Universal Health Care: The Key to Ending Conservative Rule | How McCain Would Dismantle Medicare

Health & Wellness Newsletter November 3rd, 2008 More from Health & Wellness »

Want to Shut Conservatives Out of Power for Good? Implement Universal Health Care By Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future Giving Americans universal access to health care will undermine some of the deepest and most persistent myths of the conservative worldview. Read more »   Tomorrow's the big day -- a chance for millions of voters to make a statement about the issues that matter the most to them, like health care. A combination of income inequality and lack of universal health care has left America with declining life expectancies, out-of-control obesity and, generally, abysmal world health rankings. Providing universal health care is arguably the most crucial step a more progressive administration can take to heal the country, writes Sara Robinson in this week's top Health & Wellness story. That's because having coverage for all would do more than just improve health; it would make a statement about the good government can do and show that it makes little sense for people to just go it alone when, in fact, we can do so much more if we work together. If we're lucky, that hope will become reality sooner than we think. And if you still have some last-minute unanswered questions about how the candidates differ on health care, check out our handy voter guide below. Thanks for reading and see you at the polls! Heather Gehlert Managing Editor     How John McCain Would Dismantle Medicare By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat Even if McCain's not elected, keep an eye on Congress. Read more »   Pigs with Mouse Genes: How GM Animals May Be Entering the Food Chain without Labeling By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet The FDA may be taking the public, and nature, down a dangerous path. Read more »   Red Cross: Millions of Iraqis at Risk from Contaminated Water By Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers instead. Read more »   How Much Damage Has Eight Years of Conservative Rule Done to Americans' Psyches? By Mark Klempner, AlterNet The Bush administration used a politics of fear to diminish our ability to think critically and to erode our capacity to love. Read more »   Obama vs. McCain: Medical Bills, Drug Prices and Access to Health Care -- Voter Guide AlterNet Find out how the candidates compare on health insurance, prescription drugs, obesity, veterans' health and more. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     The Dangers of McCain's Plan to Sell Health Insurance Across State Lines By Ella Hushagen, Stand Up for Health Care A recent study shows that treating health insurance like an item on eBay would reduce costs for the healthy and raise them for everyone else. Read more »

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