‘Public Option’ in Health Plan May Be Dropped
For President Obama, giving up on a public insurance plan could punch a hole in Republican arguments but could also alienate liberal Democrats.
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Lack of Medicare Appointee Puzzles Congress
To some, trying to remake the health care system without a Medicare administrator is like fighting a war without a general.
Healthy One Day, Dying the Next: A Medical Race
Jessa Perrin, 16, at an exam last week just weeks before undergoing a liver transplant at New York-Presbyterian. With her, from left, Dr. Nadia Ovchinsky, Kara Ventura, Dr. Steven J. Lobritto and Dr. Tomoaki Kato.Stretching the limits of medicine and America’s transplant system to save the life of a Cincinnati teenager in Israel with a deadly form of a rare disease.
Well: Weight Lifting May Help to Avert Lymph Problem
Restricting activity may not be the best strategy against lymphedema.
Prescriptions: So What’s a Health Insurance Co-op, Anyway?
Health insurance cooperatives aren’t a new idea, but they are now the likeliest alternative to a public insurance option.
Competing Ads on Health Care Plan Swamp the Airwaves
A cascade of commercials in the health care fight is helping to create a full-blown national political campaign.
Health Care in Britain: An Expat Goes for a Checkup
Notes on the National Health Service from an American who now lives in Britain.
To Promote Health Care Plan, Obama Talks About His Own Grandmother
At a town-hall in Grand Junction, Colo., President Obama made the political personal by putting a human face on a complicated and sometimes abstract debate.
Two Acres of Hope for Recovering Addicts
Alex Rodriguez, left, and Albert Lupo in the field.At Renewal Farm, the men tend to kale and lettuce and flowers by day, and then exorcise their worries at a rehabilitation center where they sleep.
Swine Flu’s Risks Increase for Australia’s Aborigines
Experts say the danger is more likely related to malnutrition, chronic disease and geographic isolation than to genetic differences.