a benefit for all Americans.
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
AIDS Movement Seizes Control AIDS Movement Seizes Control
Despite its controversy, World AIDS Day has demonstrated how vast and global the AIDS movement has gone. While the extent of AIDS advocacy was not as far-reaching then, in 1987 a b...
Dec 2, 2005 / Feature / Mark Gevisser
Mismanaged Care Mismanaged Care
Tennessee once had a visionary health care plan for that left only 14 percent of residents uninsured. But with federal cuts and a governor's misguided attempt to privatize Medicaid...
Nov 22, 2005 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies
Why are so few elderly people signing up for the new Medicare drug benefit? It's cumbersome, costly and totally confusing.
Nov 16, 2005 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel
Wal-Mart Tries to Grow a Pair Wal-Mart Tries to Grow a Pair
If Wal-Mart finds resistance irksome, it should lobby for universal healthcare.
May 25, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Life Without Health Insurance Life Without Health Insurance
Millions of young people are unprotected.
Feb 3, 2005 / Feature / Meredith Clark
Retirement Security Fight Retirement Security Fight
Call out the fifes, sound the bugles, strike on the drums. With the State of the Union behind us, the Battle for Social Security now officially begins--again.
Feb 3, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
The View From Vermont The View From Vermont
Dr. Deborah Richter has advocated state-sponsored health insurance for every Vermonter, at nearly fifty Rotary Clubs plus chambers of commerce and boardrooms.
Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Morton Mintz