Yanzhong Huang argues that the supposedly universal health coverage in China actually disguises the low level of benefits most people receive.

Investment in maternal health in Afghanistan provides a cost-effective way to promote strategic U.S. foreign policy objectives. As part of a responsible drawdown, the United States should continue its commitments to improving maternal health programs.

Isobel Coleman and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon say the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan places maternal health programs for Afghan women in jeopardy.

The United States' fiscal future depends on whether the country can limit health-care costs.

Wendell Potter of iWatch News discusses how a McKinsey report unleashed a "firestorm" among Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance.

In a New York Times opinion editorial, Paul Krugman explains that Medicare is counter-intutively money-saving.

In a break from the politics of health care reform, McKinsey Quarterly predicts that recent legislation will lead to a significant shift away from employer-provided health insurance among lower-income workers.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses one Aghan woman's efforts to stop the reality that every 30 minutes, a pregnant woman dies in Afghanistan.

Isobel Coleman discusses the feminization of AIDS in Africa and two recent studies that offer hope for prevention.

This report by Amnesty International compiles interviews from North Koreans documenting widespread malnutrition-induced illness and lack of health care, both due to poor government policies.

Robert N. Butler and Michael W. Hodin argue, ""There is solid evidence that aging can be treated as an unprecedented opportunity for investment in economic growth."

David Brooks reflects on the passage of health care reform as the end of the century-long welfare project and the beginning of the task of saving the country from fiscal ruin.

In a New York Times op-ed, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2005, argues that information claiming the health care bill will save $138 billion dollars is skewed by accounting gimmickry and budgetary games, and laying out his own math, contends the reforms will instead raise deficits by $562 billion.

Michael J. Gerson argues, "after hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending, Barack Obama hasn't yet gotten around to his top legislative priority: health-care reform."

Supporters of genetically engineered food tout it as a boon at a time of global food shortages, but some critics see signs that modified foods may do more harm than good.