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Health News

January 10, 2010

Why Are We Drugging Our Kids?
By Evelyn Pringle, TruthOut.org.

Psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and can even make mental symptoms worse in kids. They're also a goldmine for drug companies.

November 27, 2009

Everyone's Talking About Stupak, But What About the Health Care Bill's More Insidious Features?
Posted by Jill Filipovic, Feministe

The current bill involves some quietly coercive (and racist) provisions that no one wants to mention.

November 26, 2009

The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless -- The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not
By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown.

The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.

October 15, 2009

Health Insurer Accused of "Attempted Murder" by Man Stripped of His Coverage
By William Ehart, Washington Times.

Insurer would rather end health coverage for entire categories of illness such as muscular dystrophy than pay out one dime.

October 12, 2009

Big Insurance Reverses Course and Launches Attack on Health Reform
Posted by Digby, Hullabaloo

In typically dishonest fashion.

October 7, 2009

Corporate Media Performing Miserably in Health Care Debate
By Peter Dreier and Todd Gitlin, AlterNet.

If it bleeds, it leads. So what happens when demonstrators play nice?

October 6, 2009

Finally: Prominent GOPers Come Out in Support of Health Care Reform
Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly

In addition to Bob Dole and Tommy Thompson, Mark McLellan and Arnold Schwarzenegger have indicated they support Obama's plan.

October 1, 2009

Why Getting Health Care Passed Is Insanely Difficult
By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted October 1, 2009.

Special interests have always worked to kill national health plans -- from the progressives' proposals during the Wilson era to Clinton's failed reforms in the 1990s.

September 23, 2009

Video: Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Growing Tumors: Get ‘An Existing Government Program’ Or Find Charity
Posted by Lee Fang, Think Progress .

Watch Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), who today called for the "scrapping" of Obama's proposed overhaul, demonstrate the absurdity of GOP health rhetoric.

September 23, 2009

Rep. Mike Ross, Opponent of Public Option, Raises Eyebrows With Healthy Haul From Pharmacy Chain
By Marcus Stern, ProPublica.

One-fifth of his constituents have no health insurance, and more than half want a public option, but Blue Dog Mike Ross has held fast against it. Could a sweetheart deal be why?

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