Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured
"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."
"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."
Doug Bremner | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
While Americans sit mesmerized by Sarah Palin clapping into the microphone and rambling on about Greek Columns while her daughter wipes down her young...
Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Faith-based institutions have done an enormous amount to improve people's lives, but determining how to support that work in a country that values the separation of church and state is no easy matter.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living
By the time 4-year-old Rebecca Riley died from an overdose of psychiatric drugs on Dec. 13, 2006, she was taking Clonidine, as well as the anti-convulsant Depakote and the anti-psychotic Seroquel.
Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
It looks like pills are a popular subject this week. Yesterday, Newsweek dove in to the dangerous debate over placebo pills. No one is saying "posit...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at ending illegal sales of highly addictive prescription drugs ...
Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
When it comes to teens and drug abuse, prescription medications (or "pharmies") are now second only to marijuana in popularity. Overall, teen abuse of...
USA Today | Kevin McCoy, Erik Brady | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Pharmacy chains say they've spent billions of dollars on safety technology and other improvements that have cut their prescription-error rates to a fr...
NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
In the central Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park, we talked with Lourdes Roche and Mark Anthony Seda about prescription drug costs and troop withdrawal. Listen to the doughnut shop discussion.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
While on the campaign trail, Sen. Barack Obama's constant refrain has been that on legislative matters of great import, he is the one major candidate ...
AP | Samira Jafari | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Kentucky officials on Thursday sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller dubbed "hillbilly heroin," because of widespread abuse ...
New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
As overall health care costs continue to rise sharply, prescription drugs have emerged as a surprising exception. Annual inflation in drug costs is a...
New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Wal-Mart, long criticized for its health care coverage, unveiled a broad plan yesterday that is intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and of...
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home