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
The GOP Smear Machine The GOP Smear Machine
Did the White House threaten to close a military base in Nebraska if Sen. Nelson didn't vote for health reform? No, but the accuracy is meaningless when it comes to the GOP smear m...
Gaming Healthcare Gaming Healthcare
Dropping the public option and Medicare expansion means breaking the promise of health reform: better care at lower cost.
Dec 16, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
No Public Option: Worse Than Nothing? No Public Option: Worse Than Nothing?
In search of the elusive, filibuster-proof sixtieth vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has eviscerated the Senate's healthcare reform bill.
Dec 16, 2009 / Editorial / Lindsay Beyerstein
Feminism’s Face-Lift Feminism’s Face-Lift
Can a tax on breast enhancements and liposuction be channeled to benefit the public good?
Dec 9, 2009 / Editorial / Alexandra Suich
Senate Prepares to Cast First Heathcare Votes Senate Prepares to Cast First Heathcare Votes
It takes sixty votes to pass an amendment and most of the proposed measures for the healthcare bill will never pass. Still, a great opportunity to grandstand over pet issues.
Dec 2, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Heathcare Finally Hits the Senate Floor Heathcare Finally Hits the Senate Floor
The Nation's John Nichols and others speculate about what the Senate healthcare bill will ultimately look like and if it can be more progressive than the House's.
Waffling Democrats’ Healthcare Hypocrisy Waffling Democrats’ Healthcare Hypocrisy
The very same senators who smear the public option are staunch supporters of the Veterans Health Administration--and that really is socialized medicine.
Dec 1, 2009 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Crunch Time in the Senate Crunch Time in the Senate
Will conservative and liberal objections to the Senate healthcare bill's provisions regarding women's health doom the legislation?
Nov 25, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein