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How Congress is Putting Your Breast Health at Risk

Reader diary posted by Jean Olsen

October 27, 2009 - 12:36pm

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Pink ribbons, walkathons, commercials. Breast cancer month is coming to an end and, as a breast cancer survivor, I know all too well that the importance of early detection cannot be stressed enough.


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(Video) Reid Says Senate Health Reform Bill Will Include "Opt-Out" Public Option: Baucus Now Supports It

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 26, 2009 - 4:05pm

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In a press conference at 3:15 pm today on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that the Senate will include an "opt-out" public option in its version of the health care reform bill. States would have the ability to "opt-out" of participating in the plan. Shortly thereafter, Senator Max Baucus, a key Democrat who earlier had stated opposition to a public option, released a statement in support of it.

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Weiner Calls on GOP Opponents of the Public Option to Give Up Their Medicare

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 23, 2009 - 7:36am

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Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is calling on 55 Republican members of Congress who oppose the public option--but are currently enrolled in one themselves--to give up their government-funded insurance.

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Daily Pulse: "I Love My Socialist Kidney"

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

October 1, 2009 - 11:44am

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To most Americans, single-payer health care seems like political science fiction, but most don’t realize we already have single-payer options: Medicare (for the aged) and Medicaid (for the poor). Jennifer Nix knows first hand about single payer....

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Daily Pulse: It Could Happen to You

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

September 16, 2009 - 12:52pm

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Opponents of health reform are stating that millions of Americans will lose their employer-based coverage under a public option. What they don't tell you is that employers can stop offering coverage at any time with no fallback.

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Weekly Pulse: Key Dems Back Public Insurance Option

By Lindsay E. Beyerstein, The Media Consortium

April 2, 2009 - 8:00am

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The chairs of five key congressional committees have finalized a plan for healthcare reform, and their blueprint includes a critical public option.

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Palin, Protector of Children vs. Her Record

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

October 3, 2008 - 2:41pm

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Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin styles herself as a fierce protector of children and families, but her record on health insurance for children and pregnant women raises doubts about her priorities.

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Abortion Funds: Putting Women's Needs at the Center

By Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check

September 13, 2007 - 9:41am

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Abortion funds know that for low-income and uninsured women, Roe v. Wade has, essentially, been overturned.


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