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Headlines! Thursday, August 27

The media pays tribute to Senator Kennedy while reform advocates correct misinformation from by RNC Chairman Michael S. Steele.

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The Truth about Health Reform

It seems that President Obama has been spending a lot of his time these past few weeks responding to ludicrous and deliberately misleading attacks on health reform. It seems like as soon as we finish responding to one, another attack pops up. Unfortunately, a small group of loud radical fringe opponents are trying to scare the public with blatant lies.

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Headlines! Monday, August 24

What women can expect from health care reform and more in today's headlines...

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Headlines! Friday, August 21

President Obama continues to reassure the public that health reform will pass this year.

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Headlines! Wednesday, August 19

Representatives take on town hall protestors as President Obama gears up to hold a live meeting with health care supporters.

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Let’s focus on the positive

Lately it's been hard not to get swept up in the town hall drama. It seems like every time you turn on the news you hear a small, yet very vocal, group of people parroting rumors intended to squash health reform. While it's important to do what we can to combat the lies and misinformation coming from the opposition, it's even more important to focus on the positive in health care reform... and there is plenty.

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Headlines! Friday, August 14

Media outlets are begining to de-bunk anti-reform myths while town hall events across the country remain contentious.

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Rising health pressures

Job losses continue to put millions of Americans in precarious health care situations, with many people losing coverage through their employers and then turning to a strained safety-net that can't absorb the impact of so many new people. The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report recently that profiles four communities and demonstrates how these economic tough times affect a growing number of Americans' health care.

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Headlines! Thursday, August 13

Surgeon Atul Gawande lists ten steps to better health care as countries will universal health care defend their system against attacks.

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Headlines! Wednesday, August 12

President Obama heads to New England to sell his health care plan as protesters continue to disrupt events.

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