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• Whose Team Is It, Anyway?

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 159
  by Katha Pollitt The Nation Katha Pollitt’s new book of poems, The Mind-Body Problem , has just been published by Random House. You know what I don’t want to hear right now about the Stupak-Pitts amendment banning abortion coverage from federally subsidized health insurance policies? That it’s the ...
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• Maddow Guest Jeff Sharlet Falsely Claims Majority of Catholics in US Are Pro-Choice

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Heres how the revelant portion of the conversation went -- MADDOW: Let me ask you about some of the other conventional wisdom here because the sort of conventional explanation for this is that this anti-abortion (Stupak) amendment to health reform resulted mostly from the Catholic bishops pressuring Catholic ...
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• Why arent the subsidies getting more attention?

  
  Ezra Klein — Authority: 807
  Kevin Drum : I sure wish that overall subsidy levels in the current healthcare bills produced the same kind of uproar as abortion and the public option. In terms of real-world effect on real-world people, subsidies are the biggest issue by a mile. But not a very sexy issue, apparently. Thats too bad. I agree ...
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• Robert Reich’s Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs

  
  J.M. Bell — Authority: 428
  Dear Senator, I know you’re in a tough spot. It would be bad enough if you only had to get Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche Lincoln on board, but anyone who has to kiss Joe Lieberman’s derriere deserves a congressional medal of honor. But Harry, you really need to take on future health-care ...
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• AMA’s democracy in action at this defining moment in the history of medicine

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 604
  "> "> The following is the first in a series of original guest columns by the American Medical Association . by J. James Rohack, M.D. Delegates Vote to Continue AMA’s Commitment to Reform, Medicare Vote Pending in U.S. House of Representatives Twice a year, physicians come together for an ...
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• Lilly Gets R&D Chief From Outside. Drugs to Follow?

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 684
  The hiring is a sign that the Indianapolis drug maker wants to look beyond its own labs for new offerings even more than its doing already.
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• How Industry Spends $1 Billion a Year on Continuing Medical Ed.

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 684
  Courses for doctors are big business.
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• Some worrying signs out of the Senate

  
  Ezra Klein — Authority: 807
  Health reform aint easy. Expectations were that the Senate would get the CBO score for its health-care bill today. It didnt. Or, to be more precise, it didnt get the CBO score it wanted . The proposal Reids office sent to the CBO did not come in beneath the $900 billion limit , so the bill is being tweaked and ...
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• Pregnant, traumatized, stressed and declined: PTSD and the issue of healthcare reform

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 127
  A study published in last month’s issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is quite common in pregnant women. In fact, among the 1,581 women evaluated, more than 80% reported experiencing trauma (i.e. domestic violence, previous history of a difficult abortion or ...
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• How Stupaks amendment could change the whole insurance market

  
  Ezra Klein — Authority: 807
  Brian Beutler has a good post assessing the Stupak amendments likely impact on the exchanges. "It is safe to say," he concludes, "that the vast majority of, if not all, women in the exchanges will not be allowed to have abortion coverage in their benefits packages." But the bigger danger is the eventual growth of ...
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• Catholic bishops shape health care bill

  
  Presenttruth.com — Authority: 134
  WASHINGTON - Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in Congress to get strong abortion restrictions into the House bill. Full Story
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• Obama Health Care Plan

  
  Health Tips, Diet Recipes, Fitness Plans & More - Health Mania — Authority: 133
  The prevention, treatment, and management of illness offered by the medical and allied health profession are called the heath care department. In every part of the world every country has its own type of health plan. So is the case with America. President Obama has also set a new health plan [...]
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• What’s the Picture for Artists Three Years after Health Reform?

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 134
  The Massachusetts Artists Foundation recently released a report assessing the impact of state health reform on professional artists.The report, Stand Up and Be Counted: A Survey of Massachusetts Artists on Their Work Lives, Socioeconomic Status, Access to Healthcare, and Medical and Non-Medical Debt (pdf) compiles ...
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• Can universal health coverage be sustained long-term?

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 604
  "> "> With health reform looking more likely, it’s worth looking at the Massachusetts model to predict what’s going to happen nationwide. I’ve written several times that the lack of primary care access will simply shift newly insured patients to already crowded emergency departments, where care is ...
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• About Obama Health Care

  
  Health Tips, Diet Recipes, Fitness Plans & More - Health Mania — Authority: 133
  President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive health reform in his first year in order to control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.President Obama said that a public option for health care won’t ...
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• Letter: Medicare Doctor Payments

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  To the Editor:.
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• Reid Mulls Medicare Tax Increase for High Earners

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Acting in secret, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, put together a package that includes tax increases on the wealthy to finance health plans.
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• Americas Defining Choice - Nicholas Kristof

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 549
  What is the best way to spend $100 billion per year? On health care reform or the surge in Afghanistan? Simple. One pays for itself, the other doesn’t.   »  noticia original
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• Smart Jon Gruber Interview on Coverage Expansion Before Cost Control

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 134
  Connector Board member and MIT economist Jon Gruber was interviewed today by Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein. In addition to the mention of Health Care For All, the interview shines lots of lights on how expanding coverage is the first step to getting serious about cost control:Klein: One of the peculiarities of ...
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• Trading Women’s Rights for Political Power

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 549
  A grim reality sits behind the joyful press statements from Washington Democrats. To secure passage of health care legislation in the House, the party chose a course that risks the well-being of millions of women for generations to come.   »  noticia original
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