Does Health Care Prove the Press Is Impotent?
Yes, says an exasperated Howard Kurtz. Even armed with facts and bluntness, journalists have been unable to dispel health care lies.
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A once-in-a-generation new health insurance study has health care wonks lining up to declare it an indictment or defense of the future of Obamacare. Who should you believe?
Yes, says an exasperated Howard Kurtz. Even armed with facts and bluntness, journalists have been unable to dispel health care lies.
The independent from Connecticut is skewered by the blogging left for his moderate stance on health care reform.
Two pundits from opposite ends of the spectrum join forces to hammer Tom Daschle.
The RNC chairman gets hit as a Big Government Republican, liar, and hypocrite after he pushes for a "Senior's Health Care Bill of Rights"
Free-market-friendly ideas to counter the Democratic plan
The NYT's Ross Douthat defends President Obama
Activists get ready for a long-brewing civil war on the left
Desperate to pass health care reform, Dems consider an unusual move.
Does the public option omission get Obama the votes he needs?
With the public option at risk, liberal Democrats in Congress and in opinion are getting organized.
Commentators compare the president to Machiavelli, LBJ, and FDR over his health care push
Liberals grapple with whether principles or political expediency are more important in the health care fight.
Reflecting on the president's character, pundits are in a mood for finding flaws
Figuring out how this central component of Obama's health care reform got pushed out
Or is it just another distraction? Columnists are abuzz over David Goldhill's cover story in The Atlantic.
Columnists say the bitter battles over health care suggest that something is deeply amiss in our society
Tom Stoppard had his 15-Minute Hamlet. The Atlantic Wire takes the same amount of time to explain a curious debate kicking around the blogosphere for days.
A cabinet official said the public option is expendable for health care reform, but the White House pushes back. Decoding the two-step.
5 views on how the loss could be a catastrophe or a minor setback for health care reform.
Charles Krauthammer says the "prevention" fix won't work: are there any alternatives?
Health care reform is starting to look like a big bailout for the insurance industry to a range of commentators
A G.O.P. senator's remark has left-leaning voices urging an end to working with Republicans on health care
The British defend their health-care system.
He was out to clear up misconceptions and myths, but right-wing bloggers are fact-checking all the details.
Pundits have plenty of advice on how Obama can take control. But some believe the debate itself is beyond repair.
Is it OK to cut health care costs by asking grandpa and grandma to die at home?
The below-the-radar health insurance practice has many critics, and they're getting louder.
Two questions you're not allowed to ask about health care.
Columnists weigh in on this and other vexing questions in the health care debate.
Atlantic bloggers take on the big, fat story.
What's driving Democrats to consider taking down one of their own members in the Senate?
Mitt Romney takes to the op-ed pages to celebrate his roundly-dismissed health care reforms in Massachusetts.
The President's numbers on health care reform take a dive, and columnists wonder if he's the right salesman for the job.
Ira Glass says health care is boring. Here are ten quotes from the past week to prove him wrong.
Commentators are offering fresh ideas aimed at helping Obama avoid the fate of the last major push for an overhaul.
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