Health Care

U.S. Presidential Candidates' Plans for Improving Women's Health: A Side-by-Side Comparison

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Health, Health, Women's Health Comparison, 2008 Election, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

This article provides a comprehensive side-by-side comparison, in chart form, of the Presidential candidates' proposals to improve women's health.

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Family's Vote Hinges on Health Care Reform

The Ballot Box | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Pennsylvania, Health Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Home News
The Ballot Box

A Democrat, she voted for President Bush in 2004, partially over national security. "I bought into the whole fear thing. By 2006 I knew it was a big mistake, and I'll never do that again."

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Voting for Small Business

Tim Berry | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Small Business, Health Care, 2008 Presidential Election, Voting, Which Candidate Is Better for Small Businesses?, Business News
Tim Berry

I recently saw an analysis of why small business owners should vote for McCain. It was done by a man I respect, a journalist with pull in the small business world. And that disturbs me for several reasons.

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This Election, Plates of Human History Will Shift

Michael Hughes | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain, Jonestown, Obama, Devil We Know, Chris Matthews, Iowa, Change Candidate, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, T. Boone Pickens, Obama Muslim, Obama Marxist, George W. Bush, Marxist, Barack Obama, Swift Boat, Bush Administration, Rand Corporation, Obama Change, McCain Attack Ads, Election 2008, Millions Uninsured, Muslim, Health Care, Obama Smears, Home News
Michael Hughes

As November 4th approaches, voters are determining if they want to be an integral part of history, or on the wrong side of it. Forces are at work beyond description, like some divine hand pushing us forward.

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A Health Care Constitutional Amendment?

Steve Cobble | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: U.S. Constitution, Health Care, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Home News
Steve Cobble

One week from today, I hope we will not forget Barack Obama's eloquent--and specific--comment to debate moderator Tom Brokaw, that health care "should...

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McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Health Care, Health, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Douglas Holtz Eakin, Health Care Plan, John McCain Health Care Plan, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

According to McCain's senior economic policy adviser, McCain's health care plan won't destroy the employer-based insurance system because the plan doesn't work.

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Republicans Turning Away From John McCain's Health Care Plan

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Tx-Sen, John McCain, Mn-Sen, Health Care, Health, Norm Coleman, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

McCain's plan to rip health insurance from employment, tax your benefits, and cut Medicare and Medicaid to pay for it all is such a ludicrous, ill-conceived idea that even Republicans can't support it.

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U.S. Presidential Candidates' Health Care Plans Update: A Side-by-Side Comparison

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Health Care Plan, John McCain Health Care Plan, 2008 Election, Health Care, Health Care Plan Comparison, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

The next President of the United States will confront major health policy decisions that will affect the lives of all Americans.

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On Being a Student, a Mom and Disabled in America

Mary Lou Song | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Election 2008, Health Care, Living News
Mary Lou Song

I hope and pray that the problems that are eating up our economy will not start chewing on educational finances. If it does, this will be the downfall of our country.

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Video: Birth Control at Risk in Proposed HHS Regulation

Emily Douglas | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Department of Health and Human Services, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Emily Douglas

A proposed new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services... would expand protections for providers who would deny women birth control and other reproductive health services.

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Why this Election Actually is About Defining the "Real America"

Robert Creamer | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Kevin Phillips, John McCain, Presidential Election, Michele Bachmann, Progressive Values, Real Americans, Sarah Palin, Health Care, American Values, Thomas Jeffereson, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Sarah Palin is right about one thing: this election is in fact a battle between the "real America" and a pretender. But it's not quite the battle she imagines.

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Health Care Made Real, Obama's Real Change

T. Colin Campbell | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama, Health Care, Living News
T. Colin Campbell

A highly capitalized, drug-based system too often trivializes the scientific evidence on nutrition and, in doing so, it will support and encourage a self-serving, expensive health care system.

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Nonexistent Patio Man Decries David Brooks' Nonexistent Arguments

Bill Scher | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Infrastructure, Clean Energy, Public Investment, Health Care, Economy, Patio Man, David Brooks, Politics News
Bill Scher

Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks. Brooks' occas...

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More Reform is Cheaper: The Paradox of Health Care Reform

Ezekiel Emanuel | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health, Financial Crisis, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
Ezekiel Emanuel

With the current financial crisis and looming deep recession, we need to remember that more comprehensive changes can actually constrain costs while covering all Americans.

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The Candidates' Health Care Plans More Hype Than Tax-Payer Relief

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Health, Universal Health Care, Election 2008, Health Insurance, Presidential Debates, Health Care, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Miles J. Zaremski

McCain's constant remarks about Obama's healthcare "fine" reminded us of political grandstanding -- like swiss cheese with holes in it.

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Universal Health Care and the 2008 Election -- How Is It Still Possible After the Fiscal Meltdown?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health Care, 2008 Election, Health, Disease, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

Did the financial meltdown destroy all hopes for any chance of a new health care system?

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18 Days Out: "A More Hopeful and Compassionate World" vs. "Hate Calls"

Jesse Lee | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, John McCain, DNC Robocalls, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jesse Lee

Today in Virginia Obama went back to talking about health care, the economy, and the real crises facing the country -- though he did include a joke or two.

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Where Was McCain's Flag Pin?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Patriotism, Mccain, Presidential Debates, Flag, Health Care, Flag Pin, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

Seeing as how the Republicans make a big stink about people wearing flag pins to show their patriotism, it was a curious omission to McCain's wardrobe...

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More Ridiculous Healthcare Proposals From Our Future Leaders

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Insurance, Breaking Political News, Health, Obama, Health Care, Healthcare, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Doug Bremner

I am watching the Obama-McCain debate on TV right now and I thought I should offer some 'medical perspective'.

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Farm-To-School Programs: Growing a Healthier America

Isabel Cowles | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Local Farming, Food Education, Farms, Health Care, Farm-to-School, Local Farmers, Farm to Table, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Food needs a piece of that seven billion dollar pie. For fortunate Americans, food is as much a source of entertainment as it is nourishment. Yet desp...

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Infant Mortality -- and Abortion: A U.S. Scandal

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Health Care, Health, Infant Mortality, Family, Politics News
Peter Clothier

Given the advanced state of our medical knowledge and the technology at our disposal, infant mortality is also a choice we make, as a society. What moral universe do we live in, that we permit ourselves to do this?

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McCain's Radical Health Plan, Once Ignored, Now Hotly Debated

Roger Hickey | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Institute for America's Future, Advertising Campaigns, Health Insurance, Roger Hickey, Obama McCain, Health Care, Politics News
Roger Hickey

Instead of working to guarantee health care for those without insurance, conservatives want to tax the health benefits of the 160 million people who get insurance on the job.

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The Financial Crisis and Health Care

Ezekiel Emanuel | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, FInancial Markets, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Ezekiel Emanuel

While the financial crisis has appeared to knock health care off the national agenda, in the strange chemistry that is American politics, it may make comprehensive health care reform more politically feasible.

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Best Organizational Projects in the Final Weeks of Campaign

Mike Lux | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Adwatch, Health Care for America Now, 2008 Presidential General Election, 2008 Congressional General Elections, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Mike Lux

I am starting a series of blog posts today on what I think are the most effective ads, mailings, and other forms of communications with voters are in this late month of the campaign.

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It's All In Her Head

Mary Lou Song | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Living News
Mary Lou Song

Any one of us could be Renateco2. She is a mother. A small business owner. An American. And because of health problems, she found herself facing medical bills in the millions of dollars. Millions.

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