Publicly funded health care

People line up to enter a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with a torch of the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics painted on the staircase in Montreal, Jan. 6, 2022.

‘On the brink’: Canada postpones or cancels tens of thousands of medical procedures amid COVID surge

COVID-19

Provincial governments in Ontario and Quebec said that in order to keep beds open for COVID-19 patients, only emergency procedures should go ahead.

Poll finds vast majority of Massachusetts residents like Romneycare

Health & Medicine

Rationing toward sensible health care

Lessons from universal health care

Saving trillions in health care, one patient at a time

The World

Minority communities and health care reform

Global Politics

Although the campaign for health care reform may be in its final stretch, even reform supporters are having to plan very carefully for how we would pay for the changes, should they happen.

The World

Waiting for health care in Oakland, Calif.

Arts, Culture & Media

Peter Nicks tells us about his project “The Waiting Room,” which follows the life and times of patients and staff at a county hospital in Oakland, California, where many patients are uninsured and seek care with no way to pay their bills.

The World

From the waiting room: eight hours vs. one hour

Arts, Culture & Media

‘The Waiting Room’ is a film, video, web and social media project, connecting people getting health care in Oakland, California with the national healthcare debate.

The World

Business takeout: should banks help pay for health care?

Global Politics

With Wall Street rebounding, some say the bailed-out banks should pony up and help other ailing industries, or directly pay for health care reform through new taxes on the financial sector. Louise Story of The New York Times visits The Takeaway.

The World

Takeout: health care debate heats up

Global Politics

Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, joins us to do some fact checking on health care reform and Medicare-cost claims from both sides of the Congressional aisle.