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    • 28 Ratings
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    My Brother’s Reality Intrudes

    JANUARY 4, 2010 7:15PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, adoption, unethical, moral, immoral, keep, keeper, catholic, birth control, dui, dwi, drunk driving, accident, crash, welfare, jail, prison, lost job, losing job, adopted, ward of the state, foster child, foster children, unwanted, pregnant, pregnancy, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion, unwanted child, unwanted pregnancy, carry to term, finances, financial, economics, afford, care for, raise, child, children, health care, health insurance, universal coverage, public option, responsible, irresponsible, ethical

    • 1 Ratings
    • 190 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Seniors Repent

    NOVEMBER 24, 2009 3:05PM

    By Wally Gene


    Topics: obamacare, universal coverage, socialized health care, medicare advantage, subsidies, medicare, seniors opposition, health care reform

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 822 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Healthcare and the classroom

    NOVEMBER 1, 2009 10:35PM

    By MsThirteen


    Topics: inequality, absenteeism, sick days, students, kids, elementary school, school, teacher, universal coverage, health care, h1n1

    • 29 Ratings
    • 2749 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    My Brother Is Pregnant

    OCTOBER 29, 2009 5:59PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, birth control, catholic, keeper, keep, immoral, moral, unethical, ethical, irresponsible, responsible, public option, universal coverage, health insurance, health care, children, child, raise, care for, afford, economics, financial, finances, carry to term, unwanted pregnancy, unwanted child, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, adoption, abortion, pregnancy, pregnant, unwanted

    • 37 Ratings
    • 1353 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Grayson to Republicans: “Get Out of the Way”

    OCTOBER 10, 2009 1:28PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, health care, health insurance, reform, roadblock, obstacle, republicans, democrats, leaders, followers, leading, following, in the way, out of the way, single payer, universal coverage, universal care, americans dying, citizens dying, people dying, hunger, overpopulation, world peace, defense, blt, bacon, apology, apologize, care, caring, no one cares, america wants, what america wants

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1422 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call

    AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy

    • 15 Ratings
    • 2758 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22

    AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 455 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Risk of Obama's Health Reform: good money after bad

    JULY 21, 2009 9:52PM

    By Carey Krause


    Topics: unfunny policy wonk blogs, health care rationing, universal coverage, health care reform, heath care

    • 14 Ratings
    • 2498 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Healthcare Hucksters

    JUNE 3, 2009 4:27PM

    By Tom Cordle


    Topics: scumbags, medicare fraud, hca, bill frist, rick scott, obama, bush ii, clinton, reagan, ehrlichman, nixon, universal coverage, single-payer, healthcare, health, science, news

    • 2 Ratings
    • 538 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Tens of Thousands Die Each Year from Lack of Health Coverage

    JUNE 2, 2009 4:24PM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: politics, medicine, healthcare, universal coverage, under-insurance, preventable deaths, medical, malpractice, lawsuits, insurance, health, doctors, care

    • 0 Ratings
    • 320 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Why the Stem Cell Reversal Is Not a Total Victory

    MARCH 11, 2009 10:52AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: stem cell reversal, barack obama, healthcare newsladder, newsladder, george bush, family research council, human cloning, restoration of science, embryos, federal funds, dickey-wicker, universal coverage, republicans, health insurance, andy stern, seiu, abstinence

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1466 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Obama Healthcare Plan: Net Cost Decrease for Avg. Americans

    NOVEMBER 14, 2008 12:42PM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: obama healthcare, obama, universal coverage, healthcare

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