Awed and Depressed by a Health Care Bill
Nov 12 (New York Times) House lawmakers are doing just enough to control costs to be able to say they made an effort.

The (Political) Dangers of H1N1
Oct 27 (Washington Post) President Obama's decision to declare the H1N1 flu a national emergency over the weekend is a recognition of the political peril the virus could inflict on the White House.

Why Business Fears the Public Option
Oct 03 (Business Week) The Obama Administration's proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system—and the possible creation of a publicly managed insurer—has unnerved much of the business community. Business lobbyists don't buy the White House line that reform plans will reduce the explosive growth in health-care costs. Instead they see Obamacare shifting much of the cost of extending coverage to 45 million uninsured Americans onto the backs of major companies and private insurers.

Poll: Public Says Voice Not Heard In Health Debate
Sep 30 (NPR) Perhaps no other issue Congress deals with touches every American as intimately as health care. Yet a new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that, so far, the public feels profoundly shut out of the current health overhaul debate.

US Senate Panel Rejects Public Plan For Health Bill
Sep 30 (Wall Street Journal) The Senate Finance Committee rejected amendments Tuesday that would add a government-run health-insurance plan to the committee's health-care legislation, but debate over whether to adopt a public plan is not expected to end at the committee.

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