Opinion on Health Care

Health Care Now (NYTimes.com, January 29,2009)

Summary: An opinion column of why Americans should have guaranteed health care now. With the bail out bills rolling in, the economy’s downfall is in need of a pick-me-up, health care for all is just what the doctor ordered.

Topic: Should the government arrange for hospitals to network to help standardize the cost of health care?

Category: Journalistic/ Opinion

Title: ‘Health Care Now’

Publication Information: nytimes.com January 29, 2009; in print January 30, 2009 pg A23

Author: Paul Krugman

Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30krugman.html?_r=1

Accessed: January 30, 2009

Support: President Obama; Commonwealth Fund, private foundation promoting better health care Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff; Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee; Paul Krugman, economist (author)

Source Analysis: The New York Times is Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper that many Americans go to when looking for their daily headlines. Known for their saying “All the News That’s Fit to Print” the New York Times has over a million papers in circulation daily.

Usefulness: The opinion of Krugman shows how an economist might look at the situation of this health care crisis. The article also gives just ‘another persons’ opinion. The pros and cons are laid out through out the article in a yes and no format, making the reader look at the health care problem in a different way. Picking apart President Obama’s promises and the problems that come with them. All of this gives the reader the ability to pick apart the health care issues.

Works Cited: Google, Wikipedia, The Official Paul Krugman Web Page, whitehouse.gov, commonwealthfund.org

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