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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Articles and blog posts about healthcare By Anne Lamott Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/05/lamott_on_health_care/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/11/05/lamott_on_health_care/index.html?source=rss Stop dawdling on healthcare, forget about Snowe and Lieberman, and become the leader we voted for already By Michael Lind Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_employment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_employment/index.html?source=rss The jobs of tomorrow are not what you'd expect By Robert Reich Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/healthcare_jobs/index.html?source=rss Maybe Obama can turn on a dime from healthcare to jobs, but if not, there will be trouble By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/swine_flu_and_the_gop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/29/swine_flu_and_the_gop/index.html?source=rss Treatment and prevention of swine flu hurts insurer profits. The timing couldn't be better By Lynn Harris Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/28/why_abortion_must_be_covered/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/28/why_abortion_must_be_covered/index.html?source=rss Opponents of choice would have you believe it's a complicated issue. It's not By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures By Frances Kissling Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/organ_trafficking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/25/organ_trafficking/index.html?source=rss Millions of people like me need kidneys and there aren't enough. The government should give benefits to live donors By Glenn Greenwald Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/24/american_priorities/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/24/american_priorities/index.html?source=rss Endless war in Afghanistan is an absolute necessity. Health care for Americans is a luxury that can wait. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/the_many_sins_of_pfizer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/the_many_sins_of_pfizer/index.html?source=rss After agreeing to pay the biggest criminal fine ever, Big Pharma's biggest firm says profits equal good healthcare By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/bernanke_on_asia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/19/bernanke_on_asia/index.html?source=rss Chinese citizens save too much because their safety net sucks. What's the lesson for the U.S.? By Robert Reich Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/obama_hush_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/obama_hush_money/index.html?source=rss Letterman refused to pay his alleged blackmailer. Obama should say no to Big Pharma, the insurers and the AMA By David Sirota Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/17/snowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/17/snowe/index.html?source=rss Forget Olympia Snowe; pass the right healthcare bill, and voters will reward you By Alexis Fitts and Christopher Rogers Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/16/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/16/protests/index.html?source=rss Video: A crowd of protesters with wildly diverse aims clamors for the president's ear in San Francisco By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/14/our_broken_healthcare_system/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/14/our_broken_healthcare_system/index.html?source=rss The WSJ warns that public healthcare will lead to higher costs and worse care. But so will private healthcare Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/14/reich_video/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/14/reich_video/index.html?source=rss A video from Robert Reich on healthcare reform, and what the medical-industrial complex wants you to believe By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/13/the_great_healthcare_industry_depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/13/the_great_healthcare_industry_depression/index.html?source=rss Stock prices in health insurance companies are swooning. Is that why the industry is suddenly on the warpath? By Robert Reich Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/insurers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/insurers/index.html?source=rss Insurance companies say the Senate healthcare bill will force them to raise premiums. Time to call their bluff By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/lobbyists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/10/lobbyists/index.html?source=rss Healthcare reform might be easier if so many industry lobbyists didn't once work for legislators like Max Baucus By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/06/proof_that_obama_is_the_antichrist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/06/proof_that_obama_is_the_antichrist/index.html?source=rss Call it "the market of the beast." The link between stimulus money, healthcare and human-implantable microchips By Alex Koppelman Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/06/schwarzenegger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/06/schwarzenegger/index.html?source=rss The California governor becomes one of a handful of prominent Republicans to support reform legislation By Mike Madden Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/06/public_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/06/public_option/index.html?source=rss As healthcare reform moves to backroom talks, supporters say its chances may be improving By Matt Bivens Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/smallpox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/smallpox/index.html?source=rss For $4 trillion, we could've wiped out any number of diseases worldwide By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/01/bachmann/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/01/bachmann/index.html?source=rss The latest myth going around: Healthcare reform legislation would lead to abortion clinics in schools By Tristram Korten Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/01/rick_scott_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/01/rick_scott_two/index.html?source=rss Plaintiffs claim conservative activist Rick Scott had strange criteria about who could work in his clinics