NEWS

Comparison Shopping for Medicine - Washington Post

What's best for insomnia — Lunesta, at about $6 a pill, or Zolpidem, at $2?

Should a man with prostate cancer choose radiation, surgery or "watchful waiting"?

GOP uneasy as allies stray on healthcare - The Hill

Maneuvering by the healthcare industry and other business interests to cozy up to Democrats on health reform is causing unease among their traditional Republican allies on Capitol Hill.

Wal-Mart lends muscle to health reform - Politico

Wal-Mart is ramping up its Washington activity to push for comprehensive health care reform, and the world’s largest retailer says it is ready to use its economic muscle to get out in front and influence the discussion.

Medicare Advantage Sellers Trick Elderly Into Giving Up Benefits - Huffington Post

Curtis Smith is retired, but his body doesn't know it yet. The 72-year-old's eyes still pop open at five a.m. every morning, just as they did for decades. With no job to go to, he lays there.

OPINION

Commentary: Let's not forget the human cost of health care reform - Sen. Jim DeMint

In Great Britain last year, a 24-year old woman named Katie Hilliard was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The disease has since spread to her lungs and lymph nodes. In October, she took time off from her course of chemo and radiation therapy to marry her fiancée because, in her words, “We didn’t know how ill I would get.”

Capping the Tax Exclusion for Employment-Based Health Coverage: Why Obama Is Not Going Back On His Word - Think Progress

Yesterday, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Austan Goolsbee, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers refused to comment on whether the administration is seriously considering taxing health benefits to finance health care reform.

If Roy Blunt Doesn't Care, Why Should I? - Change.org

I’ll admit I was pretty intrigued to learn that the Health Care Solutions Working Group, composed of a number of House Republicans and chaired by Rep. Roy Blunt, had launched its own Web site. Since the group was formed about a month ago, speculation was rampant on what the group’s real aim would be – would they just be obstructionist, sight unseen, to the emerging health care legislation, or would they propose a principled alternative that also addresses our health care concerns? Based purely on their Web site and the complete lack of care with which it was thrown together, I’d say the actual answer is they just don’t give a crap.