IED's Pose DangerousThreat to America!

     As we near the Christmas Holiday, it has become apparent that a new threat has arisen as a scourge to our Holiday celebrations and our national security: IED's.  Yes, IED's, or...

My Top Eight News Stories For 2009

            It seems as if, at this time of the years, little tots and small kids are not the only ones making lists. The media is quite adept at...

Massachusetts Antismoking Plan is Huge Success

The Aintismoking plan that offers almost free teatment for poor residents of Massachusetts has already seen huge benifits in both the heath and health finance sector. Since its establishment in 2006, an attempt...

Publix to Cut Insurance benefits

Publix Grocery stores is changing its Health benefits policy. Unfortunately that will cause the majority if not All  part time employees to lose their medical coverage at the end of December 2009. Previously Publix offered Part time employees, that...

Health Care Bills Contain HUGE Marriage Penalty

" By Allen Quist, Guest Blogger There is a huge middle-class marriage penalty hidden in the House and Senate health care bills. The penalty becomes evident by evaluating questions like the following: How much would two single people, each making $30,000 per year, pay for...

Health Care and Bipolar Disorder

This article deals with BiPolar Disorder. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe,...

Nelson to offer Abortion Amendment on Senate Health Care

Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced that he would offer an amendment to the Senate health care plan that would ban public funds from paying for abortions Nelson says he will not vote for the...

TEA PARTY: 2,500 Patriots Rally in St. Louis

" An estimated 2,500 patriots protested against government-run health care and rampant socialism during a rally this afternoon at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. As the video and photos (above and below)...

Health Care: Problems and Solutions

The following is an analysis of the problems with American medical system as gained from multiple standpoints, and some proposed solutions to the same.- The lack of basic general government care is a problem especially for the working poor, but now increasingly for the middle...

US protest by 9/11 Responders

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...

Canadian health-care spending to top $180B or $5,452 per person

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...

NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops

"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...

Single-Payer Advocate Says White House Lost Debate on Health Care

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...

NOW President Announces Single-Payer Push

“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...

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