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Weekly Pulse: Problems for the Public Option
(open.salon.com)
The House released a final version of the health reform bill. It has a public option all right, but not the robust version progressives were hoping for. The public plan would only cover 2% of... More
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Video: Dystopia: Why the Public Option Is So Important
(bravenewfilms.org)
Everybody, but mostly members of Congress, should read this article by Jacob Hacker and Rahul Rajkumar about what life would be like if we passed health reform – an individual mandate, an insurance... More
Submitted 8 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
THE LESSONS OF SWINE FLU.
(www.prospect.org)
It's looking like swine flu doesn't have the genetic capability to mutate into anything especially lethal. The high death toll in Mexico may simply be evidence that the disease was much more... More
Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Taking the Pulse of Public Health - "Paid Sick Leave" Bill Introduced
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Next time you eat out - consider how many sick days the people preparing your meal are allowed to take. A measure being introduced in the Colorado General Assembly would guarantee up to nine paid sick... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
WHY NO ONE CARES ABOUT HEALTH.
(www.prospect.org)
In a related point to the last post, Harold Pollack offers some righteous fury on all the public health spending being cut out of the stimulus. Towards the end, though, he gets to an interesting, and... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Turning the Page on Sexuality Education
(www.rhrealitycheck.org)
Almost everyone in both the public health and the education communities acknowledges that a paradigm shift is upon us--after years of our children being subject to dangerous, inaccurate... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
A Rescue Package for Working Women
(www.mediaforum.org)
Wall Street tycoons behave irresponsibly, bring the country to financial brink, hold out their hands for an eleven-figure bailout -- and lobbyists applaud that as a rescue. Women achieve daily... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
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