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Proposed Amendments Would Deny Health Care to Women
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
July 9, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Dozens of anti-choice amendments to health care reform legislation proposed to the Senate HELP committee would actually deny care to women.
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Patients' Rights Suddenly "Sacred" to Scared GOP
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
May 15, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Meet the newest defender of reproductive rights: GOP strategist and health care reform opponent Dr. Frank I. Luntz.
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Insurance Companies Tell Congress: You Sell Us Your Soul, We'll End Discrimination
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
May 7, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Insurance companies would be happy to end their discrimination against women, their industry CEO says -- in return for a pledge from Congress that it will require every American to have health insurance, and that it won't create a public option.
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Invite Tom Daschle to Your House for Cookies - and Health Care Reform
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
December 12, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
When's the last time the Secretary of Health and Human Services asked to drop by and find out what we think about fixing America's broken health care system?
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Testimony Before the President's Council on Bioethics: Protecting Patients' Rights
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
September 12, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Proposed HHS regulations seek to protect provider conscience -- at the expense of patient access to care. Testimony submitted to the President's Council on Bioethics examines the harmful ramifications these regulations could have.
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Want Health Care Gains? Let's Get a Better Partner in DC
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
August 28, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
The reality for women is that our nation's health care "system" is failing us. We need to be listening carefully to what the two parties have to say about health care reform at their national conventions.
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Women's Health Advocates Speak Up in Push for Health Reform
by Lois Uttley, Merger Watch
August 4, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Will comprehensive health reform give women access to the services we need, including reproductive health care? Only if we're on the front lines shaping health reform policy.
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