Healthcare

Is Health Care a Right and Should It Be?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Universal Health Care, Health Care, Health Care as a Right, Constituational Rights, Bill of Rights, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

Why should health care be a right? After all, it is not written in our Constitution that it is an inalienable right; it is not contained in the Bill of Rights either.

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A Role for Oprah in the Obama Administration?

Megan Harris | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Meet the Press, Oprah Winfrey, Face the Nation, This Week, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Oprah's Book Club, Healthcare, Fox News Sunday, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Financial Crisis, President Elect Obama, White House, Politics News
Megan Harris

She has succeeded in getting millions of Americans to read. Now she will attempt to transform many of her viewers into political junkies.

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Dive Right into Health Care Reform

Jeffrey M. Sandman | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
Jeffrey M. Sandman

The public is ready for health care reform, thanks to the enduring presidential campaign and their own personal, often horrific, experiences with the health care system.

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My Mother's Legacy

Martha Stewart | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Geriatrics, Aging, Matha Stewart Center for Living, Martha Stewart, Healthcare, Health, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Living News
Martha Stewart

It is impossible to overstate the impact of the loss of a beloved family member. But as great as the loss was, the impact of my mother's life was even greater.

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What Does Health Care "Reform" Mean? How Soon Can We Get There? Part 1

Maggie Mahar | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drugmakers, Insurers, Health, Industry, Overtreatment, Medicare for All, Obama, Lbj, Medicare, Healthcare, Politics News
Maggie Mahar

Forces calling for health care reform are gaining momentum. But if by "reform," they simply mean "universal coverage," I have to disagree.

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Defending Liberty: How to Shift the Center

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Malik Rahim, Youth Vote, Surveillance, Decriminalization, Criminal Justice, War on Drugs, Libertarian Party, Housing Crisis, Marriage Equality, Politics, Liberty, Education, Democratic Electoral Strategy, Climate Change, Green Party, Healthcare, Congressional Elections, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

While Obama has supported many LGBT rights in the past and favors secular civil unions as a solution to the inequality currently imposed, he has stopped short of calling for full marriage equality.

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High Hopes Await Obama in HIV/AIDS Fight

Mark Ishaug | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Health, George W. Bush, National AIDS Strategy, Barack Obama, Healthcare, World AIDS Day, Obama AIDS, Obama AIDS Policy, Chicago News
Mark Ishaug

When he assumes power, Barack Obama will take the reigns of the largest, sustained commitment of any nation to lifesaving HIV treatments for some of the world's most impoverished citizens.

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Accept No Substitutes (Part 3 of 3)

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare System, Healthcare Crisis, Healthcare Reform, Health Care Costs, Systems Thinking, Healthcare, Politics News
Deane Waldman

If the government Plan for Healthcare describes only the effects in healthcare and fails to consider other, outside consequences, reject it. Accept no substitutes.

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America's Looming Health Care Disaster: Rising Unemployment

ABC News | DAN CHILDS | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Crisis, American Health Care Crisis, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Crisis, Home News

Last year at this time, health coverage may well have been among the last things on Terri Rushing's mind. Her husband, David, was 55 years old and wo...

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Reports: Passing Universal Healthcare Could Kill The GOP

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Major Healthcare Legislation, Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Obama Healthcare Legislation, Universal Healthcare, President Obama, Obama Tom Daschle Healthcare Legislation, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News

Barack Obama's selection of Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services Secretary, as well as "health reform czar," signals that the incoming president i...

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Tuning Out the Braindead Megaphone

David Sirota | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health, Health Care Congress, Healthcare, Politics News
David Sirota

Despite the "center-right nation" garbage, empirical public opinion data shows America is a decidedly center-left nation, especially on the issue of health care.

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The Secretary and the Czar: Obama Bets Big on Daschle for Healthcare

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Health, Tom Daschle, Cabinet, Obama Administration, President-Elect, Healthcare Newsladder, Healthcare, Health and Human Services, The Media Consortium, Barack Obama, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, MediaWire blogger It's official, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services. Daschl...

