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“He has insurance.”
[Promoted by MB.] "He has insurance", Tony Snow is lucky.  In the United States, having insurance is really all that matters. The United States is the ...

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Soldiers Tricked Into Losing Their Health Benefits?
Just to put a cherry on the top of the military healthcare sundae, I find this article from The Nation. In the Army’s separations manual ...

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“It’s Not Just Walter Reed”
That’s the title of a new Wash Post article, and I can’t say that it’s surprising. Our nation’s VA hospitals have be...

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A cure for cancer?
It sounds too good to be true. But everything I can find says this could be legitimate. A molecule used for decades to combat metabolic diseases in children, may soon be availab...

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What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
Since obesity is such a “growing” problem in our society, one can look at this issue as a political one since it ties directly into our ...

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“End The War. Pay For Health Care.”
That could be the next big Dem meme coming down the pike…so says Dan Conley of Political Insider… Democrats will use the Iraq War...

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Health Care For All?
That’s many people’s dream, and an Oregon Senator is offering a plan that may make it a reality. From USA Today: WASHINGTON ...

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It’s All In Their Heads
(Note: I wrote this yesterday, but am reposting it with an update about where our mental injured vets eventually end up if they don’t...

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GOP Governor Backs Universal Child Health Care In MN
From the StarTribune: In a sweeping policy departure that aligns with a top agenda item of the newly elected DFL legislative majorities, Gov. Tim Pawlenty called Tuesday...

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Is this discrimination?
What do you think of this?. SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — The village chapter of the NAACP has filed a complaint accusing the Ben Gilman Medical and Dental Clinic of relig...

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Feeding Frenzy: What’s Eating Us?
We live in a world that likes to focus on flash…the best news is breaking news that portrays the latest tragedy…whether that be...

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