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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with illness

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
- 57 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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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
- 96 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
- 105 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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Poor Would Be Hard Hit By Proposed California Budget Cuts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: society, culture, poor, medical, ssi, disability, mental, health, cuts, budget, california, Schwarzenegger, americans, family, children, women, rights, government, healthcare, illness, risks, socialsecurity )

Tom
- 179 days ago - latimes.com
Elimination of health and welfare programs would come at a steep price. Tens of thousands of families and children would be stripped of temporary financial help and health assistance, and the state would lose a huge pool of federal money.
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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
- 182 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
- 186 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
- 190 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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A Bill to Outlaw Organic Farming Next Week? Contact Your Representative!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health, illness, interesting, nutrition, risks, safety, protection, warning, death, diet, ethics, food, government, news, ethics, congress, dishonesty )

Kat
- 230 days ago - writerep.house.gov
Monsanto: A bill to outlaw organic farming next week? US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before...
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Soldiers Sent to Iraq Despite Illness
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Iraq, troops, war, military, illness, risks, health )

Dee
- 241 days ago - abcnews.go.com
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- When the "Arctic Warriors" Stryker Brigade left for Iraq from nearby Fort Wainwright late last year, commanders told soldiers who were suffering medical problems that they would also go to war.
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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
- 283 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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Possible FDA Head: More Staff Needed to Inspect Food
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: FDA, government, food, drugs, death, safety, illness, protection )

Dee
- 300 days ago - newsday.com
The Food and Drug Administration is not staffed to handle the growing complexity of food inspection, especially now that a significant amount comes from abroad and is never inspected, a leading candidate to head the embattled agency said Wednesday.
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HAARP
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: technology, science, research, NewTechnology, health, humans, illness, risks, science, warning, abuse, death, ethics, abuse, americans, cover-up, environment, politics, usa, corruption, corporate, ethics, dishonesty, propaganda, terrorism, war )

Faith
- 572 days ago - crystalinks.com
The project is jointly funded by US Air Force, Navy, and University of Alaska. It is said that the project is similar to numerous existing ionospheric heaters around the world,
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The Care You Get at a Hospital May Be Linked to Your Credit Report
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, family, disease, drugs, health, healthcare, humans, illness, medicine, news, safety, risks, warning, women, cancer, death, ethics, government, prevention, treatment, society, abuse, americ )

Jaime
- 612 days ago - online.wsj.com
Medical FICO, being developed by Health Care Analytics in Waltham,Mass. may be establishing a class system of medical care in the USA
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USA SIGNATURES PLS: PETITION: I Support Universal Single Payer Health Plan in HR676
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, healthcare, humans, protection, medicine, illness, ethics )

Cheryl Su
- 674 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
I Support Universal Single Payer Health Plan in HR676.These Member of the House of Representatives are Supporting Your Rights to Have Single Payer Health Care Plans. Now, they need your support, as they ALL are running for Congress in 2008. Please check y
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Superbugs, Droughts, Economy: Cover Up?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: LIES, Coverups, health, risks, research, safety, study, protection, prevention, illness, disease, drugs, ethics, Govtfearmongering, dishonesty, corruption, bushadministration, crime, democrats, republicans, politics, lies, media, abuse, americans )

Barb
- 762 days ago - americanchronicle.com
By now many of you have probably heard the news about the new 'superbug,' designated as MRSA infection. A staph infection, this virus is claiming over 18,000 lives each year which is more than AIDS, heart disease and auto accidents combined. Some 90,000 .
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