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1. Campaign Desk

   Did the Press Hear What We Heard?

   December 15, 2008 01:51 PM

   Barack Obama wants to do something about the health care mess, and soon. He said so at his press conference last week, where he introduced his new health chief, Tom Daschle, and Daschle’s deputy, Jeanne Lambrew. The president-elect said it... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Some Good Health Coverage at Local Papers

   December 9, 2008 12:20 PM

   In an age when newspapers are supposed to be dying, and small papers are supposed to be dead by now (or at least on life support by press release), it was refreshing and somewhat reassuring to see three small market... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   Who Will Be at the Table? Part II

   December 8, 2008 01:00 PM

   During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would “have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won’t be able to... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Conseco Redux

   December 5, 2008 01:27 PM

   My colleague Ryan Chittum called attention this week to the maneuver by Conseco Senior Health Insurance Co. to rid itself of unprofitable long-term care policies—and the willingness of state regulators to let the company off the hook. Pennsylvania insurance... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Baucus Watch, Part III

   December 3, 2008 11:32 AM

   As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must pass through his committee. So what he says or doesn’t say is important to those following the twists and turns... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Let’s Hear It for Penalizing the Uninsured

   November 24, 2008 09:04 AM

   It would have been really, really nice had the Daily Oklahoman given a few more details about suggestions made by the state’s insurance commissioner, Kim Holland, who wants to stick it to uninsured Oklahomans. The paper told us that, according... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Who Will Be at the Table? Part I

   November 20, 2008 12:00 PM

   During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would "have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won't be able to... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Who Will Be at the Table?

   November 20, 2008 12:00 PM

   During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would “have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won’t be able to... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Health Care Lessons From California

   November 18, 2008 04:29 PM

   Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger offered Barack Obama a helping hand. While he hadn’t yet talked to the president-elect, The Gov made it clear that “I am the first one to go... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Excluded Voices

    November 17, 2008 09:56 AM

    The health care discussion of the past year has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down to the man on the street. Looking back, it appears that journalists have sought out the same... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    Excluded Voices

    November 17, 2008 09:56 AM

    The health care discussion of the past year has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down to the man on the street. Looking back, it appears that journalists have sought out the same... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Baucus Watch, Part II

    November 13, 2008 02:30 PM

    As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must pass through his committee. So what he says or doesn’t say is important to those following the twists and turns... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    A Laurel to the Philadelphia Inquirer

    November 11, 2008 11:36 AM

    It’s easy now for the coverage of health care to slip into the tried and true—horse race accounts of who’s up or down in the government’s health care pecking order; stories that quote officials using the press to send signals... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Two New Story Lines for Health Care

    November 10, 2008 09:45 AM

    Dear members of the public, take your pick. Will major health care reform will happen, or will there be only baby steps, proving that no comprehensive reform is possible that would establish two things once and for all: that health... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    Huckabee on Health, Again

    November 6, 2008 12:38 PM

    A year ago, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was out on the stump talking about health care and everything else. We reported that, campaigning in South Carolina, he “urged a revolutionary overhaul of the country’s health care system,”... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    Baucus Watch

    November 4, 2008 02:24 PM

    Sen. Max Baucus holds the keys to health reform. He’s chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; any health care legislation must pass through his committee So what he says or doesn’t say is important for those following the twists and... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Divining Medicare’s Future

    November 3, 2008 12:25 PM

    CBS has spent a good bit of air time telling viewers where the candidates stand on the issues. And, to its credit, it devoted one segment to explaining Medicare, a complicated enough program that has been ignored by... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Health Care Rationing Explained

    October 30, 2008 11:35 AM

    By now, most media accounts of the health proposals of John McCain and Barack Obama have grown stale and, frankly, boring. The stories I’ve seen lack both spark and originality, and rarely get beyond dry recitations of the stale rhetoric... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Now Who’s Crafting a Secret Health Plan?

    October 27, 2008 12:24 PM

    Word comes from The Washington Times, in what the paper calls an “exclusive”, that Sen. Edward Kennedy has been secretly working behind the scenes to fashion a proposal for reforming the U.S. health system. Despite his illness, the... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Paging Dr. Gupta

    October 27, 2008 12:04 PM

    Perhaps CNN’s in-house doctor, Sanjay Gupta, ought to stick to things medical. Gupta’s attempt to explain John McCain’s health plan offered a confusing and ultimately misleading picture of how the candidate’s proposals might work. McCain, you may recall,... Continue reading

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