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  • Greens Urge Defeat of the Democrats’ “Insurance Industry Life-Support” Bill in the US Senate


    Orange JuiceAuthority Authority: 573
    Greens urge defeat of the Democrats’ “insurance industry life-support” bill in the US Senate and call for a rally of efforts to enact Single-Payer/Medicare For AllGREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATEShttp://www.gp.orgFor Immediate Release:Tuesday, November 10, 2009Contacts:Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, ...
    9 hours ago
  • Anthony Weiner On Health Care


    BarackfaceAuthority Authority: 118
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    12 hours ago
  • Anti-Statism in America


    The New Republic - Health Care FeedAuthority Authority: 755
    Anyone who has followed closely the debate over national health insurance has probably noticed some peculiar inconsistencies in Americans’ attitudes toward the legislation. A Pew Poll released on October 8 found “steady support” for specific elements of the health care plan, including the public alternative to ...
    12 hours ago
  • New Evidence of Pharmas Sweetheart Deal


    The New Republic - the treatment FeedAuthority Authority: 138
    Critics have complained that a drug industry got a sweetheart deal when it struck a bargain with the White House and Senate Finance Committee over health care reform. There’s new reason to think those critics were right. It comes from an October forecast by IMS Health , a respected global research and consulting ...
    13 hours ago
  • Obama Administration Continues To Set Records In Incompetence


    Start Thinking RightAuthority Authority: 475
    This is rather surprising – and that’s coming from a guy who is convinced that the Obama administration is a ship full of fools moronically leading us into every iceberg in their path. Behind Schedule Nearly 200 top positions in the administration remain vacant a full year after President Obama was elected. ...
    14 hours ago
  • Reinforcing the Progressives


    Net News PublisherAuthority Authority: 155
    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 ...
    16 hours ago
  • FEAT BC Autism Rally At Premier Campbells Office Friday November 13 at 12 Noon


    Facing Autism in New BrunswickAuthority Authority: 423
    FEAT Rally Friday, November 13 th , 2009 12:00 Noon Premier Gordon Campbell’s Constituency Office 3615 West 4 th Ave Vancouver , BC Why should you attend? The recent tragic deaths of two Canadian children with autism, ...
    17 hours ago
  • Drugs to treat anemia in cancer patients linked to thromboembolism


    Science Blog - Science news straight from the sourceAuthority Authority: 616
    NEW YORK -- Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, according to new res
    19 hours ago
  • Neuroimaging provides insights into new treatment options for Alzheimers disease


    Science Blog - Science news straight from the sourceAuthority Authority: 616
    Amsterdam, November 10, 2009 -- With about 35 million people around the world suffering from Alzheimers disease (AD) by the year 2010 and an expectation that these numbers will double every twent
    19 hours ago
  • Youve got to put your bodies upon the gears: protestors return to Sen. Liebermans insurance ATM


    ePluribus MediaAuthority Authority: 511
    "There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you cant take part; you cant even passively take part, and youve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and youve got to make it stop. And youve got to ...
    20 hours ago
  • Health Care Battle May Pit Old vs. Young More Than Red vs. Blue


    The Brian Sullivan BlogAuthority Authority: 530
    The health care overhaul plan is split right along party lines.  As Scott Rasmussens latest poll shows, 81% of Democrats support the Pelosi plan that passed in the house, while 90% of Republicans oppose it.But with all the partisan squabbling, a new story from the Wall Street Journal indicates the fight may become ...
    21 hours ago
  • Hiatt: ObamaCare Brings U.S. Closer to Bankruptcy


    RedStateAuthority Authority: 801
    While the dollar hits a 15 month low , and gold hits an all time high, and the editorial page editor of the Washington Post (no less) is warning : “The bill also could take America a step closer to bankruptcy. And for progressives in particular — for those who believe that government has a mission to ...
    22 hours ago
  • Border Control and Benefits


    The Liberty Tree LanternAuthority Authority: 427
    Let me see if I understand all this… IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS  HARD LABOR.      IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY. IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT. IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE ...
    23 hours ago
  • Reminder: Medicare notice deadline coming soon


    HRMorning.comAuthority Authority: 139
    The deadline for providing the Medicare Part D creditable coverage notice is almost here. Any employer who sponsors a health plan with prescription drug coverage must provide the notice by Nov. 15. If you sponsor such a plan, your notice must explain the benefits provided under your prescription drug plan and ...
    1 day ago
  • Next Week’s House Health Care Shell Game


    The FoundryAuthority Authority: 758
    Next week, the House of Representatives is scheduled to take up a bill (H.R. 3961) which would enact a permanent “fix” to the unquestionably flawed Medicare physician payment update formula. The Congress created a formula for physician Medicare payment that would automatically cut doctor payments, but has ...
    1 day ago
  • Report Card on Quality


    John Goodman's Health Policy BlogAuthority Authority: 564
    This is from a report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA): The Good: A 12 percentage point jump in the provision of beta-blocker drugs to Medicare patients who had a heart attack within the previous 6 months. Near universal high-quality care for Americans with asthma. Substantial gains in ...
    1 day ago
  • Dissident Docs Fail to Dislodge AMA’s Backing of House Health Bill


    WSJ.com: Health BlogAuthority Authority: 681
    The vote amounted to a validation for the position of AMA head J. James Rohack, who wanted to keep the groups hand in the overhaul process.
    1 day ago
  • Medicare Cost Projections


    Healthcare EconomistAuthority Authority: 496
    The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Actuary projects Medicare costs up to 75 years in the future. How much of your taxable income will be going to pay for Medicare in the next 10, 25, or 75 years? Take a look at this chart. By 2085, 12.24% of your taxable income will need to go to pay for ...
    1 day ago
  • You don’t know what you’re talking about, do you?


    The United States of JamericaAuthority Authority: 127
    Note: This was a shitty movie. So, if Memeorandum is any indication , a few conservative bloggers have taken to mining fourth-rate dialogue from third-rate science fiction movies in order to make an absurd point about how a modest package of insurance reforms amounts to an attack on liberty itself. I asked ...
    1 day ago
  • KBR may have poisoned 100,000 people in Iraq


    Mountain SageAuthority Authority: 134
    So many ways to rip off the government and so little time.  KBR, once again in the spotlight for yet more malfeasance.  Back in May we found that KBR was paid $80 million in bonuses for contracts to install electrical wiring in Iraq , wiring that electrocuted American soldiers.  Now we find they may have exposed ...
    1 day ago

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