Medical policy Archives

Medical policy

Within Reach

by Nicole Pasulka,

The transgender community fights for health care

Wrong Prescription?

by Trudy Lieberman,

The failed promise of the Affordable Care Act

Fill In the Gap

by Maria Bustillos,

When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in June of 2012, the decision was widely viewed as a victory for President Obama and a…

Understanding Obamacare

by Luke Mitchell,

The idea that there is a competitive “private sector” in America is appealing, but generally false. No one hates competition more than the managers of corporations. Competition does not enhance…

Devout observances

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Faulty diagnosis

by Willard Gaylin,

Why Clinton's health-care plan won't cure what ails us

The cholesterol lobby fights back

by Louis B. Raffel,

Bioethical questions

by Leonard C. Lewin,

Who lives, who dies, and who decides?

My dear Irish doctors

by Harriet Hughes Crowley,

The crisis in American medicine

by Harper’s Staff,

As Harper's readers see it

The Politics of Medicine

by Edward T. Chase,

The doctor likes to picture himself as a freewheeling individualist. But from the day he enters medical school he must learn—if he wants to succeed—to play ball with a tight…