In Debate on Health, It’s Coverage vs. Cost

New York Times by Robert Pear | Oct. 6, 2009 (News Analysis)

As Democrats prepare to take up health care legislation on the floor of the Senate and the House, they are facing tough choices about two competing priorities. They want people to pay affordable prices for health insurance policies, but they want those policies to offer comprehensive health benefits. Full Story »

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Jo Bobenhouse Smith
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 by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Oct. 7, 2009

This article is very well sourced, and extremely well timed and flawlessly written. I specifically appreciated the personality quotes and summaries

If there was only enough time to read one story at this precise stage of the health care debate, this the the story to read.

That tension between keeping costs low and improving coverage is just one of many challenges facing Congress and the Obama administration as they head toward the final stages of the effort to pass health care legislation

The heart of the piece.

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