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Family Helped By 'Extreme Makeover' Now Faces Foreclosure

HuffPost | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.30.2009 | Impact

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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family who received a ne...

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Why is Washington Afraid of Health Insurance Premium Regulation?

Jamie Court | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Jamie Court

The head of the health insurance lobby is urging Congress to double the tax penalties for those who don't buy health insurance. But what's missing is getting tougher on insurers, not consumers.

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Why Health Care Reform Will Be Good for Medicare Recipients

Mark Miller | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

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Mark Miller

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

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The Passing of the Kennedys and Healthcare Reform

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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Michael B. Laskoff

With the de facto passing of the Kennedy's in politics, we have truly reached the end of an era. What comes next, it seems, is an age in which the operative question has changed. It is now: what can America do for me?

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Caring for Health: Expanding the Policy Dialogue

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 07.29.2009 | Living

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Abby L. Ferber

Providing universal health coverage is essential, but there are many, many other social policy avenues to pursue if we seek to improve the health of our citizenry.

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Millions of 'Dangerous' Socialists Massed on Northern U.S. Border!

Bill Mann | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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Bill Mann

Government-run health care is only one thing we Americans can learn from Canada and its "left-leaning" political leaders.

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National Health Plan to Contain $2 Trillion Deductible

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

Hopes for a quick fix for the nation's health insurance woes were dampened somewhat today when the medical industry released its proposal for a plan that would include a $2 trillion deductible.

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America's Self-Defeating Attitude on Health Care Reform

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Sahil Kapur

The current system encourages exclusion of those who need medical care the most, and only government has the power to restructure these incentives.

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No Recovery in Sight -- Unless We Pass Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

A new study came out today that claims that half a million people in California have lost their health insurance coverage during the recession.

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Behind Closed Doors, Repeating Mistakes from the Past on Health Care Reform

James Floyd, M.D. | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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James Floyd, M.D.

There is tremendous support throughout the country for a single-payer system. President Obama, Give us a seat at the table if you truly want to build consensus around health care reform.

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A Ten-Point Solartopian Starter Agenda for the Age of Obama

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Harvey Wasserman

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan must end. The healing -- moral, spiritual, economic, and in terms of violence -- can only begin when the US leaves these battlefields.

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Insatiable Health Care Appetite Trumps Cost Cap Efforts

Jim Jaffe | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

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Jim Jaffe

Health spending gobbles up a growing percentage of our GDP (16.2% in 2007) because total spending on care rose by 6.1% as increases in volume far outpaced price hikes.

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Is MoveOn.Org Ignoring Its Core Democratic Principles in Setting its Direction on Health Care Reform?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Without asking its members, MoveOn's leaders have elected to join the steering committee of, and pledge at least $500,000 of its members' money to, a new health care coalition.

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

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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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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