Editorial Policies for Statements

• Statements are edited to fix problems noted in spelling or punctuation.
• Statements are edited to remove profanity.
• Statements are edited to remove noted proper nouns identifying private individuals or business entities.
• Statements with the sole purpose of asking a question about a personal health care issue are not published.
• Statements with the sole purpose of selling a product are not published.

Editorial Policies for Choosing and Listing Web Sites

• Web sites are chosen without regard for the partisan bias of the site.
• Web sites chosen must address some aspect of health care in the United States.
• Web sites sponsored by for-profit organizations and having the primary purpose of selling products or services are not listed.
• Each annotation is written to reflect the content of the web site. No opinion about the web site is expressed in the annotation.