Health Insurance

Nearly 300,000 Illinoisans Ages 50 To 64 Are Uninsured

Chicago Tribune | Judith Graham | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

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As layoffs sweep the U.S. and people lose health insurance coverage, people in the latter stages of middle age are especially vulnerable. These adult...

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Healthcare: Out with the Old, In With the New

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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The Media Consortium

Another sobering statistic: The US military loses the equivalent of a brigade of veterans to suicide each year -- yet more evidence that mental health parity should be a priority in health care reform.

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Health Insurers Make Pitch For Mandated Coverage

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all custo...

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Why I Want Senator Clinton to Stay in the Senate -- to Continue her Fight for Health Care

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Thomas DeLorenzo

If I could have Hillary Clinton's ear one more time, I would ask her this: Who shall take care of those of us living with AIDS in the United States?

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Pranksters Hack the New York Times

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media

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Sarah van Gelder

The YES Men have done it again -- only this time with a new level of smarts and pizazz.

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Obama, Healthcare Reform, and the Baucus White Paper: Redefining the Center

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

My guess is that Obama will take a rapid but incrementalist approach -- call it "all deliberate speed" -- built around a consensus when it comes to a health care plan.

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Finally, Health Insurance 90 Years Late

Paul A. London | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

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Paul A. London

Americans do not understand how close the country came to having universal health insurance nine decades ago or why it failed.

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Universal Health Care -- All Americans Need to Have a Chance at a great health care.

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Thomas DeLorenzo

Yesterday I was ending another one of my typical weeks here in Hollywood. You know the ones filled with an excess of encouragement and not enough sig...

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Universal Healthcare -- Change has to Happen

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Thomas DeLorenzo

Apparently the word this season on Million Dollar Password is "Change". I constantly hear it out of everyone's mouths -- We need change -- This all h...

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Family's Vote Hinges on Health Care Reform

The Ballot Box | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

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The Ballot Box

A Democrat, she voted for President Bush in 2004, partially over national security. "I bought into the whole fear thing. By 2006 I knew it was a big mistake, and I'll never do that again."

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When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.

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"Socialist" McCain "Spreads The Wealth"

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Eric Schmeltzer

It's simply amazing to me that not one of our enterprising journalists have bothered to bring this up. For all the ranting and raving about Senator O...

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The Candidates' Health Care Plans More Hype Than Tax-Payer Relief

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Miles J. Zaremski

McCain's constant remarks about Obama's healthcare "fine" reminded us of political grandstanding -- like swiss cheese with holes in it.

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Simple and Complete Health Insurance for Everyone

Mary Lou Song | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

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Mary Lou Song

I continually wonder about all the people in this country who don't have insurance or can't get insurance because of a "pre-existing" condition. Here is Anne's story about autism and why health care is so important to her.

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Why Health Care Never Wins Elections

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

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Peter A. Ubel

Despite this country's dire situation, health care doesn't win elections, because health care problems never feel as immediate as other threats.

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McCain's Radical Health Plan, Once Ignored, Now Hotly Debated

Roger Hickey | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Roger Hickey

Instead of working to guarantee health care for those without insurance, conservatives want to tax the health benefits of the 160 million people who get insurance on the job.

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Candidates Disagree On Primary Flaws Of Health Care Financing

Don McCanne | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

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Don McCanne

Obama has said that if we were starting from scratch, he would recommend a single payer system. He's right. The current financing system is a disaster. We should scrap it and replace it with a Medicare that covers all at a price we can afford.

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Nearly 20% Of Cook County Uninsured

Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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What's not included in a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau on the uninsured is "even darker and more ominous,'' one local expert said. The repo...

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Gitmo on California and Foster- Part Three: Left to Rot for Twenty Grand a Day

Alice Singleton | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago

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Alice Singleton

A word of advice: Never go to the hospital alone. Have a trusted associate accompany you; literally have them move in with you for your hospital stay.

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Learning From Others: A Virtue

Pius Kamau | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living

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Pius Kamau

For Americans, the tendency is to shrug things off, to postpone dealing with whatever may appear difficult -- to another year, another administration, another generation. Or until we are in a crisis and must deal with it.

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Sam Stein

Sen. Casey: Let's See McCain Survive Without Gov't Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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As the two presidential campaigns assault each other over past associations, the Obama campaign took the opportunity on Monday afternoon to cast John ...

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Wal-Mart Moms Could Vote to Change Wal-Mart

David Nassar | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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David Nassar

"Wal-Mart Moms" or "Wal-Mart Women" are the new "it" demographic this election cycle. That may be good news for Wal-Mart shoppers, but it is not good news for Wal-Mart.

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Who is the Radical on Health Care? McCain or Obama?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Linda Bergthold

You will no doubt hear that Obama wants to socialize medicine. That he is proposing a big government takeover of health care. As Biden would say, "That's malarkey."

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Hell Insurance Fury

Claudia Ricci | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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Claudia Ricci

Like me, Donna is growing increasingly certain, and angry, that health insurers are making it more and more difficult for health providers, i.e., hospitals and doctors, to get paid.

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Health Care Next!

Matt Miller | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Matt Miller

Now that we've socialized large chunks of the mortgage, banking and insurance industries, universal health coverage is among the most conservative initiatives left for America to pursue.

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