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The Health Care America Refuses To Provide
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, healthcare, health, medicine, government, humans, politics, culture, society )

Kat
- 12 days ago - dissidentvoice.org
As you're reading this I'm sure your eyes are beginning to roll, indicating how peeved you're probably getting over yet another tirade on the subject of health-care-overhaul. Fear not. To prevent this article from joining the all-embracing tautology of...
Sign the Petition, Send a Coat Hanger
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, prevention, protection, risks, treatment, reproductive health care )

Kelli
- 14 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Sign this petition and send a coat hanger to the 20 formerly pro-choice Democrats -- all men -- who voted to pass the Stupak Amendment.
"Ian's Law" Makes It To Albany
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, illness, humans, treatment, law, news, medicine )

Cal
- 23 days ago - rochesterhomepage.net
"Ian's Law" would make it illegal for insurance companies to drop entire lines of insurance as a pretext for denying coverage to individuals. The bill is named after 37-year-old Ian Pearl, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and needs around the clock car
Federal Grant Goes to Help Brain-Injury Patients
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, healthcare, medicine, news, government )

Kat
- 24 days ago - daily-times.com
FARMINGTON -- More American Indians with traumatic brain injuries can expect assistance finding services following the announcement of a $20,000 grant to the Native American Disability Law Centers in Farmington and Gallup. The grant, announced by U.S...
CDC: 2 Deaths, 26 Other Illnesses May Be Linked to Fresh Ground Beef Contaminated With E. Coli
Health & Wellness  (tags: ground beef, recalled, ecoli, risks, health, sickness )

Lone
- 27 days ago - startribune.com
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday
H1N1 Families Face Financial Challenges
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, society, healthcare, americans, healthcare, illness, children, healthcare )

Cal
- 30 days ago - cbsnews.com
Parents of Children Who Were Seriously Sick Tackle Massive Hospital Bills and Possible Insurance Caps
Swine Flu Vaccination Shortage Forces Changes to Local Clinics
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, vaccin, Swine flu, shortage, US, clinic )

Sophie
- 32 days ago - www2.ljworld.com
A shortage of swine flu vaccine has forced Kansas University and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department to cancel five swine flu immunization clinics, leaving just two on the calendar.
Obama Declares H1N1 a National Emergency
Health & Wellness  (tags: national emergency, President Obama, swine flu, death )

Lone
- 36 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency. The White House today said Obama signed a proclamation that would allow medical officials to bypass certain federal requirements. Officials described the move
New Marijuana Guidelines Issued in US
Health & Wellness  (tags: obama, politics, usa, democrats, congress, healthcare, marijuana, medicine, Los Angeles, health, disease, drugs, society )

Naomi
- 39 days ago - sidewaysnews.com
The Obama administration has generally been in favour of medicinal cannabis use for those in need. Yesterday,(19th October), the Department of Justice passed a series of guidelines to states which amplify this support.
A TALE OF HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY HORROR: I Am Not a Dog
Health & Wellness  (tags: media, healthcare, politics, abuse, crime, healthcare, health, illness, treatment, warning )

Cal
- 39 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
I am not a "dog." That's what health insurance executives called me because I have a disease. I'm also not a "trainwreck," another term they used for members like me. l
 
 
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