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Health Policy

Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
It's not just about tort reform anymore. Using progressive solutions to fix the malpractice system could result in better health care for all.
November 20, 2009 | By Joanne Kenen | web only

Democrats Leave Women Behind
Health-insurance reform was supposed to end the cruelties our system inflicts on patients, not create them.
November 10, 2009 | By Michelle Goldberg | web only

High-Stakes Health Reform
Senate Democrats finally seem willing to take risks to ensure the public option's survival.
October 30, 2009 | By Terence Samuel | web only

Let's Make a Deal
A look at the lobbying groups that shelled out the big bucks to influence health-care reform.
October 28, 2009 | By Sarah Laskow

Harry, Louise, and Barack
Instead of being a big winner politically for Obama, industry-dictated health reform will be a political wash, at best.
October 27, 2009 | By Robert Kuttner

The Obstacles to Real Health-Care Reform
How a series of roadblocks and compromises shaped the health-care debate -- and why the battle doesn't end when Obama signs a bill.
October 26, 2009 | By Mark Schmitt

Nothing Is Certain But ...
The current fight at the heart of health-care reform isn't the public option. It's the excise tax.
October 21, 2009 | By Tim Fernholz | web only

Their Own Worst Enemy
Health insurers stopped pretending they support reform. In doing so, they may have given new life to the public option.
October 20, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

Hurry Up and Wait
Why passing health-care reform might not be the political boon you'd expect.
September 29, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

Bipartisanship in One Party
The Democratic health-reform proposals are built around ideas Republicans used to favor.
September 21, 2009 | By Paul Starr

Extreme Makeover, Health-Care Edition
Both liberals and conservatives are upset about how Obama has handled health-care reform. Do Americans expect too much?
September 14, 2009 | By Courtney E. Martin | web only

Health-Care Reform Gets a Booster Shot
Obama's speech had some important news: His plan now includes some immediate relief on insurance costs.
September 11, 2009 | By Paul Starr | web only

The Three Audiences Obama Has to Please
Wednesday's speech is the president's chance to talk three key congressional constituencies into passing health-care reform.
September 8, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

Barack Obama, Explainer-in-Chief
Republicans have been able to confuse the issue, but their chances of killing health-care reform remain slim. All Obama has to do is lay out the facts.
September 4, 2009 | By Terence Samuel | web only

Health Care's Lowest Foes
The most reprehensible critics of reform are not the ignorant or deluded, but the conspirators who lie knowingly about what's at stake.
September 1, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

Will the Deficit Save Health Reform?
If the latest budget projections are keeping you up at night, the best way to ease your troubled mind is to support health-care reform.
August 26, 2009 | By Tim Fernholz | web only

Last Chance for the Public Option?
Reports of its demise could be premature.
August 25, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

Sacrificing the Public Option
Chill out, progressives. To get health-care reform through the Senate, the public option is almost certainly going to have to be dropped.
August 19, 2009 | By Paul Starr | web only

Aborting Health Reform
Without reproductive-health coverage, any public insurance plan is doomed to fail.
August 18, 2009 | By Dana Goldstein

Insurance Fraud
In the health-care reform debate, the insurance lobby is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
August 18, 2009 | By Paul Waldman | web only

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