Health Care

Video: Birth Control at Risk in Proposed HHS Regulation

Emily Douglas | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Department of Health and Human Services, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Emily Douglas

A proposed new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services... would expand protections for providers who would deny women birth control and other reproductive health services.

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Why this Election Actually is About Defining the "Real America"

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Kevin Phillips, John McCain, Presidential Election, Michele Bachmann, Progressive Values, Real Americans, Sarah Palin, Health Care, American Values, Thomas Jeffereson, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Sarah Palin is right about one thing: this election is in fact a battle between the "real America" and a pretender. But it's not quite the battle she imagines.

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Health Care Made Real, Obama's Real Change

T. Colin Campbell | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama, Health Care, Living News
T. Colin Campbell

A highly capitalized, drug-based system too often trivializes the scientific evidence on nutrition and, in doing so, it will support and encourage a self-serving, expensive health care system.

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Nonexistent Patio Man Decries David Brooks' Nonexistent Arguments

Bill Scher | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Infrastructure, Clean Energy, Public Investment, Health Care, Economy, Patio Man, David Brooks, Politics News
Bill Scher

Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks. Brooks' occas...

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More Reform is Cheaper: The Paradox of Health Care Reform

Ezekiel Emanuel | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health, Financial Crisis, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
Ezekiel Emanuel

With the current financial crisis and looming deep recession, we need to remember that more comprehensive changes can actually constrain costs while covering all Americans.

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The Candidates' Health Care Plans More Hype Than Tax-Payer Relief

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Health, Universal Health Care, Election 2008, Health Insurance, Presidential Debates, Health Care, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Miles J. Zaremski

McCain's constant remarks about Obama's healthcare "fine" reminded us of political grandstanding -- like swiss cheese with holes in it.

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Universal Health Care and the 2008 Election -- How Is It Still Possible After the Fiscal Meltdown?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Care, 2008 Election, Health, Disease, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

Did the financial meltdown destroy all hopes for any chance of a new health care system?

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18 Days Out: "A More Hopeful and Compassionate World" vs. "Hate Calls"

Jesse Lee | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, John McCain, DNC Robocalls, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jesse Lee

Today in Virginia Obama went back to talking about health care, the economy, and the real crises facing the country -- though he did include a joke or two.

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Where Was McCain's Flag Pin?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Patriotism, Mccain, Presidential Debates, Flag, Health Care, Flag Pin, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

Seeing as how the Republicans make a big stink about people wearing flag pins to show their patriotism, it was a curious omission to McCain's wardrobe...

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More Ridiculous Healthcare Proposals From Our Future Leaders

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Insurance, Breaking Political News, Health, Obama, Health Care, Healthcare, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Doug Bremner

I am watching the Obama-McCain debate on TV right now and I thought I should offer some 'medical perspective'.

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Farm-To-School Programs: Growing a Healthier America

Isabel Cowles | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Local Farming, Food Education, Farms, Health Care, Farm-to-School, Local Farmers, Farm to Table, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Food needs a piece of that seven billion dollar pie. For fortunate Americans, food is as much a source of entertainment as it is nourishment. Yet desp...

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Infant Mortality -- and Abortion: A U.S. Scandal

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Health Care, Health, Infant Mortality, Family, Politics News
Peter Clothier

Given the advanced state of our medical knowledge and the technology at our disposal, infant mortality is also a choice we make, as a society. What moral universe do we live in, that we permit ourselves to do this?

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McCain's Radical Health Plan, Once Ignored, Now Hotly Debated

Roger Hickey | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Institute for America's Future, Advertising Campaigns, Health Insurance, Roger Hickey, Obama McCain, Health Care, Politics News
Roger Hickey

Instead of working to guarantee health care for those without insurance, conservatives want to tax the health benefits of the 160 million people who get insurance on the job.

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The Financial Crisis and Health Care

Ezekiel Emanuel | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, FInancial Markets, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Ezekiel Emanuel

While the financial crisis has appeared to knock health care off the national agenda, in the strange chemistry that is American politics, it may make comprehensive health care reform more politically feasible.

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Best Organizational Projects in the Final Weeks of Campaign

Mike Lux | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Adwatch, Health Care for America Now, 2008 Presidential General Election, 2008 Congressional General Elections, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Mike Lux

I am starting a series of blog posts today on what I think are the most effective ads, mailings, and other forms of communications with voters are in this late month of the campaign.

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It's All In Her Head

Mary Lou Song | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

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Mary Lou Song

Any one of us could be Renateco2. She is a mother. A small business owner. An American. And because of health problems, she found herself facing medical bills in the millions of dollars. Millions.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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Presidential Candidates Lack Long-Term View on Long-Term Care

Stuart Shapiro | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Senior Citizens, Health, Long-Term Care, Elderly Americans, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News
Stuart Shapiro

The case is clear: America is heading toward a fiscal tsunami. Surviving this wave will involve monumentally more than just shoring up the three key retirement pillars of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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Lincoln Park Hospital For Sale

Chicago Tribune | Becky Yerak and Bruce Japsen | Posted 10.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lincoln Park Hospital for Sale, Chicago Hospitals, Health Care, Lincoln Park Hospital, Merit Health Systems, Chicago News

The impact of the worsening credit crisis is spreading to the Chicago-area hospital scene. Lincoln Park Hospital is on the sales block, partly becaus...

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Nonsense on Health Care from The Wall Street Journal

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Deregulation, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Health Care, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

Perhaps the writer of the editorial was away from the television when Senator Obama said health care "should be a right for every American."

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Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John L. Lewis, John McCain, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Employee Free Choice Act, Todd Palin, Democrat, Health Care Tax, United Steelworkers, Tax Credit, Health Care, Economic Policy Institute, Sarah Palin, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Republican, Joe Si, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

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A Kick in the Career: Becoming a Doctor? That is so Dial-Up!

Thomas Stern | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Doctor Shortage, Medical Careers, Economy, Job Market, Calling, Doctors, Hmos, Health Care, Internal Medicine, Business News
Thomas Stern

Increasingly, the concept of a "calling" seems to only exist in sports or the arts. Nike says "just do it," the implication being that you have to, you're driven to.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain's Health Care Plan Attacked In Million Dollar Independent Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Health Care, Independent Ads, Health Care, 501(C)4 Ads, Politics News

The independent progressive group Heath Care For America Now! released a batch of eight ads targeting John McCain and seven incumbent House members We...

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Sam Stein

Obama And McCain Debate In Words: Issues V. "My Friends"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Mccain Debate, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Pakistan, Middle Class, Presidential Debates Live, Iran, My Friends, Presidential Debate, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

Tuesday night's presidential campaign lasted 90 minutes and touched on a wide-range of topics. So what did each candidate spend his time discussing? A...

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Gitmo on California and Foster- Part Three: Left to Rot for Twenty Grand a Day

Alice Singleton | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Health, Malpractice, Health Care, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Health Insurance Industry, Chicago News
Alice Singleton

A word of advice: Never go to the hospital alone. Have a trusted associate accompany you; literally have them move in with you for your hospital stay.

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