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HHS Chief Daschle Says States Will Play Major Role In Health Care Reform

David Sirota | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Tom Daschle Hhs, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Health Care, Healthcare, Tom Daschle, Politics News
David Sirota

Though as a former senate majority leader Daschle seems like a conventional cabinet pick, his deep understanding of the role that states must play in health care sets him apart.

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Healthcare: Out with the Old, In With the New

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Barack Obama, The Media Consortium, Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare Newsladder, Newsladder, Democrats, Healthcare, U.S. Military, Politics News
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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Let GM Fail

Alan Schram | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: S, Fdic, Bank Deposits, General Motors, Libor, Economy, Business News, Credit Crisis, Dow, Saving Money, Money Market Funds, Healthcare, Business News
Alan Schram

Throwing taxpayers' good money into that sink hole called the US auto industry will be tantamount to a transfer of wealth from tax payers to GM employees.

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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

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hillary Clinton, Health Insurance, Ryan White, 2008 Election, Health Care, Health, Healthcare, Politics News
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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Accept No Substitutes (Part 2 of 3)

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Incentives, Healthcare System, Surrogates, Learning, Healthcare, Living News
Deane Waldman

Now that the election is finally over, can we move on to something substantive like healthcare? This is the middle piece in a three-part series to he...

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Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: War, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Congress, Budget Deficit, Libor, Paul Volcker, S&P 500, Barack Obama, Fdr, Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Education, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Business News, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Healthcare, Dow, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Stimulus Package, Business News
Alan Schram

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

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Peaceful Revolution: The Momonomics of Healthcare for Kids

Donna Norton | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

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Donna Norton

When children have gaps in coverage and do not get timely preventive care, they often end up requiring more expensive health care, such as hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

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"Crisis??" BE WARY!

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Crisis Management, Financial Crisis, Healthcare Crisis, Healthcare, Living News
Deane Waldman

There is great danger when you see or hear the word "crisis." Beware. Be wary. Watch out. The word crisis implies that something is going to crash, ...

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"The Great American Detour"

CurrentTV's Vanguard | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Debt, Caledonia, Gas, Bus, Youth, St. Louis, Economy, Pollution, Election, America, Education, Unemployment, Port Arthur, Vote, Insurance, Environment, Berea, Awol, Houston, Tour, Healthcare, Detroit, Living News
CurrentTV's Vanguard

This summer, I took a road trip across the country to see what's really on the minds of young Americans at this critical moment in American history. ...

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Top Priority: Keep Obama safe

Diane Francis | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Murder Rates, Terrorists, Firefighters, Popemobile, Police, Chicago, Handgun Murders, Washington, Threats, Terrorism, U.S. Violence, Bulletproof Glass, Security Forces, Barack Obama, No-Fly Zone, Personal Safety, Gun Ownership, President-Elect Obama, First Family, Security, Healthcare, Pope, President Obama, Politics News
Diane Francis

The United States cannot afford to take any risks. President Obama, and his family, must live in a bubble all their days in office. Handshaking, baby-kissing and plunging into crowds must be forbidden.

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The Substance Election

Bill Scher | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Government, Infrastructure, Obama, Public Investment, Healthcare, Mandate, Obama Victory, Mccain Campaign Mistakes, Mccain Losing, McCain Conservatives, John McCain, Obama Wins, President Obama, Iran, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, 2008 Presidential Election, McCain Defeat, Moderates, Mccain Moderates, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Bill Scher

Much will be made of McCain's "mistakes" in his campaign, as conservatives will seek to blame his performance for their shrinking minority status, to shift blame away from their own policies.

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Love You. Love Obama.

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: A Peaceful Revolution, Barack, Obama, Obama Love, Peace, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Love, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Andrea Chalupa

I jumped out of the car and put an Obama lawn sign on the RNC front lawn just as they were shuffling out and ran off screaming, O-Bama!

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Here Come the Four Horses of the Apocalypse, FDA Lawyers

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Preemption, US Supreme Court, FDA Approvals, Fda, Healthcare, Politics News
Doug Bremner

This weekend was All Soul's Day, so I thought it appropriate that our own four horsemen of the apocalypse are ushering in our day of doom.

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