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Protecting Pharmaceutical Profits: The Cost Is Human Lives

Jane Hamsher | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Jane Hamsher

The public option has received the lion's share of attention in the health care debate, but there's an equally important issue relating to generic drugs that could mean lifesaving drugs remain too expensive for all but the wealthy.

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.