THE SPECTRUM
Sen. Tom Harkin on why America cannot afford to skimp on preventive health care
HEALTH
Why the candidates' plans might not deliver on universal health coverage
QUIZ
Candidate Meter: Who Said What
See where the presidential candidates stand on key health issues. Click and drag the quote to the candidate to see who said it.
HEALTH CARE
Cancer screening and other measures for heading off disease don't always reduce health-care costs.
HEALTH CARE
Trouble looms and there are no simple solutions. What you—and the next president—need to know.
HEALTH CARE
What the massive turnout for a free medical and dental clinic in southwest Virginia reveals about the widening gap between health-care haves and have-nots in the United States.
HEALTH CARE
Stan Brock on the challenges of founding a volunteer medical corps to treat some of America's many uninsured and underinsured.
Emergency-room health care is in a state of emergency. What the best minds in the medical community prescribe to begin to treat the crisis.
HEALTH
How gloomy economic news may be affecting us physically—and what you can do to make your health more recession-resistant.
08/05/08: Thousands of volunteers and medical professionals descended on a small town in Southwest Virginia for three days in July to set up a massive free clinic under the auspices of Remote Area Medical, a non-profit health care organization.
- I went against my free-market instincts. George W. Bush on the Wall St. bailoutABC
- It's not important to be perfect here. It’s important to act Bill Clinton on health overhaulWSJ
- Dead on arrival to the Senate Sen. Lindsey Graham on House bill CBS
- Germany unity is not yet complete Angela Merkel on Berlin Wall anniversary CNN
- We want our Taliban brothers and all others to come back and join with us President KarzaiAP