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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with medicine

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
- 97 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
- 99 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
- 107 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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Viva Palestina US - Update, The Convoy Is Rolling on!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: gaza, convoy of needed goods, freedoms, humanrights, medicine, Govtfearmongering, Viva Palestina U.S.A, healthcare, ethics )

David
- 135 days ago - vivapalestina-us.org
The 100 Viva Palestina humanitarian volunteers have decided to stay the night in their buses at the Mubarak Peace Bridge over the Suez Canal despite pressure from the Egyptian security officials to return to Cairo. Live and let live?
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Change.Org Action Alert: "Give Us Health Care Freedom Now!"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: HealthCare, Health Care, health, wellness, medical, doctors, nurses, hospitals, medicine, government, politics, activists, change.org, legislation, u.s., congress, Washington D.C., United States, HealthCareReform, americans, democrats, freedoms )

SirRobert
- 137 days ago - care2.com
Now is the critical time to take Health Care action! Lobbyists, Drug Companies, and Special Interest groups are already twisting the Health Care Reform Bill for their own benefit - not yours. These decisions will be locked-in and affect decades to come!
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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
- 185 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
- 188 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
- 193 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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Baucus' Raucous Caucus: "We Need More Police"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, corruption, abuse, free, speech, dishonesty, lies, obama, americans, health, healthcare, medicine, protection, treatment, single, payer, universal, insurance, police, arrests, doctors, nurses )

Tom
- 193 days ago - truthdig.com
Single-payer advocates have been protesting in Senate Finance Committee hearings, chaired by Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Last week, at a committee hearing with 15 industry speakers, not one represented the single-payer perspective.
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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
- 258 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."
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Marijuana Milestone: No More Raids on Pot Dispensaries, Says Attorney General
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: marijuana, obama, law, government, interesting, freedoms, culture, crime, rights, medicine, drugs, consumers, health )

Tom
- 269 days ago - alternet.org
US Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries in states where they are legal under state law. The announcement marks the fulfillment of a President Obama campaign promise...
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Plan to Tax and Legalize Pot Offered Amid California's Cash Crunch
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: marijuana, drugs, taxes, government, economy, politics, money, consumers, green, eco-friendly, medicine, health )

Tom
- 271 days ago - alternet.org
California state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has announced the introduction of legislation to tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcoholic beverages. The bill is the first of its kind ever introduced in California....
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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
- 286 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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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
- 615 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
2 comments
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
- 677 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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