Amid discussions in the US about health care, a protest by 9/11 responders was held in Washington, DC. to bring attention to their lack of health care support. " Hundreds of emergency workers who responded...
A report released by The Canadian Institute for Health Information, forecast Health-Care spending in Canada to reach $183.1 billion for this year. This brings the per capita cost up to $5,452, an increase of $241...
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"NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops" Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, accused Catholic bishops of “smelling blood” and deciding to get involved as backers of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. She added that their actions to...
Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care...
“I intend to roll out a national action campaign for single-payer health care,” said Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in...
Advocates of single-payer health care will not stop there, according to Jerry Tucker, former member of the UAW International Executive Board who now represents the group, Labor for Single Payer. Speaking during...
I wanted to highlight the recent London conference on Global Safe Abortion. http://www.globalsafeabortion.org/ 800 delegates from over 60 countries around the world attended to highlight the require for access to safe abortion services across the world. Reading the various...
Amidst public discontent with the Alberta Premier's and his Health Minister's leadership, the Alberta Conservative Party ignored Albertans by giving a resounding 77.4% vote of confidence to Ed Stelmach. Ed...
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President Obama is approaching the one year point of his historic election win. President Obama campaigned on Hope and Change with the slogan Yes we Can. After his historic win, President Obama enjoyed a...
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Airman provides medical care in Guyana during humanitarian exercise New Horizons By Dona FairGEORGETOWN, Guyana – Not many people in this remote South American country get a reception like the daughter of an Azle woman. People paddle miles upriver, hike through ...
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CLASS ACT likely to be part of House Legislative Bill on Health Care Reform: A very important health care reform development is reported by the Associated Press, regarding senior citizens and the...
This past summer, angry gun-toting protesters held racists signs and spewed false claims about the public option and President Obama. In contrast, the pro-public option protesters, Wealthcare, held an...
All I can say at this point is: What planet did these people come from? " The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the...
Earlier this year, Alaska governor Sarah Palin claimed that the House health reform bill would create “death panels.” Even though this was thoroughly debunked, that didn't stop conservatives from...
Recently, prominent liberal health care mouthpiece and former Colorado Governor, Richard Lamm openly discussed rationing as a financial solution to help fund universal health care ("Better Health Care Through Rationing," The Huffington Post), or as he puts it, "“Old people...