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Health Care
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The Minimum Wage, Guns, Health Care and the Meaning of a Decent Society
Every society must necessarily decide for itself what decency requires.
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Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
What are some of the reasons health care costs continue to rise? Here are a few examples.
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Britain Says Equine Drug May Have Entered Food Chain
A crisis over horse meat in European food products deepened on Thursday when British officials said tests showed that a powerful equine drug, potentially harmful to human health, may …
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I Am Not a Camel … but I Do Have Epilepsy
A true global epilepsy campaign must start with each of us making our worlds more friendly to disclosure.
Obama’s Shakedown of Medicare
Now u201ccutsu201d to social programs are referred to as u201csavings,u201d while the destruction of these programs is u201creform.u201d
Move to National Electronic Health Records Potentially Risky for LGBT Patients
Digitized health records may be a step forward for improving overall health care, but how will they safely and competently account for the medically and socially marginalized LGBT community?
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Noam Chomsky: Global Democratic Uprisings and New Challenges to US Empire
Noam Chomsky continues to offer trenchant analysis of how US hegemony is a self-destructive force.
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Solve the Real Problems – Poverty Retirement and Health Insecurity – and the Economy Will Recover
Imagine the impact on the economy of 55 million seniors receiving an additional $1,200 each month.
Will Exaggerated Deficit Talks Lead to an “Obama Recession?” We Must Still Ask These Questions
The Washington consensus on economic policy has been used to inflict neoliberalism.
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The Trouble With Roe v. Wade: It Didn’t Go Far Enough
Laura Flanders: Roe was decided on the grounds of privacy, the Congress has never legislated women's equality.