No, those aren't polling numbers from American Samoa.
Those are the worst-case computed results of each candidate's risk of having a heart attack over the next 10 years, using a popular heart-health assessment tool known as the Framingham Risk Score. This data was first surfaced by the brilliant folks at The Wall Street Journal Health... Read more
Do young people decline to get insurance because they can't imagine they'll get sick or injured?
A new report from the Commonwealth Fund questions that assumption--and sets the table for interesting discussions about healthcare reform as the general eletion (remains) poised to begin.
So why don't high school and college grads... Read more
With the general election between a single Democrat and Republican about to begin, the American Medical Association has taken a good look at insurance mandates--you know, the issue of whether people should be required to buy health insurance.
GOP presumptive nominee John McCain opposes mandates. The Democrats' virtually-presumptive... Read more
The Washington Post has published a spectacular piece of journalism about the childhood obesity crisis. No one intersted in public or personal healthcare issues should miss it. No parent should be left behind without reading it.
The multi-day feature includes explainers about the biology of childhood obesity, a timeline showing how we got... Read more
With the general election about to begin, one issue certain to divide the Democrat nominee and Republican John McCain is "universal" healthcare. The Democrat will support it. McCain will not. The divisive matters: Cost, complexity and the role of private and public entities.
All of which are addressed in a new report on universal... Read more
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