Smoke Free Supporters Challenge Petition Certification
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Supporters of South Dakota’s new smoke-free law are challenging a petition that could force the law to go to a statewide ballot in 2010. The South Dakota Tobacco Free Kids Network has filed the... More
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Home Health Workers See One-Two Punch of Rising Healthcare Costs
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Home healthcare workers held rallies Thursday in six cities around the state, urging people to "declare independence" from a healthcare system that isn’t working. They have a unique perspective on... More
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NM Lawmakers Come Home to Independence Day Earful on Health Care
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New Mexico's federal lawmakers are home for the Fourth-of-July holiday, but already are hearing plenty of opinions from New Mexicans about what should be included in a major healthcare reform package.... More
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A Doctor in the House
(www.truthdig.com)
When it comes to the problem of health care costs, I don’t know why everyone doesn’t just do what I do, which is to have a sister who is a doctor.
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The Results Are In: A Public Health Plan Saves Big Money
(www.alternet.org)
The arguments by obstructionists are dead -- the math shows health care costs will drop while achieving near universal coverage.
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Senate Unveils Health Care Bill
(airamerica.com)
The Senate Democrats unveiled their long-awaited health care bill Thursday, with the support of President Barack Obama thrown fully behind it. The Democrats say that the bill will cover 97 percent of... More
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Not Exactly Matewan
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Some sort of brouhaha at a health care roundtable organized by Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE) at a hospital in Omaha this morning. SEIU claims Johanns' staff called the police on the union even though the... More
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Wheeling and Dealing | TPM
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Does Wal-Mart's concession on health care reform give it political cover to fight harder than ever against EFCA?
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No healthcare reform without food-system reform
(www.grist.org)
The AP reports on a new state-level study of obesity rates. And the news is, well, terrifying: Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn’t decline anywhere, says a... More
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Public Option Now!
(www.thenation.com)
In a polity as unwieldy and heterogeneous as ours, attaining 70 percent public approval for any policy is a minor miracle. Doubly so when it's a fairly esoteric provision of healthcare reform and,... More
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