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What do You Want Obama to Say Wednesday Night?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Care Costs, Health Reform, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Speech to Congress, President Obama, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

President Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday night (September 9th) and make his case for health reform. What do you want him to say?

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Blanche Lincoln Town Hall Overrun By Conspiracy Theorists

Time | Joe Klein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Van Jones, Iraq, Glen Beck, Health Reform, Cass Sunstein, Republicans, Politics News

I was at a Blanche Lincoln town hall meeting in Russellville, Arkansas, yesterday--and the number of people who believe that the President has larded ...

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Lieberman: Without Public Option, Health Reform Would Pass

Connecticut Post | Devon Lash | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Healthcare Debate, Bipartisanship, Public Option, Health Reform, Politics News

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman made it clear Wednesday that he would not vote for a health care bill that included a government-run option, but said that wit...

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Disease Mongering: Good For Big Pharma, Bad For You

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Bill, Disease Mongering, Living News, Medicine, Health Care Debate, Health Reform, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Care, Healthy Living, Integrative Medicine, Health, Medical Costs, Health Action, Medical Treatment, Obama Health Care, Andrew Weil, Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

There is a growing trend to promote diseases to fit existing drugs. As a culture, we should be suspicious whenever we hear of a new "disease," and ask whether it may just be a marketing ploy.

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Name It Ted Care?

Craig Crawford | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Reform, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Craig Crawford

Imagine the pressure it would put on wavering Democrats to name legislation creating public insurance after the man who spent his career fighting for it.

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LA Rx: Making Medicine Affordable for LA

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Health Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Antonio Villaraigosa

Starting today, every major pharmacy in Los Angeles will give a 5 to 40 percent discount on the prescription medication people need to live a healthy life.

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Health Care Through the Eyes of an Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native American Rights, Native Americans, Health Reform, Health Care, Canada, Indian, Politics News
Tim Giago

I watch the shouting matches, the misinformation, and the outright lies passing across the health care argument scene. It has brought out the meanness in too many otherwise good Americans and it must stop.

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Fear, Greed and X-Rays

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Bill, Living News, Medicine, Health Care Debate, Health Reform, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Care, Integrative Medicine, Health, Medical Costs, Health Action, Medical Treatment, Obama Health Care, Andrew Weil, Defining Health, Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. And doctors are human beings.

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Fixed?

Wendy Block | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, LA Times, Fair Elections Now Act, Senate, Congress, Public Option, California Clean Money Campaign, Big Money, Big Oil, Lobbyists, Progressives, Npr, Special Interests, Health Reform, Lobbying, Politics News
Wendy Block

Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Milk. All special interest patrons of America's Big Money bordello. What are good progressives to do? Either we get lobotomies or we fix the way the country finances politics.

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The Question No One Asks About Healthcare

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Debate, Living News, Health, Andrew Weil, Dr. Andrew Weil, Medical Treatment, Integrative Medicine, Health Action, Obama Health Care, Medicine, Health Reform, Health Care, Defining Health, Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Given that we all want health and spend trillions to "care" for it, it's sobering how little thought we give to the true meaning of the term.

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Should You Get Your Drug Information From An Actor?

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Debate, Living News, Andrew Weil, Dr. Andrew Weil, Medical Treatment, Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Marketing, Integrative Medicine, Health Action, Obama Health Care, Medicine, Health Reform, Health Care, Home News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Sally Field is a talented actor. But what qualifies her to promote Boniva, an osteoporosis drug that is of limited benefit, has worrisome side effects, and for which there are natural alternatives that merit careful consideration?

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Why Health Care Reform Will Be Good for Medicare Recipients

Mark Miller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Medicare, Town Hall Meetings, Health Reform, Seniors, Barack Obama, National Health Reform, Business News
Mark Miller

A dispassionate look at this bill suggests that health reform actually will be good for the Medicare program.

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I Want My Country Back! The Country That Elected Barack Obama

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: What-Would-Jesus-Do, Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, 538.Com, Republicans Health Care Reform, Health Reform, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I want the focused, goal-oriented, real grass-roots supported, campaign mode for health reform.

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My Health Plan

Craig Crawford | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Reform, Co-Ops, Politics News
Craig Crawford

If we can't have a public option, how can co-ops get the job done? Require everyone get health insurance and for those who can't afford private plans, give them coupons to be used only at co-ops.

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Why Obama Had to Have Been Born in Kenya

Bryant Welch | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brain Washing, Birthers, Psychological Manipulation, Obama Birthers, Right Wing Politics, Death Squads, Mind Control, Fox News, Health Reform, Politics News
Bryant Welch

We need to harness the uncertainty and confusion in this country for constructive purposes, exposing the puppeteers of the far right and the corporate interests that are behind them.

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The Real Outrage of 'Death Panels'

Craig Crawford | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Reform, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Craig Crawford

What's really irritating about Palin's proposal is that we have to have a law to reimburse doctors to talk to their patients. What?

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Co-op, Co-opt, Cop-Out: Conjugating Health Reform

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kent Conrad, Jon Kyl, Health Reform, Co-Ops, Barack Obama, Timothy Noah, Politics News
RJ Eskow

If the centrist Democrats don't provide a meaningful alternative to costly, for-profit insurance, the backlash against them will be enormous. Co-ops will not be able to provide that alternative.

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Don't Tell Ted

Craig Crawford | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Reform, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama, Ted Kennedy Brain Tumor, Ted Kennedy Cancer, Ted Kennedy Democratic Convention, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Craig Crawford

Is it tragic or just plain ironic that health reform suffers along with Ted Kennedy? It was Kennedy, after all, who put Barack Obama on a winning path to the White House.

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Man Behind the Curtain: Freedom Works VP Forbes Talks

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Mario Solis-Marich

On Friday I interviewed Steve Forbes. In a quick few minutes he claimed that people in England over 65 years of age could not receive dialysis,and that Obama wanted single payer.

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Robert Thurman: The Sacred Cows in the Health Care Debate

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Preventative Healthcare, Prevention, Health, Food, Food Safety, Integrative Medicine, Robert Thurman, Health Reform, Tenzin Bob Thurman, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhism, Professor Robert Thurman, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Studies show that over half of all Americans are interested in promoting wellness and preventing disease. But some people are terrified that the food ...

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Town Halls: Don't Confuse Me with the Facts, My Mind Is Made Up

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Military, Deficits, Government Bureaucracy, Government Takeover, As Good as It Gets, Socialism, Health Reform, Health Care Reform Town Halls, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

There is little opportunity for a dialogue in which facts are presented if the people you are talking to have already made up their minds. BUT, if you want an effective Town Hall, here's some advice.

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Jeff Muskus

Ex-Insurance Exec: Industry "Playbook" At Work Against Health Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Health Reform, Health Care, Louise Slaughter, Politics News

The latest wave of attacks on health care reform are straight from the insurance-company "playbook," a former industry vice president told reporters a...

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Tackling Integrated Care Is Key to Health Reform

James R. Knickman | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Health Care Reform, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Health Reform, New York, Health, New York News
James R. Knickman

In New York, an initiative is underway to align efforts across the public and private sectors to address integrated care.

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What Schulberg Might Have Told Obama About Fighting

Bill Cunningham | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Bill Cunningham

Organizations that can't touch Obama in the ring are moving to a crowding, brawling, Frasier-like approach to the debate.

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The Wrong Diagnosis

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Bill, Obama Health Care, Health Reform, Health Care, Andrew Weil, Health, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Action, Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Even worse than its stratospheric cost is the fact that American health care doesn't fulfill its prime directive -- it does not help people become or stay healthy.

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