Healthcare Reform
House set to open healthcare debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades. Full Article
special report
Are doctors what ails healthcare?
Data shows that regional disparities are increasingly creating a nation of health-care haves and have nots. Full Article
Healthcare stocks
(GSPA) - S&P Health Care Sector index, companies across the health sector
(HMO) - Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payor Index, U.S. health insurers
(DRG) - NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical index, large U.S. and European drugmakers
(RXH) - Morgan Stanley Health Care Provider Index, hospitals and health providers
A government-run insurance program — the public plan option — is not essential to health care reform and could even be detrimental. Commentary
There can be no meaningful reform without the public option. The suggestion otherwise is fantasy. Commentary
Healthcare reform background
Public options
Lawmakers are discussing several different possibilities for a government-run insurance plan to compete against private insurers. Here are some of the proposals being debated. Full Article
The human impact
The uninsured struggle
An uninsured actress said she had to beg for a CAT scan after being hit by a car. Video
Canadian experience
The different experiences felt by cancer survivors in the United States and Canada. Video
Commentary
A healthcare failure could save Obama
The rising costs of Medicare and Medicaid threaten to destroy the nation’s fiscal future, but President Obama is pushing for healthcare reform that would increase costs. Instead, he should refocus his presidency on paying down debt. Blog
The mirage of U.S. healthcare
Americans must be encouraged to set aside jingoistic claims about having the best care system in the world and look more honestly at its short-comings, writes columnist Christopher Swann. Commentary
Healthcare myths
The public discussion of healthcare reform has been full of so many myths that it is less a policy debate than bad theater, writes David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. Commentary
Impact on Small Business
Women small business owners really need reform
Those who claim that healthcare reform will hurt small business should re-examine their facts, writes Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center. Commentary
