Perspectives in Health Care Reform
This Week’s Perspectives in Health Care Reform - No
This Week’s Perspectives in Health Care Reform - No. 34
Provided by Health Care for All – Washington
December 18, 2008
A CITIZEN-CONTROLLED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Lewis and Clark County: Board Launches Effort to Provide Health Care
by Mike Dennison | Missoulian.com
Members of Helena's health board say they're tired of
waiting for national health care reform, and are launching their own project to
provide health care to all citizens in the area.
CONGRESS AND HEALTH CARE REFORM
Rep. Stark: No Health Reform Vote in Early ’09
by Jeffrey Young | The Hill
Votes on legislation to enact comprehensive national
health reform might have to wait until early 2010, the Democratic chairman of a
powerful House subcommittee said Wednesday.
HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY
Detroit's
Problem: It's Health Care, Not the Union
by Christopher R. Martin | Associate Professor in
Journalism - University of Northern Iowa
The Senate's failure to pass the bailout of the U.S. auto
industry strikes a big blow at one of labor's last stands in manufacturing in
the U.S.
If G.M. Was
a Canadian Company It Wouldn't Be Asking for Help
by Dean Baker | CEPR
The Detroit automakers have made many mistaken business
decisions that have been important factors contributing to their current
crisis. However, they are not responsible for some of the factors that have
brought them to the brink of bankruptcy.
Business Bankruptcies Surge by 61 Percent
Third-quarter U.S. filings total 11,504, with most being
Chapter 7
by Stephen Taub | CFO.com
The number of bankruptcy filings by U.S. businesses surged
61 percent during the third quarter, to 11,504 filings from 7,167 in last
year's quarter, underscoring the potent early pain from the global economic
implosion.
The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care
by Joanne Kenen and Sarah Axeen | New America Foundation
