Health Care Debate

Early Detection: Can You Afford It?

Randi Miller | Posted 01.01.2012 | DC

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Debate, Cancer Screening, Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Screenings, Free Clinics, DC News

Mammograms with ultrasound in this region can cost anywhere from $500 to $6,000. That's a bit much, don't you think?

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Affordable, High Quality Health Care: The Cure for Our Economy

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 12.26.2011 | Politics

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For the sake of our entire economy, America must act now to contain health care costs while, at the same time, improving the quality of care.

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The Real Solution to the Health Care Debate? Connectedness

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Family Health, Health Care Debate, Community Health, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Debate, Healthcare Reform, Ahhealth Care, Healthy Living News

What we eat, the stress in our lives, our exercise habits and our connectedness with other human beings are more decisive than anything the health care system can do.

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4 Percent of Us Consume 50 Percent of All Health Care

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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Our humanity, if not our common sense, tells us that something is wrong when 4 percent of the world's population consumes half of the world's health care.

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Tucson -- And the Next Rampage

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Already there have been bricks thrown through windows, and pictures of nooses. Already the authorities have had to increase security for certain gove...

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Dean: Reforms Will Be Added To Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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MIAMI -- The debate in the House over whether to repeal health care reform has set up a fairly binary discussion with respect to the law. On one side ...

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Health Care Law: Correct, Constitutional, and Not Going Anywhere

Rep. Hank Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Health Care Debate, U.S. Constitution, Healthcare, Politics News

Opponents of health-care reform have rallied around a constitutional objection to the "individual mandate." They argue that Congress has no constitutional authority to mandate coverage. They are wrong.

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What Is The Most Significant Spiritual Lesson Of The Decade? (PHOTOS)

Steve McSwain | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

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What was the most important spiritual lesson of the decade? Vote on that lesson you regard as the most significant, knowing there are perhaps many lessons we might have learned from any of the significant news events of the last decade.

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Health Care Reform Media Coverage Was Terrible, Finds New Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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Did the rampant coverage of the health care reform debate leave you utterly beside yourself with confusion? Well, you're not alone -- that's exactly how the media covered the matter, because they are terrible.

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Tea Party Proponent John O'Hara Spars With Jon Stewart On His New Book 'A New American Tea Party' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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Jon Stewart had author and tea party proponent John O'Hara on "The Daily Show" last night to talk about his new book, "A New American Tea Party." In a...

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Obama Pitches Seniors On Health Bill

AP | ERICA WERNER and JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WHEATON, Md. — President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to sell the health overhaul law to skeptical seniors, launching a defense of his preside...

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Why the Fight for Financial Reform Needs to Get Much More Personal

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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When it comes to the fight over financial reform, Democrats are making the same mistake they did with health care: failing to put the effect reform would have on the lives of real Americans front and center.

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'Free Speech': Who's Listening?

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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One of the paradoxes of a free and democratic society is that it only takes a few committed and fanatical people to screw up the system for every one.

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Does America Also Need Cultural Health Care?

Rob Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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The majors were an almost ghostly presence at SXSW 2010. The indies have now seized the day within the leading-edge music market.

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Health Care Debate: LIVE Updates, Video

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Today is THE DAY for health care reform, and this page will bring you all the breaking news, tweets, photos, and video, all in one place. Flip thr...

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'Baby Killer' Yelled At Bart Stupak During Health Care Debate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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A Republican member of Congress apparently called Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) a "baby killer" near the end of the day-long House debate on health care ...

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Health Care Vote: LIVE UPDATES

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Today is THE DAY for health care reform, and this page will bring you all the breaking news, tweets, photos, and video, all in one place. Flip thr...

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A Flawed Step Forward on Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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We all know how much the media love conflict, and they have fallen in love with the health care debate. To say the process hasn't been pretty would be one of the biggest Washington understatements in years.

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Health Care Bill DETAILS: Vote Coming Soon, Follow Health Care Debate LIVE

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The final health care bill details are out and a full House vote is coming soon. The health care bill will lead to a reduction of $130 billion of the...

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Health Care: The Final Week (Live Twitter News, Analysis)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Below a list of analysts, activists, and policy wonks focusing on the final days of the health care debate. ...

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Why I'm Breaking the Law for Health Care

John Cavanagh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Ahip, Health Insurance Lobby, Health Care Rally, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

The stakes are undeniably high: Just listen to the stories of people in your own communities who were denied coverage by their insurers. Tomorrow, a hundred of us are willing to go to jail over the issue.

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A Pastor's Letter on Health and Care

Donna Schaper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Health Insurance Reform, Religion News

Many of us are uniquely crippled and begging for someone to do something for us. When we learn to manage ourselves, especially our spirits, others will look at us with awe and wonder at us.

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Ms. WellPoint CEO: How Much Is Enough?

Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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California's largest health insurer will hike premium rates up to 39% despite $2.7 billion fourth quarter profits.

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The Imperative for Health Insurance Reform: A Personal, Not Policy Perspective

Bill Raabe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Debate, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Thursday's bipartisan health care summit should not be about making headlines or political grandstanding -- too much is at stake. We need health reform in the United States, and we need it now.

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Ezra Klein: White House Handling Of Public Option Still A 'Complete Failure'

Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Heath Care, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Obama Health Care, Ezra Klein, President Obama, Politics News

One other point on the public option: This has been a complete and utter failure of White House leadership. They need to give this effort their suppor...

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