Did Obama save health care?US President Barack Obama gave his all-important health care reform speech to Congress yesterday. Was his speech stirring enough to win over the house? The Daily Beast’s panel of pundits weigh in.
US health care
Obama moves from candidate to president
Obama’s health care speech today was about more than health reform, it was also a bid for legitimising his presidency and proving he has the authority to govern. Can he bring about the health care change his campaign promised? Check out his health reform plans here.
Obama’s make or break health care speech 
Health care: Ted Kennedy’s life cause
Heath care was “the heart of my belief in a just society”, said Ted Kennedy, and US health care reform will bear the fingerprints of Kennedy, writes Ezra Klein.
How should Obama reform health care?
America will never find a perfect system of health care, says writer and surgeon Atul Gawande, but the country can do a lot better than the “routine cruelty” of the current system — and there are already models in place around the country from which to build upon.
Guy Rundle: Those crazy ole Republicans aren’t funny anymore
The US is heading towards a health care bill of 20% of GDP, at which point the country has, economically, become one huge hospital. If Obama is not allowed to fix it, it will crash and burn.
Political snippets: Obama in black and white
Richard Farmer explains why there are still two Americas, and looks at anti-war sentiment in Australia and across the pond.
