Special Report

• What Really Ails Medicare

  Jonathan Cohn

  The cost crisis of Medicare gets a lot of attention. The program can be fixed only by universalizing the larger health system in which Medicare resides.

• Health Reform You Shouldn't Believe In

  Marcia Angell

  What the Massachusetts experiment teaches us about incremental efforts to increase coverage by expanding private insurance.

• Why Not Connecticut?

  Marc Caplan

  A model grassroots organizing campaign mobilizes public opinion for universal coverage in a state long dominated by private insurers.

• Lessons From California

  Anthony Wright

  The Schwarzenegger plan was a near miss, but well worth the trouble. The stage is set for the next effort.

• Borrowing Ill Health

  Tamara Draut

  Hospitals are getting more aggressive about sending debt collectors after under-insured consumers.

• What Path to Universal Coverage?

  Robert Kuttner

  The next administration will expand health coverage. Will they fix what is broken -- or just inflate costs?

• The Elusive Politics of Reform

  Ezra Klein

  Once again, a new administration and Congress will try to bring us universal health insurance. This time, despite urgent cost pressures, will they do it right?

• The Primacy of Prevention

  Neal Halfon

  Addressing the whole range of behaviors that affect health is the key to a healthier society. This requires a universal health care system.