health care
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Community protests planned closings of Chicago mental health clinics
On Aug. 27, patients and workers in Chicago staged a demonstration outside the office of Mayor Richard Daley to protest…
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Lack of health coverage kills 45,000 annually
According to a study published in the Journal of Public Health, lack of health insurance was a factor in as…
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Insurers deny claims at shockingly high rate
A study recently released by the California Nurses Association /National Nurses Organizing Committee revealed that in California alone, more than…
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Ted Kennedy and the limits of capitalist democracy
Health care reform is Washington’s hot topic these days. And perhaps no other politician was as prominent an advocate of…
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Healthcare workers in California protest governor
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held a press conference at the state Microbial Diseases Laboratory to address…
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Whole Foods CEO attacks workers’ right to healthcare
On Aug. 11, Chief Executive Officer of organic food retail giant Whole Foods, John Mackey, published an article in the…
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Nursing home caregivers end three-day strike
In an attempt to fight against bad working conditions and for higher wages and better health insurance coverage, the United…
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Drug companies working hard to protect profits
President Obama and other politicians are hosting town hall meetings across the country as part of the process of passing…
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Backroom deal shapes health care reform
While town hall meetings are ostensibly turning health care reform into a public debate, the boundaries of the health care…
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What could ‘fix’ the U.S. health care system?
The writer is a Registered Nurse working in the Los Angeles area. The following is based on a presentation at…
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