Sarah Palin’s hunting skills are marvelous. Joe Biden’s mom is a hoot. John McCain’s wisecracks are hilarious and Barack Obama’s three-point shot is deadly. So stipulated.

Also stipulated: Ms. Palin may have over-reacted to in-law troubles. Mr. Biden was at times…

The sticky issue of charity care — health care delivered by a hospital without the expectation of payment — got a lot of attention last week.

A circuit court judge in St. Louis, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and members…

Whatever else is said or done in the next 18 months about reforming the American health care system, tectonic shifts already are well underway.
The latest evidence comes from a new Census Bureau report released last week. It found that the…

Last month, in an act of staggering ingratitude, the board of the Community Fire Protection District based in Overland fired injured fire-fighter Cindy Schuenke.
This is the reward the board bestowed on a firefighter who crawled into an inferno to try…

Are people rushing into marriage because they need health insurance? The New York Times had an interesting, if largely anecdotal, story last week that made that claim. Read it here.

It seems logical to me that such a trend could be…

Earlier this year, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill that would make it easier for college students to remain covered by their parents’ medical insurance policies if the kids are enrolled part-time or have to drop out because of…

The older you get, the more likely you are to develop a chronic illness such as heart disease, high blood pressure or cancer. The more chronic illnesses you have, the more health care you need.
The inevitability of illness is…

The Missouri Supreme Court struck down the St. Louis Police Board’s retiree health care plan yesterday.

The court held that state law which requires the police board to provide health care was violated when retirees were offered a slim benefits package at…

Having health insurance used to mean that if you got sick, you’d get all the medical care you needed. Not any more.
A new survey from the nonpartisan Center for Studying Health System Change found significant increases in the number of…