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Health Policy

Romney Hearts "Obamacare"
Faced with his previous support for universal health care in Massachusetts, the GOP presidential hopeful doubles down.
May 12, 2011 | By Jamelle Bouie | web only

The Military's Bad Medicine
The military's outdated view on drug-addiction treatment leaves soldiers and their families suffering.
April 14, 2011 | By Keith Humphreys and Harold Pollack | web only

Q&A;: Patient Care
TAP talks to M. Gregg Bloche, an expert in health policy and author of The Hippocratic Myth, about our current health-care system and the future of patient care.
March 25, 2011 | By Veronica Beebe | web only

The Roots of the Vaccine Panic
Two books tell the story of the panic over vaccines.
March 16, 2011 | By Peter Bearman

Radical Fetal-Pain Laws Roll Back Roe
Fetal-pain laws show pro-lifers don't really care about pain -- they just care about abolishing reproductive rights.
March 11, 2011 | By Pema Levy | web only

Congress Backpedals on Global HIV/AIDS Prevention
Republican deficit hawks have proposed drastic cuts to global HIV/AIDS programs -- and it's women who will suffer the most.
March 10, 2011 | By Nancy Goldstein | web only

Who Drives Innovation?
Republicans like to argue that private companies are responsible for technological breakthroughs, but that's not true.
March 3, 2011 | By Monica Potts | web only

Careful What You Wish For
Obama's plan to let states waive the federal health-care law gives Republican governors what they want -- and increases the chance that the law itself will survive.
March 2, 2011 | By Jamelle Bouie | web only

A Top-Down Assault on Women
The anti-abortion movement isn't just about protesters and secret videos -- it's also taking place in the legislatures and the courts.
February 25, 2011 | By Pema Levy | web only

The Individual Mandate: Not a Slippery Slope
Requiring all Americans to have health insurance is not only constitutional, but necessary to make health-care reform work.
February 14, 2011 | By Scott Lemieux | web only

A Second Wind for Health-Care Reform
The deficit commission makes the case for delivering care better and cheaper.
December 23, 2010 | By Joanne Kenen | web only

The Private Option
The Affordable Care Act won't feel like a government program. That could be a problem for Democrats.
December 21, 2010 | By Paul Waldman | web only

The Republicans' Senior Moment
Seniors depend more on federal spending than any other group, but that did not deter a majority of them from voting for candidates who deplored "big government" and "socialized medicine."
December 6, 2010 | By Paul Starr

The Bipartisan Attack on Medicare
To fix Medicare, fix the larger inefficiencies in America's health-care system.
October 11, 2010 | By Dean Baker

Health Care, Again
Is there really a chance the ACA will be repealed?
September 14, 2010 | By Paul Waldman | web only

The Cost of Delayed Reform
The temporary federal high-risk pools won't reach most of the medically uninsured.
August 27, 2010 | By Harold Pollack

Turning the States From Adversaries Into Partners
The states came out as winners in the Affordable Care Act, though some don't seem to realize it.
August 23, 2010 | By Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

Health Reform 2.0
If reform is to succeed, progressives will have to fight for a stronger government role, including a public option.
August 17, 2010 | By Jacob S. Hacker

The Next Health-Reform Campaign
Supporters of reform knew they had to battle to get it passed. Now they need to wage another campaign to implement it.
August 16, 2010 | By Paul Starr

Getting Insurers to Behave
Job No. 1: Write new rules for health insurers and make sure they follow them.
August 16, 2010 | By Jonathan Cohn

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