Health and Human Services

The Secretary and the Czar: Obama Bets Big on Daschle for Healthcare

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, MediaWire blogger It's official, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschl...

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Daschle Should Remember There Are Some Things That Are Better

Kate Kelly | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Kate Kelly

With 47 million Americans lacking health insurance and a woeful absence of emphasis on any type of preventive health care in our country, Tom Daschle faces a vital but Herculean task.

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Greedy Profit Schemes Driving Down Quality of Nursing Home Care

Les Weisbrod | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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Les Weisbrod

Two notable events occurred this week that should be of concern to seniors and families who will have to make the tough decision of placing a loved on...

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Bush Marches Ahead into the Past

Ellen Feldman | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

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Ellen Feldman

Our current society is saturated with sex. It sells every product under the sun. But the Bush administration, ever backward looking, still cannot distinguish between contraception and abortion.

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George Bush Launches Attack on Access to Contraceptives

Jeff Merkley | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Merkley

By redefining abortion to include the most common and effective methods of birth control, the Bush administration is attempting to deprive basic contraceptive services to women around the country.

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Progressive Solutions to America's Health-Care Crisis

Sen. Tom Daschle | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Daschle

I have proposed a Federal Health Board, which could address health care problems and would resemble our current Federal Reserve Board for the banking industry.

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