No one in Hawaiʻi should have to choose between rent and insulin. No parent should delay care for a sick child out of fear of a bill. No kupuna should ration treatment after a lifetime of work. Health care should not feel like roulette.

Major reforms inevitably run into a health industry — a broad group of interests ranging from pharmaceutical and health services companies to hospitals and nursing homes — that spent more than $653 million on lobbying last year, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks political spending.

Universal health care (UHC) is a system under which "all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship," said the World Health Organization. Currently, 72 countries have ...

Government shutdowns aren’t just about budgets. They highlight the instability of two systems: a Congress that can grind to a halt and a health care system so fragile that millions can lose access to essential care. Yes, Affordable Care Act subsidies ...

Here’s a piece of Republican rhetoric that used to be ubiquitous but that you never hear anymore: America has the best health-care system in the world. Republican politicians liked this line because it helped them dismiss the idea that the system needed ...

Most Americans are aware that the health care system we have in place is not working. Having health insurance tied to employment makes life especially stressful for people with chronic medical needs. Even for those of us fortunate to have stable employment ...

We need more medical research, not less, and we need a universal health care system so that everyone can afford the care that they and their families need.