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What Does Health Care "Reform" Mean? How Soon Can We Get There?

By Maggie Mahar
From huffingtonpost.com
Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
December 3rd, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — Forces calling for Healthcare Reform Now are gaining momentum. I share their sense of urgency — assuming that they are talking about the "reforms" needed to create an effective, affordable, patient-centered health care system. But if by "reform," they simply mean "universal coverage," I have to disagree.

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Health Care: It's Time for a Major Overhaul

By Alexander Zaitchik
From alternet.org
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December 1st, 2008
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alternet.org — A huge coalition of progressive and union forces is gearing up for political battle on the health care front.

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Five Myths About Our Ailing Health Care System

By Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel
From washingtonpost.com
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November 24th, 2008
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washingtonpost.com — With Congress ready to spend $700 billion to prop up the U.S. economy, enacting health-care reform may seem about as likely as the Dow hitting 10,000 again before the end of the year. But it may be more doable than you think, provided we dispel a few myths about how health care works and how much reform Americans are willing to stomach.

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The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill

By The New York Times
From nytimes.com
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November 20th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Chronically ill Americans suffer far worse care than their counterparts in seven other industrial nations, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund. It is the latest telling evidence that the dysfunctional American health care system badly needs reform.

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Health Care Can't Wait

By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
From washingtonpost.com
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November 9th, 2008
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washingtonpost.com — The story of America has been a journey toward being a fairer and more just nation. We have encountered many barriers along the way, and at times we have stumbled. But again and again, we have come together to surmount the obstacles in our path and realize more fully the promise of America.

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Many Majorities

By John Nichols
From thenation.com
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November 5th, 2008
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thenation.com — Americans wanted an end to a war that should never have started, they wanted an end to economic policies that were widening the gap between rich and poor and pushing the middle-class into the yawning chasm between, they wanted to replace a president who been dubiously elected with one who had secured the trust of the great mass of Americans.

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President Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care As Stimulus

By Dean Baker
From tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com
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November 5th, 2008
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Extending health care insurance can be an effective stimulus that will provide an immediate boost to the economy.

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An Eroding Model for Health Insurance

By Lisa Girion and Michael A. Hiltzik
From latimes.com
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October 21st, 2008
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latimes.com — Working Americans once could rely on employer-based benefits. But more people are being forced into the individual market, where coverage is costly, bare-bones and precarious.

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I Vote for Universal Health Care

By Jean Hannah Edelstein
From guardian.co.uk
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October 18th, 2008
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guardian.co.uk — When John McCain snidely responded to Obama's health care plan, "If you like that, you'll love Canada and England." I became so enraged that I thought I was going to burst a blood vessel. But happily, I do live in England, so I wasn't worried about being able to afford to get a doctor to treat it.

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Health Care Victim Of Wall Street Madness?

By Mike Lillis
From washingtonindependent.com
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October 14th, 2008
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washingtonindependent.com — The financial storm arrives at an inopportune time in the health-care debate. With the economy in turmoil and a budget deficit likely to top $500 billion next year, many health-policy experts question how far either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain could push their health-care plans.

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