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Healthcare Insurance- Health Insurance is a Necessity for All Individuals
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The carrying of health insurance on yourself is very important. Having to pay out of pocket for an in-patient procedure such as a surgery or a treatment for some serious illness can be financially draining and without health insurance can cause detrimental results. If your place of employment does not offer a ...14 hours ago -
Cartoons: "who is going to Copenhagen", "size of shoe vs. size of footprint", "big polluters no less aware"
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How far from awareness to action? When will pollution be decisively and extensively checked to reverse the wheel of climate change? ..ice is now melting fast, sea level rising non-stop… read more »21 hours ago -
Reinforcing the Progressives
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Yesterday I used my Chutzpah of the Week award to call attention to the nine Democrats in the House of Representatives who voted against health care reform in betrayal of their representation of a sizable portion of their electorate currently without any form of health insurance. Having done this, I should ...1 day ago -
Whats the point of the NHSs midlife MOT?
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Regular health checks for over-40s will only help the worried well According to government proposals published yesterday, from April next year everyone aged 40 to 74 will have the right to a free health check every five years. Is this a good idea? A GP writes . . . I believe that offering a blanket, ...1 day ago -
How should doctors discuss healthcare reform with patients?
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"> "> Originally published in HCPLive.com Physicians are increasingly bringing their views on healthcare reform into the examination room. Others are distributing flyers or taping up signs in the office. Given that healthcare reform has become such a contentious subject in the United States, it is not ...1 day ago -
Doctors and patients need to learn to live with health insurance companies
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"> "> by Marie Cooper Consider two patients with the same managed care plan. One has multiple sclerosis and receives an infusion of Tysabri every month. It needs pre-certification. The requirements are black and white. The patient qualifies if they have relapsing/remitting MS and have failed other ...1 day ago -
Obamacare Will Be a Budget Buster
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Does anyone think that a huge new entitlement program will lead to lower budget deficits? Sounds implausible, yet proponents of government-run healthcare claim this is the case according to the official estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation. To use a technical phrase, this is ...1 day ago -
Big on health, light on reform
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Paraphrasing Sen Ron Wyden (D OR) produces the most accurate soundbite description of the House health reform bill. Is this the best we can do? If the answer is yes, were in deeper trouble than even I thought. Im really...1 day ago -
Call for ban on drinks industry sponsoring sporting events
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• Journal says practice may encourage alcohol abuse • Debate echoes struggle over tobacco advertising The government should ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring any sporting event in the interest of preventing harm, international medical experts say today. In an editorial in the journal Addiction , they say ...2 days ago -
Annie Lehmann, Author of "The Accidental Teacher," on the Rise in Autism Diagnoses
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Catherine Lord, who wrote the foreword to Annie Lehmanns book The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son (University of Michigan Press, 2009), was quoted extensively in a recent New York Times story on autism and Aspergers Syndrome . Lehmann had this to say about the story: "Aspergers Syndrome ...2 days ago -
kearns to LA city atty: medical cannabis peace mission letter (2054)
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chers— this is the second publication of this letter, which originally went to rocky degadillo, the LA city attorney at the time (march 4, 2009). in it, i itemize the many problems with a “cultivation only” type ordinance for people who are sick & dying, an ordinance such as the current city attorney, ...2 days ago -
How Herseth Can Help Herself: Vote For A Decent Conference Committee Bill
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Maybe Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has a chance yet to redeem herself--vote in conference committee if the health care bill passes the U.S. Senate and it contains a public option. From one of the hardest working organizers in South Dakota, Jane Murphy at South Dakotans for Health Care Solultions (SD4HCS): ...2 days ago -
Maybe We Can Have Prayer Treatments Instead of Reproductive Care?
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There are many reasons I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the conference on health care reform. But chief among those is to see how (whether) they’re going to justify paying for “health care” for the Christian Scientists while denying reproductive care for millions of women. Backed by some of the most ...2 days ago -
ryan vaillancourt, downtown news: “lavender los angeles” opens thru 11-20, exhibit of gay LA from 1880’s (2053)
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Standing Up Before Stonewall Exhibit Illuminates Los Angeles’ History of Gay Life and Activism by Ryan Vaillancourt Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 3:55 PM PST DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In 1969, the Stonewall Riots in New York ignited the nation’s gay rights movement, proving to be a flashpoint for ...2 days ago -
michael weinstein, AHF: join the world AIDS day “testing millions” campaign (2052)
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Dear friends and colleagues, I am reaching out to you today to invite you to join the World AIDS Day “Testing Millions” campaign . A global coalition is working hard to make HIV testing free and accessible with linkages to antiretroviral treatment (ART). Be a part of this worldwide movement to conquer AIDS. ...2 days ago -
NATAP: pharmatimes reports merck/schering merger (2050)
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Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark ...2 days ago -
Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health
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Enhancing Services of Panchayat Raj in Public Health * Ramaiah Bheenaveni Panchayats in India are an age old institution for governance at village level. In 1992, through the enactment of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) were strengthened as local ...2 days ago -
Obesity: what a waist | Neville Rigby
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Public health campaigns make a fetish of BMI – body mass index. In reality, its a fat lot of good compared to a tape measure Across Britain, pharmacists are being marshalled as the front line troops in the battle of the bulge. And to reinforce their role, battalions of them have been taking the opportunity to ...2 days ago -
rebecca roberts, top of the nation (NPR) interviews new US drug czar gil kerlikowske (2050)
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Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. ...2 days ago -
LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)
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text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...2 days ago
