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Will it Snowe on health reform?

by Tinker Ready wrote 23 hours ago: This from yesterday’s Globe  PORTLAND, Maine –Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are gettin … more →

Tags: About health reform, Boston area hospitals, health, Massachusetts Health Plan, The Politics of Health Care

Health Care Reform--Crimes, Costs and Choice

olcranky wrote 1 day ago: The papers and TV news are filled these days with several stories each day about the current debate … more →

Tags: Business, Economics, Government, socialized medicine, Health Care Choice, health care proposals, health-care reform, medical costs, Medical Insurance

Obama Press Conference -- July 14, 2009

slwkrox wrote 2 days ago: Oh by the way, I loved Mrs. Obama's dress!! Ok sooooo I guess I’m on a President Obama soa … more →

Tags: health reform, health, House of Representatives, Congress, black women, Social Work, Health Websites, Health Disparities, socioeconomic barriers

Physician Heal Thyself

olcranky wrote 4 days ago: We have a new nominee for Surgeon General.  Her photos have now been flashed across the screens of c … more →

Tags: Economics, Environment, Government, Mother Nature, Politics, socialized medicine, Inc., medical costs, obesity

If mom can't pay for Healthcare, adult child must

goodtimepolitics wrote 4 days ago: This one’s going to blow baby boomers’ minds. It concerns a little-known law dating to E … more →

Tags: Politics, Baby Boomers, Barack Obama, Economy, Family, Healthcare, Obama Administration, Pennsylvania, Republicans

Former insurance exec tells how industry threatens elected officials7 comments

Monte wrote 5 days ago: Last Friday night, Wendell Potter, former head of Corporate Communications at CIGNA, told Bill Moyer … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Politics, poverty, social change, Bill Moyers, Capitol Hill Washington D.C., Cigna, Corporate Communications, government health care

Please sign these petitions against government run healthcare2 comments

jhs wrote 1 week ago: Here is an AFP ad targeting members of Congress to vote no on government run healthcare. Below … more →

Tags: National, health-care reform, healthcare petitions, petittion against health care bill

from "Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy"

Angela Arner wrote 1 week ago: $106-$238 billion is lost every year on health care costs due to a disconnect in the delivery of hea … more →

Tags: Communication, Health Information, Health Literacy, National Health Policy, statistics

Is Kennedy always liberal on health legislation?

by Tinker Ready wrote 1 week ago: Conservatives paint Sen. Ted Kennedy as the ultra-liberal champion of everything, especially health … more →

Tags: health care news, Biotechnology, generic biologics, Pharmaceuticals, Ted Kennedy, The Politics of Health Care

Simple steps to savings

simplecoverage wrote 1 week ago: Every so often, advice comes along that is so concise, that it should be shared verbatim. That is th … more →

Tags: choosing health insurance, Health Insurance Costs, Healthcare

Madoff, Shapiro and Boston Hospitals

by Tinker Ready wrote 1 week ago: If Carl Shapiro loses his fortune in the clean-up of the Madoff affair, what will it mean to Boston … more →

Tags: health care news, Boston area hospitals, Cancer, Carl Shapiro, Health Law, partners health care, picower

18,000 dead: The moral issues of health care1 comment

Monte wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s not just politics. Jim Wallis at Sojourners describes three moral issues that live at the … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Politics, poverty, Religion, social change, American Medical Association, health, Health Care, health-care reform

Insured and bankrupt + CRP tests

by Tinker Ready wrote 2 weeks ago: “Underinsurance is the great hidden risk of the American health care system,” said Elizabeth W … more →

Tags: Insurance, access to health insurance, cost of health insurance, health, Underinsured

Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic (DHMC) Mugged Me

aguruge wrote 2 weeks ago: Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic (DHMC) Mugged Me (Honest) by Anura Guruge The two Dartmouth Hitchcock … more →

Tags: Health Care, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, dhmc, Medical, Colonoscopy, Mugging, fraud, Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic, hanover

Health insurers near monopoly control of most markets1 comment

Monte wrote 2 weeks ago: Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr I thought I understood why insurance companies were the main … more →

Tags: Politics, Business, government health care, HCAN, heal, health, Health Care, health care ad, Health Care for America NOW!

Massachusetts June 24 State House health bill testimony2 comments

by Tinker Ready wrote 3 weeks ago:  The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a hearing Wednesday afternoon on several bills in … more →

Tags: About health reform, health, Mass Connector, Massachusetts Health Plan, The Politics of Health Care, Underinsured

We've Been Trapped Inside a Bad Health Care System So Long, We Don't Even Know How Much We're Missing

rogerhollander wrote 3 weeks ago: By Sara Robinson, Campaign for America’s Future. Posted June 26, 2009. www.alternet.org Our c … more →

Tags: Canada, Health, roger hollander, Health Insurance, Health Care, Single Payer, Education, health, Healthcare

Old Solution for Health Care

olcranky wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s do a thought experiment today about health care.  Those experiments worked really well f … more →

Tags: Economics, Government, socialized medicine, Business, Health Care, Healt Insurance, medical care costs, national healt care

Week in review and accessible hospitals

by Tinker Ready wrote 3 weeks ago: Check out my Week in Review and the rest of Mass Device. This business news site covers a key part o … more →

Tags: health care news, About health reform, The Politics of Health Care, Massachusetts Health Plan, Boston area hospitals, Medical Devices, health


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