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Thom Hartmann on the News: Criminalizing Immigration, Florida Rejects Medicaid Funding, and More
Thom Hartmann on the News
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Pushes for Unnecessary Tanks Despite Sequester Cuts, and More
In today's On the News segment: The wealth gap has become increasingly racialized, and more.
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How Big Pharma Is Killing Americans
While drug companies have been largely able to get away with robbing Americans left and right for the past several decades, more and more people are speaking up about …
How Americans Became Exposed to Biohazards in the Greatest Uncontrolled Experiment Ever Launched
How industrial toxins entered the American home.
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Disability Advocates, Nursing Home Industry Battle for Health Care Dollars for Aging, Disabled
Most elderly and disabled people prefer home- or community-based care. It's also cheaper, but state and federal policy often favors the assisted-living industry. Now, activists are speaking up.
Plan B Ruling: Fox and Family Research Council Seize Opportunity to Spread Misinformation
Deconstructing Fox News' and the Family Research Council's misinformation campaign in response to the recent Plan B court ruling allowing girls to obtain the morning after pill without a …
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Greed, Fear and Other Barriers to Health Care as a Human Right
Dr. Philip Caper explains the importance of viewing health care as a right, instead of a privilege.
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Paid Sick Days Defeat in Philadelphia Followed Familiar Script
Despite a strong opening, legislation to allow paid sick days fell one vote short in Philadelphia at the dismay of hundreds of workers.
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Bill Introduced to Begin Rollback of High Medicare Drug Prices
Gaius Publius: This is not the full rollback to Medicare drug price negotiation we want, but it's a good start.
The New Face of Health Care: Drone Doctors?
The California Nurses Association has already raised concerns about the ‘doc bots’ that are showing up in some California hospitals.