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From Wall Street to Neverland: The Year America Didn't Sleep

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Qanta Ahmed, MD

The public health burden of insomnia on the US is measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. While we routinely cut calories, or cram in exercise, sleep has not even entered the conversational lexicon.

New Bill Would Extend COBRA Subsidy: Representative Joe Sestak

bloomberg.com | Margaret Collins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Congress should extend a health-care subsidy that helps the unemployed before it ends for some recipients this month, ...

Uninsured Women Negotiates With Hospital, Pays Less Than She Would Have For COBRA

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Tammy Compton of the Wayne...

Don't Let COBRA Benefits Run Out on American Families

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Rep. Joe Sestak

Losing health care along with one's job is something Americans should not have to cope with at this difficult time. So I have introduced the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009.

Why the Silence on Extending Jobless Health Care Benefits?

Mark Miller | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Mark Miller

What's more important: a cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for retired people, or health insurance subsidies for the unemployed? The answer depends on your clout in Washington.

Why the Insured Should Support Health Care Reform: Employer Sponsored Health Insurance is an Endangered Species

Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Anne Mai Bertelsen

Employer-sponsored insurance is an endangered species. Without health care reform, including a public option, many more Americans will join the ranks of the uninsured. Including, potentially, my family.

Don't Worry, Get Angry: Hillary's Health Care Travesty

Linda Keenan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Linda Keenan

Seventy-eight percent of the people who had to file for medical-related bankruptcy actually had health insurance. Hillary St. Pierre, a spunky 27-year-old mother, is a case in point.

Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

Republicans Work To Sweep The Leg Of Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

There are actual facilities where right wingers can go to practice and hone their yelling and disrupting skills. We have obtained footage from one such facility. Take a look.

Arthur Delaney

Down, Not Out: Laid-Off Journalist Tries The Back-To-School Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business


Jennifer West lost her job as an editor over a year ago. She couldn't find a new gig. Now she's in school to get a master's degree in childhood specia...

Take This Opportunity to Reform Health Care

Harold S. Luft | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Harold S. Luft

Fundamental health care reform must not only expand coverage to everyone but also put us on the path to greater efficiency and higher quality. We must realign payment and incentives.

Benefits of Unemployment

Chris Campbell | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living


Chris Campbell

I didn't greet this free time with a desire to sit around lazily and waste away the days, but rather to explore the things that I've always wanted to go after, namely writing and photography.

Health Insurance Subsidy in the Stim: What you need to know

Mark Miller | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


Mark Miller

COBRA is the federal program that allows workers to hold on to their health insurance benefits after a job loss. The measure is a stop on the way toward an envisioned universal health system.

Ryan Grim

How We'll Get To Universal Health Care: Patching The Tattered Blanket

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


When President Obama put his signature to the stimulus package Tuesday, he also signed into law a number of health care reforms that were the result o...

Republicans Looking to Strip Health Care, Education provisions from recovery - Make the Call!

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Jason Rosenbaum

Conservatives will be pushing for increased tax cuts for business and the rich, including tax cuts that benefit multi-national companies with large foreign holdings.

COBRA Checklist

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business


Roseanne Colletti

If you want to keep your COBRA benefits, don't relocate without a new job with benefits. Remember, knowing how to duck when the COBRA strikes is the key to survival.

What's Wrong with Our Health Care System: #538 of Infinity

Doug Hatt | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living


Doug Hatt

In order to qualify for this safety-net health insurance coverage, I had to go without any kind of health insurance for anywhere between 45 and 90 days. Not just me, but my wife and baby.

Fear A Layoff? Go To The Dentist, And Other Insurance Tips

MSN | Liz Pulliam Weston | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business


Americans are dependent on their jobs for more than income. Many of us get our health, life and disability coverage through our work. So as the risk o...