The Republican strategy was ingenious. They forced the administration to concede and compromise, got much of what they demanded and still complain when it fails. Brilliant.
You cannot control costs as long as you have a private-sector dominated medical system based on profitability, conflicts of interest and medical-lobby-protectionist and featherbedding legislation.
Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.
Dr. Stewart, an OB-GYN, recently lost a 40-year old uninsured cervical cancer patient who refused treatment so that her family wouldn't be financially ruined. She died last week.
Citizenship in this country should be a two-way street. We should all pay our fair share of taxes but in return should expect our medical needs met so we can contribute to our family and society.
Words We Can Believe In The Hope-ful Power of "LOFT" by Richard Greene Political Communication Strategist Host, "Hollywood CLOUT!" on Air America Rad...
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger A clique of anti-choice Democrats in Congress joined forces with Republicans to write abortion access...
Hold on to your hats, folks, I'm getting ready to be brilliant. I have the answer to the health care debate. No, really! Last Saturday, the House n...
I'm so grateful my constituents shared their personal stories with me. They are the face of the health care crisis. We put together a video of these stories to show why reform is so necessary.
Limbaugh, Beck and Palin tap the energy and emotions of the masses and flame their biases and bigotry. The web and the media have changed the rules. The grassroots are connected like never before.
Consumers and patients in America need to be able to make health care choices in a data-rich environment with clear information about care outcomes, caregiver performance, effectiveness and price.
Watching the House vote 220-215 in favor of health reform was for me a small part of what I'm hoping becomes a much larger, history-making success.
The bumps in the road felt by elected officials tackling health care are eerily similar to those taking on global warming.
Dear Insurance Company: I just received an "urgent" email from you, with a desperate plea to call my Congressman and oppose health care reform. I've...
The momentum is there and the Senate may water down health care reform but it will pass some version. This will become one of the most popular and beloved policies since Social Security and Medicare.
The problem is the Democrats in Congress pride themselves in being a bunch of twigs. By not sticking together, they lost for everybody.
CHADD is a national, non-profit organization with local, volunteer chapters. Our chapter held monthly meetings, providing a forum for parents to network with each other and share experiences and resources.
Cheney castigates President Obama for "dithering" because the president does not rush into sending young men and women to their deaths for no reason. Yet to dither on climate change is divine.
Stupak's poison pill will kill the public option -- unless progressives react intelligently rather than emotionally, in which case they can actually turn the anti-abortion amendment to their advantage.
Due to my unhealthy eating habits, my body has shown some significant changes as I have gotten older. I used to have an eight pack, now I have a keg.
How did women’s reproductive rights become the bargaining chip for health care reform in this country? Federal funding for clinics is essential ...
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