Health Care for All, Just a (Big) Step Away
The New York Times, December 18 2005
By Eduardo Porter

You may find it shameful that some 45 million Americans lack health insurance. Well, by reallocating money already devoted to health insurance, the government could go along way toward solving the problem. But you may not like the solution. Click here for more.

Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Signs Legislation To Expand Children's Health Insurance

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) on Tuesday signed a bill that will establish a program to extend health coverage to all uninsured children in the state, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. Click here for more.

Health is a Moral Imperative
The Orange County Register, October 31 2005
By Jack Glaser

The Register is correct that O.C. supervisor Lou Correa's proposal is not a good long-term, upstream solution to children's health care ["County can't solve health care problem," editorial Oct. 21]. But as a downstream rescue effort it responds to a moral imperative. It addresses an urgent need of children who are currently neglected by the public and private sector. Click here for more.

The Hurting Child Panel Takes on Children's Health Care Crisis
The Eureka Times-Standard Tuesday, May 24, 2005
By James Faulk

EUREKA -- "It's easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men." Frederick Douglas, the famed former slave and abolitionist of the 19th Century, was quoted Monday at a gathering of advocates and concerned residents as they discussed the lack of health insurance for children. Click here for more.

Health care crisis is real, also politically inconvenient
April 11, 2005
by Paul Krugman

Those of us who accuse the administration of inventing a Social Security crisis are often accused, in return, of do-nothingism, of refusing to face up to the nation's problems. I plead not guilty: America does face a real crisis — but it's in health care, not Social Security. Click here for more.

Congress Implicit Healthcare Rationing
Christian Science Monitor, April 4, 2005
By John Kitzhaber

PORTLAND, ORE. – As an emergency physician and former governor, I am struck by the towering contradictions - and indeed the hypocrisy - in the controversy over the tragic plight of Terri Schiavo. On the same day that the US House of Representatives voted to involve the federal courts in her case, it also approved a 10-year $92-billion cut in Medicaid funding - $30 billion deeper than the cut recommended by President Bush. Click here for more.

Healthcare's Reality
San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2004
By David Lazarus

denial \di-nI-l\noun: a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality ... Click here for more.