While this should be considered an opinion piece rather than news analysis, it is extremely well thought out and Leonhardt's assertions are eloquently communicated. This perspective addresses the cultural and sociological implications of the health care bill and fits this into the larger picture of what Obama hopes to accomplish. The piece appears in the "Economic Scene," but the subject of it is actually much broader than that placement suggests.

Besides political wrangling and economic immpact being flung around-this is an extremely important treatment of Inequalities of hve & havenots.

while there are many facts and sources here, this does seem an opinion piece. the writer focuses on shifting wealth inequality on the 'poor' and little on the middle class, included within the 4x the poverty level, which has been pres. obama's often-stated goal.

It's almost an opinion piece. Leonhardt makes broad assertions without attribution outside the handy hot links in the story. The core analysis, though, is pretty interesting and has the ring of truth.

This story really uses the facts of the day to make a larger claim about the future direction of the policy and focus of our nation. This story also uses historical context in order to better understand current Health Care reform and the larger reasons behind it.

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The Health Reform bill requires Americans to buy health insurance, an expensive product from an industry that produces nothing of any value. This cannot be disguised as progressive reform. This debate began with the vast majority of Americans demanding Single Payer Universal Health Care. This was immediately watered down to the Public Option, and then even that compromise was abandoned. Every sentence of the Senate bill was written by industry hacks. No progress here.

It's very vague, the central premise would fit in a tweet, and doesn't need the space allocated. So lightweight in fact that the 'Is it fair?" question above isn't really applicable.