Healthcare and the candidates -- Editor’s Picks

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For those interested in the evolving debate over healthcare, check out these recent offerings from elsewhere on the Web:

From NPR: Is the government responsible for health care?

‘The stage appears set for yet another major national health insurance debate in 2009, so the Intelligence Squared U.S. series decided to get a head start by choosing it as the topic for its first event of the season. The organization sponsors Oxford-style debates featuring six experts -- three on each side -- who try to sway an audience that votes before and after the session.’

From the Chicago Tribune: Worried sick over our health care

‘Polls show voters worry a lot about health care and how much they spend on it. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have responded by peddling plans they claim will help more Americans attain and afford care. But neither candidate has focused publicly on treating the real problem: why American medical care costs too much and isn’t as good as it should be.’

From Newsweek: Got insurance? Why the candidates’ plans might not deliver on universal health coverage

‘Barack Obama and John McCain have put forth radical -- and radically different -- proposals to change the way Americans do, or don’t, get health insurance. Is it really possible to make sure everyone’s covered? Are the candidates even trying for that?’

And a primer from WebMD: Health matters in the 2008 election

‘Health care is expected to remain among the top domestic issues for voters in the 2008 election. So where do the candidates stand?’

-- Tami Dennis