health care
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Rudy Giuliani profited from killer painkiller
During every presidential election, Democratic and Republican candidates promise to impose new reforms and initiatives aimed at improving the lives…
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Government ignores veteran and soldier suicides
I had been in Iraq for about two months when my brigade suffered its first fatality. He died from a…
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Health insurance giant lets 17-year-old girl die
Seventeen-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan died on Dec. 21, 2007 of complications related to her treatment for leukemia. She died because Cigna…
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Nurses strike against Sutter Health Hospitals
Within the last two months, registered nurses in the Bay Area have organized large two-day strikes. On Oct. 10 and…
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120 war veterans commit suicide each week
A 2007 report from CBS News discovered that in 2005 at least 6,256 U.S. war veterans committed suicide. That’s 120…
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World AIDS Day: capitalism ignores the millions infected
In the 26th year of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the profit system has only exacerbated the epidemic. An estimated 33 million…
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California nurses strike to defend patient care
On Oct. 10 and 11, over 5,000 nurses went on strike in the Bay Area. It was California’s largest strike…
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Government funds war, not healthcare for kids
On Oct. 3, Bush vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to provide $35 billion over five years to…
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UAW contract with GM cuts retiree care, wages
After weeks of negotiating, a walk-out and two-day strike, the United Auto Workers leadership and General Motors reached an agreement…
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Government to deny medical care to undocumented immigrants
The Bush administration has added the denial of emergency Medicaid funds to its arsenal of weapons used to terrorize undocumented…
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