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Seventy-Three Percent of American Youth Now Have Insurance Due to Health Care Law
A Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is expected on Thursday. The law would increase access to millions of Americans, …
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How to Fix Health Care Without the Mandate
70 percent of Americans favor expanding the existing Medicaid program to cover more low-income, uninsured adults.
Controversial Drug Receives Military Restrictions and FDA Warnings as Its Patent Expires
The military blew millions of dollars only to discover that antipsychotics are not effective against post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Global Moma: From Taking Care of My Kids to Taking Care of My Parents
My mom is the primary caregiver for my father right now. But his recent fall and my trip have started me thinking about a lot of things. About the …
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Will We Love the Health Care Law if It Dies?
“Obamacare” isn't about President Obama. It's about beginning to bring an end to the scandal of a very rich nation leaving so many of its citizens without basic health …
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Metaphor and Health Care: On the Power to Make Metaphor Into Law
The argument is that if the government can force you to buy one product, it can force you to buy any product - even broccoli.
The Regulation Monster
The regulation monster is composed of the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork and red tape that strangles businesses.
Election Countdown 2012: Human Rights Envoys Call on US Officials to Explain the Use of Excessive Force on Occupy Protesters, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: Two UN human rights envoys called on US officials to explain the use of excessive force on Occupy protesters, the National Research Council …
Liberals Working for the Right
It is astounding how happy liberals are to work for the right by playing into conservative framing.
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The Supreme Court Should Rule With the People
Six years after Massachusetts enacted the state version of Obamau2019s health law, the people of Massachusetts are not happy. According to a June 11th poll in Massachusetts, 78% …