In health care debate, U-word is back
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It's been 14 years since first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care reform plan sank like a stone, swallowed by fears of a big-government power grab. In the years since, wary presidential candidates at first avoided the issue altogether, then gingerly dipped one toe, then another, back into the pool.
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Why pay rebates to a select group of elderly? A universal Medicare should look after them all. When Opposition Leader Mark Latham was admitted to hospital as a public patient, he was personally, if painfully, demonstrating a crucial point about Medicare.
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The health care debate in this year&#39;s presidential contest has been largely boiled down to an argument over degree: Democrat John F. Kerry proposes an ambitious, costly expansion of health
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Yesterday was Health Care Day in North Carolina&#39;s race for the US Senate, as Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Richard Burr rolled out competing prescriptions to treat the nation&#39;s health-care system.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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A Maryland family caught in the partisan crossfire over a children's health-care bill in Congress is now stepping back into the divisive debate, advocating this time for state legislation that would expand coverage for adults.
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Of all the issues we voters thought about during the campaign, dealing with the costs of health care was one we all are concerned about.
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The cost crunch in health care is being made one of the most potent domestic issues of the election year.
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As universal health plans gain traction Ã¢ÂÂ through plans offered by Democratic presidential candidates and state-led initiatives Ã¢ÂÂ a panel on Friday examined the correlation between health care access and the quality of health care provided through universal coverage.
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A look at the policies of Senators Clinton and Obama, reveals that the candidates have actually laid out two competing economic philosophies. The fight over health insurance is just one part of their disagreement.
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TORONTO -- The spectre of Ontario&#39;s controversial health-care premium returned to haunt the Liberal government Monday amid a growing controversy over whether some unionized workers should be expected to pay for it.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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While health experts and the population at large tried to evaluate the full meaning of a referendum question about the privatization of health facilities, that process itself took a step forward last week.
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LONDON, Ont. (CP) - Health care was the focus Monday as the three candidates vying for leadership of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party had their final televised debate of the campaign.
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A new website is being launched in an attempt to strengthen patient choice.
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House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery
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The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush headed for a fresh showdown over children's health care on Thursday after the House of Representatives approved a new bill expanding a popular insurance program despite a White House veto threat.