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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
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
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 about 1 month 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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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
Submitted 2 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Pulse: No Public Option: Worse Than Nothing? (open.salon.com)
In search of the elusive, filibuster-proof 60th vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eviscerated the Senate’s health care reform bill on Tuesday. Potential GOP swing voter Sen. Olympia Snowe... More
Submitted 3 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Pulse: Profits, Premiums and Potassium
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Ashley Ellis weighed just 87 pounds when she reported to the Northwest State Correctional Facility in Vermont to serve a 30-day sentence for “careless and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.”... More
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Weekly Pulse: Bachmann Fan Threatens to Shoot Up Newspaper
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A Michigan woman threatened a Minnesota newspaper with mass murder for criticizing Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)’s anti-health reform rally, reports Paul Schmelzer in the Minnesota Independent.
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Organ Donors Shouldn’t Be Penalized (amforumbacklog.blogspot.com)
It can be challenging to find an organ donor for someone who needs a transplant. But when a donor and desperately sick person are matched up, living donors should not be “punished” for their... More
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Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage? I Think So
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This weekend, a group of male pro-life Democrats gambled with women's health, and women lost. By broadly writing in that insurers can chose whether or not to cover "abortion services," pro-life... More
Submitted 4 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback
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If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in the reformed health insurance market known as the Exchange,... More
Submitted 4 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

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