http://dir.salon.com/topics/health_care/?source=rss&aim=health_care en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT By Joan Walsh Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/27/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/27/hillary/index.html?source=rss Hillary Clinton targets the Republicans -- and her loyalists who have been unwilling to give up the good fight. By Cary Tennis Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/02/survivor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/02/survivor/index.html?source=rss Cancer changed everything. I need a new paradigm. By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/vital_signs/2008/06/19/health_incentives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/vital_signs/2008/06/19/health_incentives/index.html?source=rss Ask not what healthcare can do for you but what you can do, with incentives, for healthcare. Andrew Leonard Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/10/health_insurance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/10/health_insurance/index.html?source=rss An explanation for American anxiety attacks -- a sharp decline in the quality of health insurance during the Bush economy. By Laura Miller Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm. Lynn Harris Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/refuse_pap_smears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/27/refuse_pap_smears/index.html?source=rss Some doctors are conscience-clausing their way out of performing basic gynecological screening. By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/22/dem_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/22/dem_debate/index.html?source=rss All that mattered about the showdown in Austin was whether she could stop Barack Obama's momentum. Were her powerful closing words a magic bullet? By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/21/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/21/healthcare/index.html?source=rss Clinton's and Obama's proposals are nearly identical. So which candidate offers the better medicine for America's health coverage ills? By Thomas F. Schaller Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/dem_debate_la/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/01/dem_debate_la/index.html?source=rss In a highly anticipated showdown, Clinton and Obama duked it out, sort of, in a fight for the high road. Carol Lloyd Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/31/sex_of_surgeon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/31/sex_of_surgeon/index.html?source=rss A new study finds that breast cancer patients treated by female surgeons were more likely to receive post-op radiation. Alex Koppelman Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/schip/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/12/19/schip/index.html?source=rss Stymied by their inability to override a presidential veto, the Dems walk away from plans to expand the health insurance plan -- Republicans are claiming victory. By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/18/democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/18/democrats/index.html?source=rss With the Iowa vote nearing, Clinton, Obama and Edwards reveal sharp tonal differences, betting the farm not on policy but on political panache. By George Lakoff and Glenn W. Smith Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/2007/10/20/sick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/2007/10/20/sick/index.html?source=rss President Bush wants to leave American families to the mercy of profit-run healthcare -- a practical and moral failure. By Cary Tennis Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/20/no_front_teeth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/20/no_front_teeth/index.html?source=rss He says he got them knocked out in a fight years ago, but he's deathly afraid to get it fixed. Digby Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/19/schip_veto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/19/schip_veto/index.html?source=rss So why should they get healthcare? By Joan Walsh Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/17/elizabeth_edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/17/elizabeth_edwards/index.html?source=rss On her confrontation with Ann Coulter, why she backs gay marriage -- and why Edwards is a better choice for women than Hillary Clinton. Julia Dahl Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/16/schip/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/16/schip/index.html?source=rss The Senate Finance Committee wants to provide health coverage for as many as 4 million more kids, but the White House says no. By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/22/sicko/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/06/22/sicko/index.html?source=rss In his most persuasive film yet, Michael Moore gives the U.S. healthcare system a full exam -- and offers up a grim prognosis. By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/06/08/2_hilllary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/06/08/2_hilllary/index.html?source=rss Two new books about Clinton add to the canon, but do little to illuminate who she really is as she eyes the White House. By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/30/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/30/obama/index.html?source=rss He is blazing a campaign trail away from conventional politics. But can he redeem the hopes that so many have placed in his historic candidacy? By Eilene Zimmerman Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone. Alex Koppelman Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/07/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/07/healthcare/index.html?source=rss A coalition of large businesses comes out for a change in America's healthcare system. By Erik Ose Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/27/edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/27/edwards/index.html?source=rss Yes, the presidential hopeful got two overpriced haircuts -- but when he's at home he goes to the local grocery store like everyone else. By Walter Shapiro Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/06/edwards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/06/edwards/index.html?source=rss Whatever the outcome of his presidential campaign, this time around Edwards won't regret being an overly cautious candidate. By Joe Conason Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/01/12/maria_leavey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/01/12/maria_leavey/index.html?source=rss My friend, a consultant for progressive causes, may have died at 52 because she lacked health insurance. The Democrats she worked so hard to return to power owe her one.