health care

Women deserve factual medical information, even about abortion care

April 20, 2012 By Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick

Decisions about medical procedures and patient care should be left to clinicians and their patients - not to politicians. As a family physician, I understand this.

Deadly Spin – an inside account of insurance industry lies

April 10, 2012 By John Case

Wendell Potter, a former top health insurance public relations executive, warned the Senate committee overseeing health care reform not to believe a word insurance companies said.

Ryan budget: A nightmare in the making

April 3, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

House Republicans approved a budget that is far worse than any reasonable person could, up to now, have imagined would ever come out of a U.S. Congress.

Supreme Court ruling means mom’s life or death

March 28, 2012 By John Wojcik

A California mother of two in the crowd on the steps of the Supreme Court defended President Obama's health care reform law

Millions of Californians now benefit from health care law

March 27, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments by Affordable Care Act's opponents, including 26 states, other states are already putting parts of the law into practice as they look toward full implementation in 2014.