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Big healthcare industry players promise the White House they'll get on board with reform -- so they don't get trampled by it.
By Mike Madden
May 12, 2009
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The biggest players in healthcare say they'll help reform efforts by cutting spending growth by $2 trillion over 10 years -- can they be trusted?
By Alex Koppelman
May 11, 2009
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People with autism don't need to be "cured," argues the burgeoning "autism culture" movement. Not all parents or medical experts agree.
By Elizabeth Svoboda
April 27, 2009
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The Nebraska Democrat thinks you've got an awfully nice reform package here, and it'd be a shame if something were to happen to it.
By Gabriel Winant
April 23, 2009
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Democrats line up an array of groups to keep a compromise on the table; the GOP may not have the firepower to just say no.
By Gabriel Winant
April 20, 2009
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Obama will be tempted to bargain for his agenda with spending cuts; healthcare's not the place to trim.
By Robert Reich
April 20, 2009
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Back from Baghdad, the president clears out his in box and talks healthcare, pirates and mortgages. He will fix your muffler AND refinance your home.
By Mike Madden
April 10, 2009
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Conservatives opposed to health care reform say Natasha Richardson's death was due in part to Canada's system.
By Alex Koppelman
March 27, 2009
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The GOP can't stomach the prospect of American consumers having free choice over their healthcare programs.
By David Sirota
March 14, 2009
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New Deal critic Amity Shlaes compares the president's healthcare plan to "The Matrix."
By Andrew Leonard
March 11, 2009
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Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
By Joe Conason
March 9, 2009
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Private health insurers helped kill Bill Clinton's healthcare reforms with a famous series of TV ads. Now the situation is so dire they're on board with Obama's reforms.
By Mike Madden
March 6, 2009
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Once, even Republican presidents like Eisenhower and Nixon believed in the public sector. Now, during a national crisis, a Democrat opts for inadequate, neoliberal, private-sector remedies. What happened?
By Michael Lind
March 6, 2009
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Budgets are about priorities, not numbers, and President Obama's first budget marks a sea change from the past eight years.
By Mike Madden
February 27, 2009
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A writer for the National Review offers his idea for health care reform: die younger.
By Alex Koppelman
February 24, 2009
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During his fiscal responsibility summit, President Obama must not cave in to the privatizers and slashers.
By Joe Conason
February 23, 2009
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With unemployment rising, a healthcare crisis and the planet on the brink of incineration, the stimulus bill is only the first step in fixing the nation's problems.
By David Sirota
February 21, 2009
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The Internet is good at many, many things. Online doctor's visits, maybe not so much.
By Andrew Leonard
February 10, 2009
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His ties to the former senator may have blinded him to potential ethics problems -- but in the end, the president takes the blame.
By Mike Madden
February 4, 2009
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Annals of an economic contraction: Rumors fly of revenue shortfalls attributed to a drastic decrease in sick people willing to pay for health care
By Andrew Leonard
February 3, 2009
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We need a new citizen-based Social Contract that would deliver universal healthcare and paid family leave.
By Michael Lind
January 21, 2009
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My mother's breath stinks but I'm afraid to mention it!
By Cary Tennis
January 14, 2009
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President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant
January 8, 2009
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Laid-off expectant mother induces for insurance purposes.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
December 8, 2008
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The Big Three blame legacy retiree benefits for crippling their business. But it's their own darn fault.
By Andrew Leonard
December 3, 2008