Op-Ed: Patient's plea makes the best case for health care reform (The Newsroom)

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the American Health Insurance Plans 2010 National Policy Forum in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Newsroom - If you want to understand why we need to reform our health insurance system, you need to know about Americans like Natoma Canfield. Natoma is a 50-year-old cancer survivor from Medina, Ohio, who wrote to President Obama last December. Like a growing number of Americans, she's self-employed and can't get health insurance through her job. But until this January, she always made sure to maintain a policy for herself on the individual market. It was the responsible thing to do.




Op-Ed: Health bill is malpractice (The Newsroom)

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., heads for the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, march 9, 2010, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)The Newsroom - Tom Coburn is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He is also a practicing physician and author of the "Patients' Choice Act" along with Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina and Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California.




Letters to the Editor (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A big thank-you for your article "High-speed rail: How far will $8 billion go?" and your editorial titled "All aboard for speedy trains."

As Vote Nears, Support for Reform Rises (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Talk about an inconvenient truth for congressional Republicans and their amen corner in the media!

New Rule: Chai Noon (HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Bill Maher's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

Dems Wrong War: Health Care Amid Jobs Crisis (RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Barack Obama said 3,341 words before he advocated health care reform during his State of the Union address. It was indicative of the White House pledge to pivot to jobs in 2010. As early as last Thanksgiving, the president declared, "I will not rest until businesses are investing again and businesses are hiring again and people have work again."

Favorable CBO score on healthcare cost: not the final word (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The cost of healthcare – and of reforming it – is a huge concern to the public and many lawmakers. To hear from the Congressional Budget Office that the latest version of the Democratic healthcare plan will reduce the deficit by $138 billion over the first 10 years, and $1.2 trillion over the next 10, well, that counts for a lot.

A March Madness tribute to a hoopster who played in obscurity (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Hey, can we pause a moment in our March Madness bracket obsessions (even you, President Obama!) to honor my friend Jerry, a streaky outside shooter whose career ended recently with knee replacement surgery at the age of 62?

Slacker Friday (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- My new Think Again column called "Mission Accomplished? Really?" and it's here. I also did a post about the "delusional left" and the health care bill for the Beast, here.

Liberia: What it takes to push peace-building to the next level (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Liberia is, by any standard, a dramatic peace-building success story. The country is stable, and investors are slowly returning. Yet there is much to do. The key to ongoing success lies in leadership, job growth, and developing a culture of self-responsibility.

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