Even a ’scaled-down’ health bill is dangerous

Last week, Democratic leaders in the Senate caved to Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s demands and stripped away some major provisions from their health reform legislation, including the public option and a plan that would have allowed middle-age Americans to “buy in” to Medicare. With Connecticut independent Lieberman’s support seemingly secured — for the time [...]

Affordable Health Care Is An Important Goal

Affordable health care should be accessible to all people around the world. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done. There are many proposals for the provision of affordable health care for all people in the United States and became a politically important because there are many people without affordable health care. Policy debates have provided [...]