The Polis public-option letter and its supporters � Colorado Independent
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis drafted a letter with fellow Democratic freshman Chellie Pingree, urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to revisit the Senate version of the legislation in order to... More
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New emergency contraception works five days after sex - Feministing
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A new kind of emergency contraception, ellaOne, works to prevent pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex. The EC sold in the U.S. is levonorgestrel, sold under the brand name Plan B;... More
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Rep. Grayson: Obama Needs to Push Health Care In Earnest -- With a Public Option | News & Politics | AlterNet
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Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., has a message for Senate Democrats: Pass health care with a public option -- and pass it quickly. On Wednesday, Grayson joined Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign... More
Submitted 12 days ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Health Security for Tennesseans Must be a Top Priority
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We are facing tough times. We’ve faced them before and pulled our neighbors and ourselves through by making people a priority. This is what the state needs to do now.
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Where’s the Movement?
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Which would you prefer, consumer choice or freedom? Extended coverage or freedom? Bending the cost curve or freedom?
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While health reform falters, mammogram debate still rages
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When a preventive-health panel stirred a storm last November by scaling back its guidelines for breast cancer screening among 40-somethings, Congress was quick to intervene. Indeed, it took just 17... More
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How Factory Farms Are Pumping Americans Full of Deadly Bacteria and Pathogens | Health and Wellness | AlterNet
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After reading www.BirdFluBook.org, by Dr. Michael Greger, I was stunned to realize the extent to which we have endangered our health by allowing factory farms to flourish and produce 99 percent of the... More
Submitted 27 days ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Weekly Pulse: Dodd and Dorgan to Retire
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Two Democratic senators unexpectedly announced their retirements on Tuesday, Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Chris Dodd (D-CT). Hopefully, health care reform will already have passed by then, but the... More
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Weekly Pulse: A Senate Bill By Christmas?
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Early Monday morning, the senate voted 60-40 along straight party lines to defeat the initial attempt to filibuster the health care reform bill. Yesterday, it passed the second of three procedural... More
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Voters Want Abortion-Neutral Health Care Reform
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A few months ago, I warned that some folks were attempting to misuse health care reform to restrict access to abortion.
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