Editorial series: Rehabilitating Healthcare

Sept. 16, 2014 2:54 PM PT

The editorial board discusses the rationale for a healthcare overhaul and the competing proposals to expand coverage, improve care and control costs.

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Politics

You can’t have it both ways

GOP candidates in California oppose the new law, but their alternatives aren’t reform.
April 1, 2010
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Opinion

Some poor posturing

Senate Republicans chose politics over substance in dealing with the reconciliation bill.
March 25, 2010
3

Opinion

Let go of the status quo

Legal challenges aimed at overturning the reform law are divisive and should be rejected.
March 24, 2010
4

Politics

A historic first step

House passage of a comprehensive reform bill puts the nation on the path to universal health insurance.
March 21, 2010
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Opinion

Laying the foundation

The Democrats’ reform legislation isn’t perfect. But it’s a good -- and necessary -- start.
March 19, 2010
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Opinion

Dollars and sense

Obama made a compelling case for reform. How it’ll be paid for, though, is another matter.
Sept. 10, 2009
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Opinion

The reality of rationing

There are limits on care now, and no reform will change that. But that’s not an excuse to do nothing.
July 20, 2009
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Politics

Spread the pain of paying for healthcare reform

Higher taxes on the wealthy and businesses send the wrong message to America’s middle class.
July 16, 2009
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Opinion

Improve care, lower costs

More primary-care physicians, treatment standards and electronic medical records would help.
July 13, 2009
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Opinion

Covering the uninsured: A cost that pays

Expanding coverage would be expensive, but it would deliver benefits over time.
July 6, 2009
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Opinion

Focus on results, not treatments

The way to cut costs is to base payments on medical outcomes rather than pouring money into individual medical services.
June 29, 2009
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Opinion

Diagnosing the problem

There is fundamental agreement about what needs to be fixed: rising costs, questionable quality of care, and holes in coverage.
June 22, 2009
13

World & Nation

Help for healthcare reform

A key concession by insurers may lead to real progress. As always, though, the devil is in the details.
March 27, 2009

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