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  • Medicaid and Medicare Cuts: (Almost) Everyone Pays
    30 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    de Sam Uretsky
    Unless you belong to the select and dwindling group of those with fully employer-paid health coverage-or to the 40-million-and-counting with no health insurance at all-you’ve probably noticed your health insurance premiums rising at a frightening pace. In 2005, premiums for family coverage rose by an average of 9.2%, six percentage points more than the rate of inflation, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Annual Survey Of Employer Health Benefits. The cost of health (…)

  • Dave Zweifel: Clinton, health care industry get cozy
    24 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Dave Zweifel
    As long as money holds sway in our political system, nothing should surprise us any more.
    But even my jaw dropped last week when I saw the story that Hillary Clinton is being plied with more money from the health care industry and pharmaceutical companies than any other U.S. senator except Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum.
    Yes, this is the same Hillary Clinton who was belittled and disparaged by many of these same donors when in 1993 she, as head of her husband (…)

  • Up the Tubes..Down the Spout
    16 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Life has it’s ups and downs. Willingness to war is UP Worldwide stability is DOWN The price of oil is UP Consumer confidence is DOWN The cost of living is UP The Dow Jones is DOWN The number of U.S.citizens without health care is UP (estimated 47 million) The Cost of health care is UP Support of Health Savings accounts is DOWN The number of countries who despise the U.S. is WAY UP (since Bush took office) The support of the Bush administration by U.S. citizens is DOWN The Euro (…)

  • "Relief" For Aristocracy
    27 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "Relief" For Aristocracy By Robert L. Moore June 26, 2006 If achieving one’s goals is the measure of a successful presidency, then George W. Bush is one of the more successful presidents in history. He has, after all, helped transfer much of the nation’s wealth into the hands of the already wealthy, which has long been a major goal of the Republican right.
    Bush’s rewriting the tax code diverted billions away from the nation’s treasury and into the clutches of select multimillionaires — (…)

  • 800 Ford retirees formally object to deal that requires paying health premiums, deductibles
    4 June 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Ford, UAW retirees spar in court over health insurance cuts
    by Bryce G. Hoffman
    DETROIT — Dozens of Ford Motor Co. union retirees were in federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to reject an agreement between the automaker and the United Auto Workers that would cut their health benefits to help ease Ford’s financial troubles.
    The retirees argued that they were denied a say in the deal, which could cost them hundreds of dollars a year in higher health care costs.
    Larry Bronson, a (…)

  • IRAQ : Baghdadis say curfew prevents access to medical care
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

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    Baghdadis say curfew prevents access to medical care
    Report, IRIN
    19 April 2006
    BAGHDAD - Residents of the Iraqi capital are complaining that a recently-imposed government curfew, aimed at deterring ongoing violence, is hampering access to medical care.
    "My son had stomach pains two days ago, but I couldn’t take him to the hospital because we’re prohibited from leaving our homes - even for medical emergencies," said Baghdad resident and father of four Abu (…)

  • Cuba Has Better Medical Care Than the U.S.
    26 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Blake Fleetwood
    Statistics don’t lie.
    Figures from the World Health Organization clearly show that The United States lags behind 36 other countries in overall health system performance ranging from infant mortality, to adult mortality, to life expectancy.
    20 countries in Europe and four countries in Asia have a better life expectancy than the U.S. If you are a male between the ages of 15 and 59, your chances of dying are higher in the U.S. (140 per thousand) than in Canada, 95, (…)

  • Mitt Romney’s Unfair Health Care
    20 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Mike Schiller
    Recently, the state of Massachusetts passed a universal health care bill which is being hailed by the media as an ideal model for federal and state level legislation to extend health care to all Americans. While congress and state governments across the nation should start taking action to achieve the goal of extending health coverage to all those who deserve it, they would be better advised to formulate a different approach. The legislation championed by Mitt Romney is (…)

  • Republicans Again Refusing to "Support the Troops"...They Only Support the War
    28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Another slap in the face to Veterans, compliments of our Senators -at the same time claiming to support our Veterans! Feel free to spread this all over the net.
    Late Wednesday, March 22, 2006, the House Republican leadership turned down an amendment from Rep. John Salazar, (D-CO)., to add $650 million to the Veterans Administration’s health care budget. Salazar, who recently joined the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said the additional VA money is needed because the Army’s own studies (…)

  • Migden bill raises health care ante for biggest state firms
    5 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    SACRAMENTO
    Requires 8% payout for worker benefits, or Medi-Cal funding
    by Greg Lucas
    Sacramento — California’s largest employers would be required to prop up the state’s medical insurance program for the poor if they don’t offer their workers generous enough health benefits under a bill set for introduction in the Senate.
    Modeled after a law passed earlier this month in Maryland that only affected mega-retailer Wal-Mart, the California legislation would require employers of more than (…)