Ever find yourself sitting at your desk - usually after a little time off - staring at an endless stream of e-mails, a stack of snail mail and a glaring red light on your phone? And then just freeze up, not knowing where to even begin?

What a lame birthday present. I can't think of a worse gift that doesn't come with a process server or lab test results. But there it was as I tore open the morning paper: the latest health care bill. Seems like we get a new one every

The president returns to the campaign trail again tonight when he addresses Congress - and the nation - to make yet one more push for health care reform. (At least we won't need signed parental permission slips to watch this

Is it just me, or does the vast majority of the health care reform rhetoric swirl around what we shouldn't do? And I'm talking about both sides here, too. "We don't want a public option." "We don't want

Seems like Washington's got more trial balloons than trial lawyers these days. Not sure what it is about health care reform that no one wants to come out of committee and actually own up to any of their ideas. Wait a minute, maybe I do. If

Photos from Benefits Selling Expo 2009, Day 2

Photos from Benefits Selling Expo 2009, Day 1

So now that the public option's taken a bigger beating than Michael Jackson's doctor, we're already moving on to co-ops. Because, you know, health care's a lot like an urban garden. (And by the way, does anyone have a clue