Preview/Bonus Post: Inequality in the U.S.

After break, we'll be talking about social class, status, and inequality in the United States.

Here is an interesting article from the New York Times about how health care reform relates to inequality in the United States.

As a bonus post (extra credit/make up), describe the essay's argument. How has inequality in the United States changed over the last 50 years? What is the importance of this? How does the article see health care reform affecting this trend?