From National Journal, a cover story on judging the 2008 health plans, including the plans' effects on the uninsured, the economy, quality of care, the consumer and employers. Do Americans want universal coverage enough to put up with significant additional cost and added government interference? If so, the Democrats' health care plans could work. Who's afraid of socialized medicine? Two dangerous words that kill health-care reform. More on Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis by Jonathan Cohn. From Science, a look at how HIV took the world by storm. A review of The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis and Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer Ackerman. Science that the government doesn't want to exist: Stem-cell research lurches along through roadblocks and red tape. A review of The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by Neil M Gorsuch. The Invincible Man: Aubrey de Grey, 44 going on 1,000, wants out of old age. From Literary Review, a review of A Life Decoded by J. Craig Venter (and more).
