By Evan Falchuk

The President is out on the road promoting (again) the health care reform plan passed by Congress a few months ago.

Now that it’s been a few months, we can step back and ask: what really happened?

The short answer: on the big issues, not very much.

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By Evan Falchuk

Since the 2000 Presidential election- and most especially since the world-changing events of October 17, 2004, I’ve known this: don’t assume anything is over until it’s over.

Still, I’m going to bed so I’m going to give you my six quick reactions to the reform plan, based on the assumption it’s about to get voted in.

UPDATE: I stayed up, and it passed.

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By Evan Falchuk

Until this morning I hadn’t heard the word “death panels” in a discussion about health care reform in a long time.

But then the Vice President started talking yesterday.  And so if you wonder – like I have – about why myths about death panels live on, just read what he has to say about why we need this reform plan.

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By Evan Falchuk

The other day, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post wondered if the reason health care reform was running into so much trouble was because of a sort of conspiracy.  According to Klein, it was the forces of the “health care industry,” with their economic and political power, blocking reform, like they had for decades.

Today we can see how very deep this conspiracy really is.

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By Evan Falchuk

Why has health care reform run into so much trouble?

Well, it could be because people think reform plans will affect them in ways they aren’t going to like.  Or because people don’t believe politicians in Washington who say that spending huge amounts of money will actually save money.  Or because confusing mixed messages and ever-shifting sales pitches create a lot of anxiety about what’s really going on.  It could be all of those things.

Or, it could be something more….sinister….

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