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Health Care
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Double Dip: Doctors Paid To Advise, Promote Drug Companies That Fund Their Research
Research has been seen as less objectionable than other forms of interactions with drug companies, but 10 percent of researchers have multiple ties among the nine companies analyzed. That …
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The People’s Hearing? Why It Matters to All of Us
A war has been waged upon the veterans coming home attempting to get healthcare, and Iraqi civilians are searching for how to heal their children and cancers in a …
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Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
Republicans say that they're pro-life, but that's a bald-faced lie, because they refuse to let low-wage working Americans have access to life-saving Medicaid.
In Health Care Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
The ACLU's case against the US Bishops Conference u2013 heralded by some as a bold legal stroke u2013 could be thwarted on procedural grounds.
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Dying To Give Back To the Earth
The funeral industry is, by and large, a $20 billion for-profit enterprise, whose environmental impact has been greatly overlooked.
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With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance To Patients, Not Profits
It's pretty unusual for two-thirds of a group of doctors to agree on something as controversial as a single-payer health care system.
Why Is It That So Many Reporters Seem To Know So Little About Obamacare?
A great many reporters and editors at our most esteemed media outlets know very little about the policies available in the Exchanges.
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The TPP Tries to Put a “No Exit” Sign on America’s Crapified Health Care System by Allowing Medical Procedures to be Patented World-wide
Hundreds of thousands of people increasingly look to medical tourism to exit the brutal and hideously expensive US health care rental extraction device system.
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The Story of Atalissa Highlights America’s Long-Term Care Problem
America's health care system neglects people who require long-term care and denies them the opportunity to lead full, rewarding lives.
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There Are Co-Op Options for Health Care, but Major Insurers Don’t Want You To Know
A Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan, or Co-Op, is a non-profit health insurer designed to offer individuals and small businesses more affordable, consumer-friendly health insurance options. However, many consumers …