In two battlegrounds, a focus on health care issues
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The widow of Christopher Reeve urged Americans yesterday to support John F. Kerry in the presidential election because the Democrat supports expanded embryonic stem cell research, but President Bush made his own case for reelection by
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Candidates in both parties are promising to work to cover more of the Americans without health insurance.
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Recent insurance-cost hikes spotlight the deep problems with how the US pays for health care. Both presidential candidates need to be paying closer attention.
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Talking about health care has become an annual ritual as lawmakers plan for the next legislative session. But this year, health care advocates and professionals think the rhetoric may actually lead to action.
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JIM LEHRER: Health care got much attention last night in the debate, and again today in the campaign. Susan Dentzer of our health unit begins our look.
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State budget pressures threaten to undo gains in health insurance coverage for children and the poor, according to two surveys released Monday.
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The U.S. President has said that the problem with health care is the lawyers. He doesn't seem to think that there are any other problems we should be concerned about, and the free market is the best way to determine how much you would be willing to pay for health care. The President is pushing our current system, and his challenger is doing the same.
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The one issue that most clearly demonstrates the ideological divide between John Kerry and George W. Bush, and the parties they represent, may well be healthcare.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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Both presidential candidates agree the American health care system is troubled: Coverage is too costly, too many are uninsured. But President Bush and Democratic
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Rivals debate Iraq, experience and healthcare - but strive for party unity
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Health-care initiatives aimed at federal retirees and employees are under consideration in Congress and in the Bush administration.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction &#151; the state is expanding its role and, with reliance on the private sector, aiming to provide affordable health insurance for all 138,000 residents now without it.
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In debates about drug importation and the distribution of flu vaccines Sunday, the nation&#39;s largest physician organization argued health care is more than a free-enterprise venture.
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President George W. Bush and White House rival John Kerry are pushing competing remedies for the crippled US healthcare system, with some 45 million Americans are unable to afford health insurance.
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It&#39;s a matter on the minds of many Americans and arguably the top domestic issue in the presidential election. With medical costs and premiums rising, health insurance is influencing how people
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President Bush and Democrat John F. Kerry vied for advantage Thursday on the closely watched issue of health care, with the challenger demanding