Health Care
Weekly Pulse: GOP Kills Health Care for 9/11 Workers, Rails at “Ground Zero Mosque”
Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-N.Y) famous rant, Missouri pushes to block health care reform, and crisis pregnancy centers get a critical look.
Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Millions of Women to Benefit From Affordable Care Act, Report Says
Thirty million women will benefit from the health care reform law during its implementation over the next several years, a new report says.
Posted Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by Kristi Eaton
If Health Care is a Responsibility, Why Is It a Right in Prison?
Legally and ethically, if health care is a constitutional right for prison inmates, why isn’t it a right for everyone?
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 by Pema Levy
Weekly Pulse: Uncovered Abortions, Toxic Mani-Pedis, and Kagan’s a Go
Last week, the Obama administration preemptively caved to the anti-choice lobby by declaring that new high-risk insurance pools, a byproduct of recent health care legislation, will not cover abortions, even if states or patients pay for that coverage with their own money.
Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein with Lindsay Beyerstein
Prescription Drug Abuse Up 400 Percent
For years it’s been known that prescription drug abuse has been steadily increasing at campuses across across the country as more students turn to pills to get through tests, papers and daily life in general. But a new report from the White House illustrates how out of control the problem of prescription drug abuse has become.
Posted Monday, July 19, 2010 by Kristi Eaton
Young Feminists to Older Feminists: If You Can’t Find Us, It’s Because We’re Online
Following the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, Stephanie Herold has helped shape the future of online feminism.
Posted Monday, July 19, 2010 in Opinions by Stephanie Herold
Weekly Pulse: Kagan Hearings: Gags, God, Guns, and Gays
Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday. Her nomination has been met by glum resignation on the left and indifference on the right, as Adam Serwer notes in the American Prospect.
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Reprints by Kay Steiger
Affordable Insurance For Those With a Pre-Existing Condition? Not Likely.
Although the objective of the health insurance reform process was to universally insure everyone, the actual law falls short of that objective, leaving many uninsured.
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Kristi Eaton
Weekly Pulse: U.S. Social Forum Tackles Health Issues
Tens of thousands of progressive activists are converging on Detroit this week for the U.S. Social Forum to envision a better future.
Posted Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein with Lindsay Beyerstein
Lifting the Military’s Ban on Privately Funded Abortion Isn’t Good Enough
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For Some Graduates, Health Insurance Is the Best Gift
Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 in Cribsheets by Paul Richards
Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has gone to great lengths to establish himself as a conservative leader on the issue of health care.
Posted Monday, June 7, 2010 in Know Your Right Wingers by Chris Marchsteiner
How Health Care Reform Affects Musicians and Other Artists
Posted Friday, May 28, 2010 in Reporting by Kriston Capps
Weekly Pulse: Prostate Health is Girly and Other Health Care Paradoxes
Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Obama’s Decision to Keep HIV/AIDS Funding Flat Could Be Devastating
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2010 in Reporting by Rebecca Foerg-Spittel
Just In Time: Young People Benefit from Health Care Bill
Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010 in Reporting by Whitney Maddox
The Beginning of Change: Congress Passes Health Care and Education Reform
Posted Monday, March 22, 2010 in Cribsheets by Natasha Bowens
Health Care’s Obstacle Course
Posted Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in Cartoons by Jen Sorensen
