To help understand the health-care issue

This half-hour talk by Arnold Relman - former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine will add to your understanding of this issue.

Things we're still working to clarify

As any news agency will tell you, it's a difficult task balancing the need to present information as completely as possible with the desire to get that information to you as timely as possible. And we want to be open with you about what we don't know as well as what we do know.

The following (informal) notes reflect questions we think will add to our understanding of these issues. We're working on the answers, and we will incorporate them into the article if in fact those answers will increase your understanding.

If you have expertise (not just opinions) in any of these areas, please let us know so everyone can benefit. Thanks.