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    • 29 Ratings
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    Obamacare and my Granddaughter's Kidney

    APRIL 3, 2012 3:50PM

    By Rodney Roe


    Topics: health insurance, economy, family, obamacare, open+call, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 2179 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    The Circle of Life

    JANUARY 24, 2012 12:40PM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: economy, business, politics, obama, health insurance, what now, open call, life adjustments, unemployment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1929 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Occupied: My Mother?!

    OCTOBER 20, 2011 9:28PM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: foreclosure, bankruptcy, social security, health insurance, health problems, anti-feminism, mothers, self-restriction, pride, alienation, community, paycheck, political protests, politics, ivaw, vfp, green party illinois, green party, ows protests, occupy protests, occupy philly, ows, occupy, 99%, 1%

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1323 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Desparately Seeking a Candidate...

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 10:39AM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: health insurance, republican debate, memphis, commercial appeal, saturday cartoon, politics, political, cartoons, humor, economic crisis, milddle class, graham sale, men in hats, libya, chris christie, gop, tea party, repulicans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 6444 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Barack Obama & The Case of the Insurance Claim

    JULY 15, 2011 12:47PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: health reform, cigna, cancer, new york times, janny scott, a singular woman, media, health insurance, ann dunham, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1362 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    My Struggle In The Lyme Light

    JUNE 24, 2011 10:02AM

    By George MacMillan


    Topics: bipolar disorder, mental illness, mental health, nature, health coverage, health insurance, lyme disease, ticks, doctors, science, politics, health, environment, medicine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1930 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Birth control pills shouldn't be OTC without medical advice

    MARCH 1, 2011 12:32PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: hormones, doctors, medical advice, pharmacies, uninsured women, health insurance, access to contraception, contraception, over the counter birth control pills, over the counter, birth control pills

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 3158 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    The Big C

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 7:50AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, climate change, cancer, citizen participation, convergence, carrying capacity, calamity, catastrophe, personal, personalize, supply chain, leverage, over-leveraged, stock market, crash, medication, drugs, supplies, hurricane, drought, war, disruption, society, capitalism, planning, population, overpopulation, zpg, health insurance, health care, health, bad for your health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3455 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Health Care Reform Is Here: Insurers Forced to Comply

    APRIL 28, 2010 3:24PM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: policy, news, rescission, wellpoint, unitedhealth, health insurance, health care reform

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1955 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Entitlement has no place in this

    MARCH 23, 2010 12:18PM

    By Alicia PhD


    Topics: health insurance, politics, health care reform

    • Editor's Pick
    • 69 Ratings
    • 10953 Views
    • 95 Comments
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    How lack of health insurance kills artists

    FEBRUARY 11, 2010 6:46PM

    By Cary Tennis


    Topics: artists, art, health insurance, chordoma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 1878 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    A Line in the Shifting Sands of Health Insurance

    DECEMBER 16, 2009 5:11AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: filibuster, universal health care, private, public, public option, price pressure, price control, competition, howard dean, dean, joseph lieberman, joe lieberman, lieberman, insurance companies, health insurance, health care, republicans, democrats, we need this to pass, rcredibility, failure is not an option, failure, lame duck, presidency, president, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1008 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Oprah should lend her platform to real reform

    OCTOBER 16, 2009 1:38PM

    By Sonya Unrein


    Topics: oprah, dr. oz, advocacy, health insurance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Cartoons, acid mix #3 ... Seek and Hide

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 7:18AM

    By Richard Fox


    Topics: drawing, absurdity, elephants, humor, satire, cartoon, stupidity, republicans, health insurance, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1138 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    An oldie: who is your death panel?

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 8:28PM

    By carolita johnson


    Topics: death panel, obama, health insurance, caj, carolita johnson, huffington post

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 738 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Private, For-Profit Heath Insurance Is Self-Contradictory

    AUGUST 19, 2009 10:22PM

    By Paul Levinson


    Topics: health insurance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1542 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Senate Drops Public Option: Is Real Health Care Reform Dead?

    JULY 28, 2009 9:32AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: television, howard dean, bill maher, single payer, public option, reid, pelosi, republicans, democrats, bipartisan, bill clinton, special interests, insurance, health insurance, reform, barack obama, obama, politics, news, health care

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2324 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Market competition is not going to fix US health care

    APRIL 6, 2009 5:33PM

    By pontificatrix


    Topics: health care, socialized medicine, health insurance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2006 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Blaming the uninsured

    MARCH 5, 2009 5:52PM

    By Patrick D Hahn


    Topics: health, health insurance, health care, overmedicalization, medical-industrial complex

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 751 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    On the Unsuitability of Chuck Taylors

    DECEMBER 10, 2008 1:21PM

    By MissAdventures


    Topics: winter, employment, health insurance

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