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Health Care
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Will Conservatives Reject Health Care Rebates?
Are you against healthcare reform? Be prepared to return your insurance rebates.
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Romney’s Shifty Economic Plan: The First Challenge Is Believing It
Dave Johnson breaks down the Romney economic plan to show how many Americans stand to lose it all.
How to Pay for Single Payer Health Insurance, Part Three
This is a continuation of our series of interviews looking at single-payer or government-run health insurance plan and focusing particularly on Maryland.
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Obama Signs Law Giving Health Care to Lejeune Tainted Water Victims
President Barack Obama signed into law on Monday legislation to provide health care to thousands of sick Marine veterans and their families who were exposed to contaminated water at …
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Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one of the companyu2019s hospitals …
Q&A: Eric Laursen on the Future of Social Security
I asked Eric to talk about Social Securityu2019s history in the context of recent politics and media coverage.
Wellness Programs: Is It Our Fault We Get Sick?
Corporate wellness programs, according to critics, would rather place the blame solely on the plate of individual workers.
Obama’s Second Term Agenda: Cutting Social Security, Medicare, and/or Medicaid
The White House already tried cutting all three main entitlement programs, last year (cuts to Medicaid are actually cuts to Obamacare, for what itu2019s worth, since an expansion of …
What a Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan Looks Like (Part 2)
Gerald Friedman: A single-payer plan in Maryland would cover everyone, improve outcomes and make business more competitive.
What a Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan Looks Like (Part 1)
Gerald Friedman: A single-payer plan in Maryland would cover everyone, improve outcomes and make business more competitive.