http://dir.salon.com/topics/insurance/?source=rss&aim=insurance en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Mike Madden Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/denial_of_care/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/11/denial_of_care/index.html?source=rss Sorry, Sarah Palin -- rationing of care? Private companies are already doing it, with sometimes fatal results By Andrew Leonard Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT 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 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/28/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/28/reich/index.html?source=rss Can the Senate stand up to big Pharma and America's healthcare insurance giants? By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/17/public_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/17/public_option/index.html?source=rss The White House reasserts its support for a government-run healthcare option, but signs point to critical condition By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/12/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/12/reich/index.html?source=rss It's time for Obama to silence his critics with specifics about healthcare reform By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/05/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/05/reich/index.html?source=rss Conservative groups are trying to Astroturf their way to a defeat of healthcare reform By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/healthcare_divisions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/20/healthcare_divisions/index.html?source=rss The clock ticks while different factions pull in multiple directions on paying for healthcare By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/01/polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/01/polls/index.html?source=rss New polling indicates that Americans want a government option for health care, they just don't want to use it By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/12/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/12/reich/index.html?source=rss Will Obama stand up to lobbyists and insurers to give Americans a needed public option? By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/22/moyers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/22/moyers/index.html?source=rss Americans may want single-payer healthcare, but that doesn't mean they're going to get it. By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/public_insurance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/18/public_insurance/index.html?source=rss "Single-payer" isn't mentioned anymore, and now even Obama's Medicare-like public insurance initiative looks unlikely. By David Sirota Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/16/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/16/sirota/index.html?source=rss Why is the president suddenly so afraid of a single-payer solution to America's healthcare crisis? By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/20/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/20/reich/index.html?source=rss Before it can clean up Wall Street or do much of anything else, the administration has to clean up the way it's been trying to clean up Wall Street. By Robert Reich Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/16/reich_aig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/16/reich_aig/index.html?source=rss Accountable to nobody, the insurance giant makes public officials look impotent and shows how little Americans can control where our money goes. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/03/health_care_and_jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/03/health_care_and_jobs/index.html?source=rss 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 Lynn Harris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/09/fiorina_and_mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/09/fiorina_and_mccain/index.html?source=rss Top McCain advisor says "women would like a choice." By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/14/mooney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/14/mooney/index.html?source=rss Author Nan Mooney argues that the middle class is slipping, and fixing it is going to take more than cutting out lattes. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 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 Alex Koppelman Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 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 Andrew Leonard Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/30/cat_bonds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/30/cat_bonds/index.html?source=rss Catastrophe bonds are growing more popular on Wall Street. Be afraid. Be very afraid. By Lynn Harris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/schip_veto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/schip_veto/index.html?source=rss Bush vetos health insurance program for poor kids; MoveOn and MomsRising take action. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/19/hillary_healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/19/hillary_healthcare/index.html?source=rss She has a pitch-perfect new ad and a grand plan for healthcare reform. How much will it matter in the campaign -- and beyond? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/08/dust_bowl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/08/dust_bowl/index.html?source=rss Lessons from the Dust Bowl for climate change lollygaggers. By Lynn Harris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/28/susie_flynn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/28/susie_flynn/index.html?source=rss Children's Defense Fund "candidate" highlights the plight of America's 9 million uninsured children. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/09/lloyds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/09/lloyds/index.html?source=rss Lloyds of London: "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"