Health Care
The Latest Health Care Court Case
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Free Birth Control Under Affordable Care Act
Insurers will offer a range of preventative women’s health services under the new regulations.
Posted Monday, August 1, 2011 in Reporting by Jon Christian
Silver Screens & Cigarettes
Big tobacco depends on what’s cool to sell cigarettes—and Hollywood still plays a vital role.
Posted Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Scott Meslow
Kansas Closes All But One Abortion Provider
A legal medical procedure is now nearly impossible to get in the state.
Posted Friday, July 1, 2011 in Reporting by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
FDA Releases New Generation of Anti-Smoking Labels
Research indicates graphic anti-smoking warnings won’t have the same effect on all.
Posted Thursday, June 23, 2011 by Jon Christian
The Cost of Smoking
Read more at The Incidental Economist
Join the Campaign to Fight Asthma in Communities of Color
A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the high number of asthma attacks among African American and Latino children.
Posted Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in Reprints by Jorge Madrid
Health Care News Roundup: The Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Affordable Care Act
ACA appeal rejected, military malpractice shield laws heading to the Supreme Court.
Posted Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Erin Glinowiecki
600,000 Young Adults Get Insurance Thanks to Health Care Reform
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report showing that at least 600,000 young adults have joined their parents’ health plans thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
Posted Tuesday, May 3, 2011 by Tobin Van Ostern
EPA’s Proposed Rule Would Help Fight Asthma and Lower Pollution
Posted Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Reprints by Susan Lyon and Jorge Madrid
Emergency Rooms Aren’t Enough for the Undocumented
Leaving the uninsured’s health care to emergency rooms hurts immigrants most of all.
Posted Monday, April 25, 2011 by Nicolas Mendoza
Weekly Pulse: Ad Shows Grandpa Stripping for Cash to Pay for Medicare
In possibly one of the most cringe-worthy issue ads ever produced, the DCCC tries to show the price of cutting the Medicare budget.
Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Student Health Plans Merit Special Treatment Under the New Health-Care Law, Colleges & Insurers Say
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly Pulse: Paul Ryan’s Medicare Swindle
Paul Ryan’s budget plan would result in a free-market death panel for the elderly.
Posted Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Weekly Pulse: GOP Would Privatize Medicare, Gut Medicaid
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is billing a budget proposal as debt reduction, when it’s actually an ideological privatization scheme and radical class warfare.
Posted Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
