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Senate girds for Saturday vote and long battle on health care
The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter, lengthy battle over the future of health care in America, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The $100 Million Health Care Vote?
(Blog Post) The health care bill includes a $100 million section for increasing medicaid subsidies to the state of Louisiana. ...via Digg -
Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote
The majority leader also put to rest any notion that the Senate would try to use budget reconciliation rules. Read ...via The Hill -
Reid announces a Saturday vote on beginning debate on health bill
That procedural vote will decide whether to bring that bill to the Senate floor and begin debate, and its approval ...via Memeorandum -
Seniors skeptical of health overhaul
For seniors opposed to an overhaul, much of the fear stems from well-publicized news reports of massive Medicare ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Foes seek funds for critical study
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care ...via Washington Post
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Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort ...via NewsRack -
Docudrama
(Blog Post) Sometime in August, McKinsey & Company created a PowerPoint document called “Health Care Reform and Implications ...via Jonathan Cohn -
Tell Congress to Go To Hell With their Current Health Reform
For OpEdNews: Rob Kall - Writer "I know some of my words are not nice-- crude, vulgar-- but if you're not thinking ...Posted by Michael Dewey -
Cultural Borders and Mental Barriers: The Relationship Between Living Abroad and Creativity
Despite abundant anecdotal evidence that creativity is associated with living in foreign countries, there is ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey
When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
That’s the problem with loving typography. It’s like having a heightened sense of smell. You spend much more of ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
The psychology of healthcare reform
The House has passed the first comprehensive reform package of the health insurance industry in decades, which is ...via OneRiot -
Are Same-Sex Couples Better Parents?
Are the parenting styles of these couples and the psychological development of their children different from ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
America's defining choice: war in Afghanistan or health care at home
Where's the best place to spend $100 billion a year? Is it on patrols in Afghanistan? Or is it to refurbish our ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie -
Stupak Amendment Could End Abortion Coverage -- For Everyone
there is more bad news for women: a George Washington University study released this week indicates that the Stupak ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Health Care, Not Assimilation
While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs
But Harry, you really need to take on future health-care costs. The House bill fails to do this. The public option ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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House leaders prepare for rare Saturday vote on health-care bill
House leaders put in motion the machinery to hold a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching expansion of the ...via Google News -
Making Health Care Better
The American health care system is more expensive than any other, without providing better results. The cure, says ...via Tim O'Reilly -
When Soldiers Snap
“Every man has his breaking point,” said military doctors in World War II, believing that more than 90 days of ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Mental health of troops comes under scrutiny
Sgt. Justin "Jon" Garza joined the Army eight years ago at 20. When he arrived at Ft. Hood in June, the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
What’s Good for the Kids
It has been apparent for a while now that we live in child-centric times. We approach parenting with a ...via Nicholas Kristof -
Was Fort Hood Shooter's Intentions Mass Murder, or Terrorism?
Some seee tis as an act of terrorism, but crime experts and fellow psychiatrists familiar with the military ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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The Price of Health Reform: Abortion Rights?
Will health care reform come at the cost of abortion rights? The Democrats? historic health care bill squeaked ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
God, the Army, and PTSD
During the Iraq war, however, the great difficulty veterans experienced in getting psychiatric care—greater than ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Does Biased News Have a 'Time Bomb' Effect?
There's nobody more cynical about the media than your average European. Only 12 percent of Europeans claim to trust ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Biggest Roadblock to Change May Be in Our Minds
When you step back from the specifics of the health care debate — as well as the rancor surrounding it — an ...via Miller-McCune
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Out to lunch
The week before last, two Northwest pilots overshot Minneapolis, their destination, by a hundred and fifty miles, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
The Defining Moment
The health care legislation on the table isn’t perfect, but it’s as good as anyone could reasonably have ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Are there asexuals among us?
some scientists believe that there may be a fourth sexual orientation in our species, one characterized by the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Healing our troubled vets
The public is kinder to its veterans today than it was during the Vietnam War, when soldiers risked their lives ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
The psychology of healthcare reform
The House has passed the first comprehensive reform package of the health insurance industry in decades, which is ...via OneRiot
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Scientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin
The conclusion: the brain responds to junk food the same way it does to heroin:Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
The problem with salmon farming in BC
(Video) This is a video documentary regarding fish farming.Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie -
A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate
After all, these two things are not the same. Insurance companies are not in the health care business. They are in ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
