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UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Helmsley Makes $57,000 An Hour (VIDEO)   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, americans, insurance, health, prevention, protection, disease, illness, medicine, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, greed, money, society, politics, economy, consumers, business, abuse, foreclosures, usa )

Tom
- 65 days ago - youtube.com
The Health Care for America Now (HCAN) "Sick of It" anti-insurance campaign focuses on rich health insurance CEOs making millions and living in luxury while middle class families are struggling to pay medical bills, going bankrupt, and losing their homes.
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The Latest On US Healthcare Fight,From The Blogs.
Health & Wellness  (tags: Corruption, Effort, Pelosi, Failure, Struggle, Blogs, Healthcare Reform )

Panda Eat
- 72 days ago - alternet.org
Who is taking whose money?How do the number's add up in Congress?Some insiteful up to the minute material from US commentators,on the challenge to reform US healthcare-so that maybe it can rise from 37th place in the health care league.
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Wendell Potter: Public Option Essential, Baucus Plan An "Absolute Gift" To Health Insurance Industry (VIDEO)
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, medicine, illness, disease, treatment, safety, protection, prevention, insurance, government, corruption, dishonesty, congress, abuse, americans, republicans, democrats, lies, cover-up, society, culture, rights, freedoms, politics )

Tom
- 83 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Whistleblower Wendell Potter warned that if Congress "fails to create a public insurance option to compete with private insurers, the bill it sends to the president might as well be called the Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act."
7 comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aspartame May Cause Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: aspertame, cancer, brain, tumors, searle, rumsfeld, politics, money, corruption, crime, health, disease, illness, food, soft, drinks, vitamins, drugs, gum, candy, desserts, yogurt, hot chocolate, risks, safety, research, healthcare, investigation, warning )

Tom
- 101 days ago - world-wire.com
In 1980 the FDA concluded that aspartame could "contribute to the development brain tumors" and recommended that the sweetener no longer be used. However, then Searle Chairman Donald Rumsfeld vowed to "call in his markers" and got the sweetener approved.
27 comments
USDA Says Biotech Is Compatible With Organic
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, organic, GMO, genetically engineered, troubling, corruption, Monsanto, dangerous, risks, safety, disease, food, health, prevention, humans, ethics )

Elena
- 108 days ago - organicconsumers.org
This USDA report attempting to make the case for "organic genetically engineering" is part of a well-funded campaign coordinated by Monsanto and their governmental, corporate, and non-profit partners to legitimize a dangerous and untested technology
11 comments
Obama Gives Powerful Drug Lobby a Seat at Healthcare Table
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug, lobby, republican, Billy, Tauzin, medicare, healthcare, health, disease, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, risks, treatment, obama, government, politics, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, americans, abuse, lies )

Tom
- 125 days ago - google.com
Barack Obama once lambasted drug companies and the influence they wield in Washington. The drug industry's chief lobbyist is former Republican Louisiana Congressman Billy Tauzin, who fought to prevent Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices.
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Sony Bids $50 Million for Jackson Rehearsal Film
Health & Wellness  (tags: sadness, death, humans, healthcare, corruption, drugs, family )

Lone
- 140 days ago - mail.com
Sony Corp.'s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" comeback concert series, according to a person familiar with the bid.
27 comments
Uninsured Face Stiff Penalty in Senate Health Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, ripoff, health, insurance, fine, penalty, greed, government, corruption, lies, americans, abuse, democrats, economy, business, money, politics, society, consumers, rights, illness, disease )

Tom
- 158 days ago - google.com
Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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Sign Petition: Protect Our Children - Every One Deserves Healthcare
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, americans, universal, single, payer, insurance, illness, disease, treatment, safety, prevention, protection, medicine, government, obama, congress, democrats, republicans, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, lies, politics )

Tom
- 183 days ago - change.org
It would cost each American less than 15 cents a day to provide nine million uninsured children with vision, dental and mental health coverage. Lack of proper healthcare is a serious problem, but if we put our minds to it, there are solutions within reach
22 comments
Sign Petition: Fair Consideration for Single Payer Health Care
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, americans, universal, single, payer, insurance, illness, disease, treatment, safety, prevention, protection, medicine, government, obama, congress, democrats, republicans, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, lies, politics )

Tom
- 183 days ago - change.org
Tell Senator Max Baucus that while we appreciate a private meeting for single payer, that is not good enough. Single payer needs to be on the table, because with fair consideration single payer will be the health care plan adopted by the nation.
20 comments
Free, Quality Healthcare for ALL: Build the Movement for Single Payer!
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, universal, single, payer, insurance, medicare, americans, illness, disease, prevention, protection, medicine, treatment, safety, government, lies, dishonesty, corruption, baucus, obama, democrats, republicans, society, culture, rights )

Tom
- 187 days ago - socialistalternative.org
Each year, 20,000 Americans die from lack of access to healthcare. Almost 50 million people in this country have no insurance. With unemployment skyrocketing and costs continuing to spiral upwards, things will only get worse for us. This is unacceptable.
6 comments
Vermont Acts to Make Drug Makers' Gifts Public
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, government, Vermont legislature, drug makers, doctors, dishonesty, corruption, cover-up, medicine )

Dee
- 202 days ago - nytimes.com
Cracking down on medical industry payments to doctors, the Vermont legislature has passed a law requiring drug and device makers to publicly disclose all money given to physicians and other health care providers, naming names and listing dollar amounts.
6 comments
Sign Petition: Improve California Hen Welfare and Food Safety
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, suffering, cruelty, death, environment, humans, health, safety, risks, disease, food, illness, money, corruption, business, dishonesty, factory, farming, pig, cow, chicken, fish, water, pollution, meat, steroids, antibiotics, global, warming )

Tom
- 202 days ago - community.hsus.org
AB 1437 will require that all shelled eggs sold in California as of January 1, 2015 be in compliance with the basic animal care standards set forth in the Prevention Farm Animal Cruelty Act, which was approved by 63.5 percent of voters in November 2008.
13 comments
Sign Petition: Support a Single Payer National Health Care System
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, humans, americans. single, payer, medicine, protection, treatment, safety, illness, government, corruption, democrats, republicans, society, culture, rights, family, children, ethics, politics )

Tom
- 206 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Health care is a human right. It is not a product that an insurance company should be profiting from. Please support a single payer, national health insurance plan that includes all Americans and leaves nobody out. We need expanded Medicare for all.
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