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
How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses
If Haitians are ever going to recover from the crisis caused by the massive earthquake that very nearly leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, they are going to need nurses.
Jan 18, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
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 / Audio / Chris Hayes
Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Healthcare Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Healthcare
Here are some ways to cut costs and improve outcomes no matter what happens to healthcare reform in Washington.
Jan 14, 2010 / Editorial / The Nation
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 / Editorial / 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 / Editorial / 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.
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