WHY THE FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INDUSTRY IS LIKE A GIANT BLOODSUCKING TICK?

The last successful effort to provide government funded, single-payer healthcare insurance was when Lyndon Johnson passed Medicare and Medicaid (both single-payer systems) in the 1960s. Interview: Alex Lawson, Executive Director-Social Security Works. Will this next year be all about the privatization of medicare and social security? Debate: Charles Sauer, Libertarian, Economist, President of The Market Institute. Plus Geeky Science! How kids get asthma.