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Why We Need Health Care Reform

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Barack Obama - Aug. 16 (Opinion) - In the end, health care reform isn’t about politics and fear. It’s about changing a system that often works better for the health-insurance companies than it does for millions of Americans.

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Consider McCain's health as well as candidate's age

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Post Intelligencer - By Richard E. Seroussi - Oct. 13 (Opinion) - As a physician, I am concerned that presidential candidate John McCain has not been willing to release his medical records for public scrutiny. While I can appreciate that the senator is a "very young" 72-year-old man, he is clearly at an age where his mortality is significantly more likely than for a younger man. The country should understand if he is at significant risk for a disease process that would carry enough morbidity to make him unable to perform the position of president for the next four years.

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Akron Children's Hospital "Nick" - Adweek Ad of the Day

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Adweek - By Mark Dolliver - Jun. 10 (Review) - "I compare chemo to 80s music. It's nasty." So says a 15-year-old named Nick in this spot for Akron Children's Hospital, and he's earned his opinion. He tell us of his liking for jazz, ska and swing and his detestation of the music of the '80s, which his parents inflict on him. Beset by a cancer that hits just 400 people a year, he's kept a healthy sense of humor.

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Please stop asking me if I'm pregnant.

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Craigslist - By Anonymous post from breast cancer survivor - Mar. 30 (Opinion) - I know that I seem to be more of child bearing age than cancer producing age, and I know that my newly flat chest due to a recent double mastectomy makes my belly protrude and makes me look preggers.

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We are killing our own!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Smirking Chimp - Feb. 07 (Opinion) - The National Cancer Institute and the Center for Disease Control have estimated that between 11,000 and 212,000 Americans have had thyroid cancer or leukemia from the fallout of our nuclear testing.

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The Health Industry's Secret History of Delaying the Fight Against Cancer

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:41:37 -0800

AlterNet - By Christine Wenc - Dec. 06 (Review) - In her new book, Devra Davis exposes scientists and government officials who have worked to downplay or dismiss preventable causes of cancer.

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Pathologies of Hope

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:06:31 -0800

Harper's - Feb. 02 (Opinion) - I hate hope. It was hammered into me constantly a few years ago when I was being treated for breast cancer: Think positively! Don't lose hope! Wear your pink ribbon with pride! A couple of years later, I was alarmed to discover that the facility where I received my follow-up care was called the Hope Center. Hope? What about a cure? At antiwar and labor rallies over the years, I have dutifully joined Jesse Jackson in chanting "Keep hope alive!" -- all the while crossing my fingers and thinking, "Fuck hope. Keep us alive."

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