Health Care Focus

The Hillary Clinton campaign created a media stir over the past couple of weeks when Ms. Clinton told a story about a woman who was denied health care because she couldn't pay. As the story unfolded, she was accused of distortion of the facts and of outright falsehood.

I recommend Paul Krugman's comments in today's edition of The New York Times. Krugman clears up the nature of the facts, demonstrating that the candidate did not tell a lie. She and her staff could have worked a bit harder to get the details of the case clearer before using the story.

More to the important point, Krugman illuminates the tragic stories of health care failure in the United States among the uninsured, working poor. Clinton's point as well.

Must read essay in my view:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/opinion/11krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin.


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ABC News: Children, Families and Health Care--Part 2

Understanding what our nation's 9 million children and their families face because they lack health insurance coverage is essential to any meaningful progress on the issue.

At Central Dallas Ministries, we see children who fall into this category every day.

Here is another report from ABC News on the challenging subject (please don't let the 15 second commercial message at the beginning confuse or discourage you!):

"Children's Defense Fund's Take" http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3240814.

Did I say already that we must do better?


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