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Congress Opts to Keep Poisoning Children
Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and frivolous federal spending, because...well, because it's unnecessary and frivolous. So Congress has targeted unnecessary oil subsidies and frivolous tax giveaways to …
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Missouri Legislator: Qualified to Legislate Women’s Health Because “My Father Was a Veterinarian”
In Illinois, they run reproductive rights bills through the agriculture committee. In Missouri, they call male lawmakers experts because they are the sons of veterinarians. Not a joke. Via …
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A Health Law at Risk Gives Insurers Pause
As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the federal health care law, one option that had seemed unthinkable to its designers and supporters now seems at least possible: …
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California Gov. Brown Wants Health Care Changes Regardless of Supreme Court Decision
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration vowed Thursday to continue pushing forward elements of the federal health care overhaul in California, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes it down. If …
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The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition
When doctors found precancerous cysts, Nancy Platt chose to have her pancreas removed. Her daughter, Laura Train, and husband, Sam, were by her side at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, …
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The Price If Health Care Is Overturned
Washington - In arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the Obama administration might have done just enough to keep the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional. Those …
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Can You Predict an Outcome From Supreme Court Justices’ Questions?
Supreme Court justices can hide their intentions in plain sight, even with something as complicated as health care. The judicial utterances during this week's lengthy oral arguments left a …
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All Parties Ignore the One Way to Reduce Health Care Costs: Single-Payer
In a recent full-page newspaper advertisement, IBM touted massive medical savings through computerization. It's a promise they've made before, starting with a report issued in 1961. If only these …
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Few Minds Are Changed by Arguments in Court
Ronald Henderson, a financial planner who supports President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, watches news coverage on the Supreme Court's morning arguments about the health care law on a …
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Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter: However Court Rules on Healthcare, Solution is Single Payer
As the Supreme Court examines whether Americans can be penalized if they lack medical coverage, we're joined by health industry whistleblower, Wendell Potter. A former spokesperson for CIGNA and …