Health Care

Hanging with Insurance Companies and Their Lobbyists

Mike Stark | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ahip, Bill Frist, Nurses, Universal Health Care, Doctors, Medical Costs, San Francisco, Health Care, California Nurses Association, Politics News
Mike Stark

I wish I had something exciting to share with you about the America's Health Insurance Plans conference, but Bill Frist, the reptile that he is, never seemed to break a sweat.

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Why Not Single-Payer?

Richard Kirsch | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer, Health Care for America Now, Health Care, Health, Politics News

Health care reform holds the promise to create a generation of Americans who support a government that works for everyone, just as the New Deal led to 4 decades of activist government for the public good.

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Proposed Bush Rule Undermines Women's Access to Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Choice, Bush, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Health, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Access to contraception is essential and smart public policy. In its waning days, the Bush administration has shown it will stop at nothing to attack women's health care.

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Why is Health Care for America Now Giving Up on Real Reform?

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, National Health Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Rose Ann DeMoro

In search of a supposedly politically viable plan, the coalition has surrendered in advance on the only overhaul that will actually cure the disease: a single-payer, mproved Medicare for all reform.

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Why Not Single Payer? Part 6: New "Health Care For America Now" Coalition May Reflect Divisions in the Movement for Universal Healthcare

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Health Care for America Now, Universal Healthcare, Medicare for All, Barack Obama Health Care, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

HCAN is right that we must mobilize a massive citizens' movement for universal healthcare. Where they're mistaken is in trying for a compromise that will never work.

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Why I'm Not Convinced Big Pharma Is Behind Pot Prohibition (But That's Not to Say They Aren't Looking to Cash in on Medical Marijuana)

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Pain Relief, American Medical Association, Health Care, Politics News
Paul Armentano

At the same time that federal lawmakers are proclaiming that pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is in a frenzy to bring dozens of new, cannabis-based medicines to market.

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Health Care for America Now!

Gerald McEntee | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Gerald McEntee

For decades, we have been working to expand the American Dream to include health care for all. Year in and year out, we hear promises and pledges from politicians -- but still, nothing gets done.

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Where McCain's Change Is Bigger Than Obama's

Bill Scher | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Bill Scher

McCain will change health care for more people than Obama. All those people potentially affected will have determine if they want the kind of change McCain is offering.

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"Pro-Business" Isn't Always What You Think -- Take Health Reform, For Example

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts Health Reform California Health Reform, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Healthcare Reform, Health Reform, Small Business Majority, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Roll over, Newt Gingrich, and tell Ayn Rand the news: Sometimes capitalism can be improved when government and free enterprise work as partners. Entrepreneurs are understanding that.

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Health Care for America Now!

Roger Hickey | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Universal Health Care, Campaign for America's Future, Roger Hickey, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Politics News
Roger Hickey

Most politicians say they favor some kind of health care "reform," but HCAN is mobilizing a citizens' force that can make sure we do it right -- based on choice, affordability, shared responsibility, and fairness.

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Thousands of Whistleblowers Silenced By Bush DOJ!

Rob Kall | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Justice Department, Bush Corruption, Corruption, DOJ Corruption, Tenet Health Care, Political Corruption, Washington Post, Health Care, Politics News
Rob Kall

The DOJ rejected or bottled up thousands of whistleblower complaints and reports throughout the Bush administration. Even the ones they accepted, they kept unprocessed for years.

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Fourth of July Appeal

Deane Waldman | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Government Regulations, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Politics News
Deane Waldman

On the Fourth of July, we health care workers request relief from the oppressive burden of government over-regulation. Without such relief, we cannot provide you with the care you need.

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What Americans Want: National Health Insurance

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Hospitals, John Conyers, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Health Care, Health, YES! Magazine, Living News
Sarah van Gelder

It doesn't have to be this way. A video of a woman dying in a Brooklyn hospital waiting room after nearly 24 hours waiting for treatment is just one m...

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Ted Kennedy To Lead Renewed Universal Health Care Effort

Boston Globe | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Senator Edward M. Kennedy's office has begun convening a series of meetings involving a wide array of healthcare specialists to begin laying the groun...

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Yes We Can: A Simple Solution to Health Care Reform

Peter Kash and Dr. Jay Lombard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

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Peter Kash and Dr. Jay Lombard

Chronic conditions are projected to be the leading cause of disability throughout the world by the year 2020; if not successfully prevented and managed, they will become the most expensive problems faced by our health care system.

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Liberal Principles Part III

Linda Hirshman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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Linda Hirshman

With the emergence of non-state actors in global affairs, the question of how to treat people living in other political societies has become pressing.

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

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David Nassar

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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Peaceful Revolution: McCain a Clear and Present Danger to Families

Robert Drago and Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Robert Drago and Arlene Holt Baker

McCain's voting record on family issues speaks clearly and in a single voice: he does not value family in any meaningful sense of the word.

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Obama, McCain and Mother Vote

Lisa Witter | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Pay Equity, Women Voters, Mothers, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Health Care, Web Sites, Politics News
Lisa Witter

Obama may have the clear advantage with the mother vote on the image, talk and policy fronts, but McCain has shown lately that he isn't willing to let the mom vote go without a fight.

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National HIV Testing Day: An Epidemic in Our Nation's Capital

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infection, US Hiv Rates, Hiv Msm, Hiv, Science, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Health Care, Hiv Washington Dc, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country is succumbing to "AIDS fatigue" as infection rates have stayed high. But complacency does not save lives; more commitment, funding and science-based policies will.

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Blame Game vs. Root Cause Analysis

Deane Waldman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

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Deane Waldman

No one controls or even "is responsible" for the failing healthcare system, and it's not fixed by punishing or changing the people. It's fixed by changing the processes within the system.

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"Expanding Access to Care": The Health Insurance Industry's Magic at Work

John Geyman | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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John Geyman

As the costs of health care surge ever higher, the financial barrier to care has clearly become the biggest impediment of all.

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Gardasil or Guard Your Girls?

Doug Bremner | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

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Doug Bremner

The vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, was mandated for all young girls in Texas in 2006 and there were proposals for mand...

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Jason Linkins

Elizabeth Edwards: I'm Already Working With Obama's Team On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Elizabeth Edwards appeared on this morning's Good Morning America to discuss the Democratic Party's approach to universal health care. While Edwards ...

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Death Under the Guise of Health Care

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for All, John Conyers, Insurance Industry, Donna Smith, Martin Luther King Jr., Single Payer, Medicare, Marilyn Clement, America's Health Insurance Plans, Health Care, H.R. 676, C. Rocky White, Health Care Meltdown, Politics News
Norman Solomon

In San Francisco yesterday, over 1,000 protesters were spilling from the sidewalks outside the Moscone Center -- demanding health care for all.

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