Truthout
Health Care

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Love It or Hate It, Obamacare’s Spurring Interest in the Pathology of Health Care
Even if ObamaCare never fully achieves its intended benefits, it has already had some unintended ones.

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Talking Points
"Talking Points," by Ted Rall.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Manage to Block Two Different Attempts to Extend Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, and More
On the one-year anniversary of the death of internet-activist Aaron Swartz, three judges in DC killed the internet.

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Anatomy of an Obamacare “Horror Story“
Texas daily went digging for victims of the ACA and Surprise! Reporter unearthed three Tea Partiers who hate the new law.

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Medical Travel: If Bill Gates Wanted to Do Something Good for the World
Dean Baker: Suppose Bill Gates established an insurance company that gave people the option of getting some of their health care in other countries.

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Paul Krugman | The Republicans’ Obamacare Hypocrisy: A Mystery Solved
Paul Krugman: Republicans don't want to help the unfortunate. They'll propose diversionary tactics designed to stall real health reform.

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Shipping Delays Prove That Sometimes a Glitch Is Just a Glitch
Right wing pundits were quick to pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.

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In a Major Shift, Medicare Wants Power to Ban Harmful Prescribers
Medicare plans to arm itself with broad new powers to better control - and potentially ban - doctors engaged in fraudulent or harmful prescribing.

Don’t Tell Me to Eat a Burger
Rather than helping others be healthy and happy, this harassment results in dissatisfaction, depression, and disorders.

2014: The Year Everything Changed
The foundation of the current phase is massive public education and building support in all segments of the population for the values of the movement.