5 on Health Care

Crisis = Opportunity for Single-Payer By Roger Bybee, Dollars and Sense Fiscal crises may force Obama to save costs via a single-payer plan. Read more »

The Black Smoke of Ayahuasca: A Cancer Patient Finds a Cure and Love in Ecuador By Adam Elenbaas, Reality Sandwich Margaret De Wys's cancer battle led to a life-altering romantic relationship with the shaman who healed her. Read more »

Study: One in Three Americans Under Age 65 Lacked Health Coverage in 2007-2008 AlterNet These Americans have had to pay for medical care out of their own pockets, or they have had to delay needed care altogether. Read more »

China Looking at Major Health Reforms By * Staff, AlterNet The first stage of the plan calls for extending some form of basic health insurance to 90 percent of the population by the end of 2011. Read more »

People Died Because of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident, Why Won't Corporate Media Admit It? By Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet Thirty years after the melt-down, an Iron Curtain has formed between corporate and independent media, with nuclear power at its center. Read more »