The Road Ahead: Health Care

Actor Dennis Quaid participates in a hearing on Food and Drug Administration rules that bar state liability claims.

A Medicare Crisis Gets Even Worse

The future of Medicare is on the forefront of Congress’ agenda for 2009, as warnings of the program’s eventual bankruptcy grow ever louder.

Wyden Takes Middle Course on Coverage

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has plunged into the issue of universal health care, a topic that usually is destined for the legislative burial ground. But he aims to avoid a similar fate by lining up a bipartisan coalition to overcome profound differences over how to overhaul the health care system.

K Street Ready for Lots of Health Care

From the campaign trail to the halls of Congress, health care reform is one of the biggest issues now being teed up for the 111th Congress.

Clinton and Obama Offering Different Paths to Universal Coverage

Once the Democratic presidential race narrowed to a two-person contest, the campaign became a debate mostly over style and personality rather than substance and policy differences.

McCain’s Plan: Tax Breaks and Enhanced Portability

Policy debates are often drowned out by the din of a presidential campaign, but the topic of health care is likely to hold a prominent place in both the Republican and Democratic nominees’ rhetoric and strategies.