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Health Care Showdown Shows Obama's Political Courage

May 4, 2012 | By David Morris

With health insurance reform, Obama put the good of the country ahead of political considerations

The Truth About American Exceptionalism

April 19, 2011 | By David Morris

America is exceptional but not in the way Republican Presidential candidates think

Visionary Citizens

September 15, 2009 | By David Bollier

New report surveys community-led initiatives to protect and enlarge the commons.

Treating Health Care as a Commons

October 7, 2008 | By David Bollier

Two physicians explain how the commons could be used to improve medical care.

Openness in Health Care

March 30, 2008 | By David Bollier

Innovation depends on access to shared, cumulative research.

Disease-Led Recovery

October 5, 2006 | By Jonathan Rowe

Illness props up the economy. Every new job created since 2001 can be accounted for by the increase in the health care field.

Market-Driven Surgery and Quality of Care

February 27, 2006 | By Merrill Goozner

New Roadblocks on the Medical Information Highway

February 20, 2006 | By Merrill Goozner

New roadblocks on the medical information highway raise serious issues about our access to quality health care.

Health Care and the Commons

February 4, 2006 | By Merrill Goozner

Access to health care should be proclaimed an inalienable human right.