In this investigation into the battle over health care reform, Reporter Constance Matthiessen reveals that many health care experts have been influenced by insurance companies and the American Medical Association, which have exercised their power to make the concept of national health care seem radical and risky.

An investigation into a growing trend by insurance companies and businesses to limit coverage for people with AIDS, Reporter Sarah Henry reveals that limited coverage is prompting sufferers of other terminal and chronic diseases to question the reliability of their health benefits. This CIR story was reprinted in the Metro Times and the Washington Post Health section.