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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Disease

Tribal Violence Continues to Capture Senate Attention
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Senate, culture, society, ethics, disease, treatment, prevention, government, ethics )

Kat
- 9 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - For the third time in just a few months, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has focused attention on combating tribal gang violence and drug trafficking. At a Nov. 19 hearing, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the committee, ...
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Poisoned Patriots? Stricken Marines Seek Help With Illnesses
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, troops, military, toxic chemicals, illness, disease, cancer, VA, Marine Corps, dishonesty )

Dee
- 74 days ago - cnn.com
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- For Rick Kelly, the first sign of cancer was a feeling of discomfort in his chest. "My wife would hug me, and it became almost unbearable," he said.
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TAKE ACTION: Call on Obama to Include Alternatives in Health Plan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: alternative health, obama, health care plan, fda, disease, obesity, homeopathy, naturopathy )

Marion
- 98 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In order to improve the health of our nation we believe that Holistic health needs to be encouraged and covered in the national health plan. Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy and Naturopathy will improve the health of our nation and will CUT costs...
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Robert Reich Calls for Sept. 13 'March on Washington' in Support of Public Option
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, government, republicans, democrats, congress, americans, healthcare, public, option, universal, single-payer, health, insurance, march, washington, demonstration, americans, medicine, disease, protection, health, society, culture )

Tom
- 112 days ago - politico.com
"Very few things happen in Washington that are in the public's interest when corporations have huge financial stakes in the game, as they obviously do with health care -- unless the public is actively involved, engaged and organized," Reich wrote.
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White House Appears Ready to Drop Public Option in Healthcare Overhaul
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, government, public, option, republicans, blue, dog, democrats, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, americans, abuse, lies, healthcare, illness, disease, treatment, prevention, medicine, protection, safety )

Tom
- 114 days ago - latimes.com
Bowing to Republican pressure, President Barack Obama's administration signaled today it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system. The White House would be open to co-ops.
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VIDEO - Bill Moyers: Insider Reveals Health Insurance Industry Deceit
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, cover-up, lies, dishonesty, corruption, republicans, democrats, politics, healthcare, propaganda, americans, insurance, corporate, greed, profits, stockholders, money, influence, public, policy, illness, disease, medicine )

Tom
- 122 days ago - pbs.org
Former Health insurance Executive Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are corrupting politicians and lying to the American people.
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"Sick Care" America Resorts to Borrowing Money to Pay for Disease
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health care, health care reform, Obama administration, disease, wellness, nataural medicinemedicine, prevention )

Karen
- 167 days ago - naturalnews.com
(NaturalNews) America has crossed a new, disturbing threshold with the announcement that Obama's new health care plan will borrow money to pay for health care. In real terms, this means that sickness and disease ...
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Sign Petition: Demand Your Human Right to Health Care
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, healthcare, universal, single payer, safety, protection, illness, medicine, disease, prevention, treatment, government, politics, obama )

Tom
- 200 days ago - change.org
Demand Universal Health Care. The National Economic & Social Rights Initiative in conjunction with the National Health Law Program has specified 10 Human Rights Principles for Financing Health Care Reform to ensure universality, equity, and accountability
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Barack Obama Spins the Facts, Takes Single-Payer Health Care Off the Table
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, americans, government, dishonesty, corruption, cover-up, lies, healthcare, medicine, illness, disease, treatment, protection, single, payer, universal, insurance, business, money, politics, corporate, greed )

Tom
- 203 days ago - opednews.com
In the United States the insurance and pharmaceutical companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars of your insurance premiums on lobbying and campaign contributions, and greedy politicians have become quite comfortable feeding off of that cash cow.
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Must See Video: Corrupt Senate Bans Doctors From Healthcare Talks
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: business, corporate, insurance, corruption, dishonesty, americans, consumers, money, politics, government, cover-up, abuse, lies, obama, propaganda, healthcare, medicine, disease, illness, protection, prevention )

Tom
- 207 days ago - therealnews.com
One-by-one, eight single-payer advocates in the audience stood up during the opening comments of the hearing and asked why single-payer experts were being excluded from the proceedings. They each spoke out in turn until they were removed by the police.
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US Declares Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, health, warning, prevention, protection, disease, healthcare, u.s. )

Dee
- 225 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - The U.S. declared a public health emergency Sunday to deal with the emerging new swine flu, much like the government does to prepare for approaching hurricanes.
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Magnitude of Dirty VA Hospital Equipment Unknown
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Veterans Affairs Vets, military, health, risks, disease )

Dee
- 227 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued
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Obama Reverses Course, Lifts Stem Cell Ban
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Obama, Stem Cell, government, science, prevention, research, health, disease, medicine )

Dee
- 273 days ago - abcnews.go.com
In what has been interpreted as a direct rebuke of former President George W. Bush, President Obama said today that his administration would make "scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
11 comments
Victims of Persecution and Destruction
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, corruption, cover-up, crime, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, lies, propaganda, terrorism, usa, hemp, society, disease, drugs, illness, medicine, treatment )

Kim
- 301 days ago - mpp.org
Every week, we at the Marijuana Policy Project confront extreme government abuses like the ones you'll read about below, as the war on marijuana users rages on. This war is littered with casualties -- and even fatalities.
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We Don't Need No Stinkin' Tests!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: mad cow disease, Creekstone, testing livestock, disease, cows, meat packers, US Court of Appeals )

RC
- 465 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The US Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed a Kansas meat packer to test all its cows for mad cow disease. But now, the Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from doing so. Way to go - NOT!
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