“Churches step into health care debate”
Read an Aug. 18, 2009, Religion News Service story about the religious element to the health care debate.
Tag: legislation
“A Primer on the Details of Health Care Reform”
Read an Aug. 9, 2009, New York Times primer on health care reform proposals.
“Health care”
The Washington Post has a page with the latest developments on national health care legislation.
HealthReform.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services explains health care reform at its Web site HealthReform.gov.
“Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care”
Read the text of the nationally televised address to Congress on health care that the president delivered on Sept. 9, 2009, which opened a major new front in a tough fight to develop and pass a reform package.
“Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address”
In his Jan. 27, 2010 State of the Union address the president pledged to keep fighting for health care reform, though it remained unclear how he and the Democrats would be able to pass a bill.
“Health Policy”
View a variety of recent polls about health insurance reform at PollingReport.com.
“Health Care: Politics in the Pews”
The Pew Forum published an Oct. 2, 2009, analysis looking at the two main coalitions of religious groups on opposing sides of the issue.
“Vermont Passes ‘Aid in Dying’ Measure”
This story, published on May 14, 2013, in the New York Times, explains how Vermont became the first state to pass a legislative measure allowing physicians to administer lethal drugs to terminally ill patients in May 2013.