The Rage Is Not About Health Care

THERE were times when last Sunday’s great G.O.P. health care implosion threatened to bring the thrill back to reality television. On ABC’s “This Week,” a frothing and filibustering Karl Rove all but lost it in a debate with the Obama strategist Da...

Minor Drug Cases, Major Trouble for Immigrants

it is time that drug laws get a major overhaul.

No Matter What, We Pay for Others’ Bad Habits

The majority of Americans say it is fair to ask people with unhealthy lifestyles to pay more for health insurance. But personal responsibility is a complex notion.

Overhaul Will Lower the Costs of Being a Woman

Until now, it has been legal in most states for insurance companies to engage in “gender rating,” that is, charging women more than men for the same coverage.