Obama pushes healthcare reform plan to break deadlock

Barack Obama embarked on a final effort to push through his troubled healthcare plan through Congress

Healthcare and Bill Clinton’s heart

Richard Adams's blog: Q: Who would heartlessly exploit Bill Clinton's illness to score cheap political points? A: Opponents of US healthcare reform

This NHS row is paralysing progress

Zack Cooper: The US and UK should stop focusing on what's wrong with each other's healthcare and work out what they can teach each other

Thank heaven for the NHS

Michele Hanson: How dare the Republicans bad-mouth our free healthcare system? If I'd been born in the US, I'd probably be dead by now

Is public healthcare in the UK as sick as rightwing America claims?

Denis Campbell and Girish Gupta assess the claims made by rightwing Americans about the failings of the NHS

‘Evil and Orwellian’ – America’s right turns its fire on NHS

The NHS has become the butt of increasingly outlandish political attacks in the US as Republicans and conservative campaigners rail against Britain's 'socialist' system

Obama’s unhealthy opposition

Maggie Mahar: At yesterday's White House summit, the new president got a taste of the bitter health-reform battles that lie ahead