Gender Indexing And The Health Insurance Industry

Ah, the healthcare debate. It’s reaching all kinds of wild, deeply discriminatory levels, which usually boil down to a “I got mine, so fuck you and yours” attitude. The latest manifestation of this is the gender-based arguments arising around health care. Presently, women’s advocacy groups are trying to work with the legislators of the health [...]

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Bailing Out Insurance Companies

Maybe we haven’t been paying close enough attention to the latest health care discussions, or more specifically, the details of the Baucus bill, but we were surprised today to read a NY Times piece almost praising the committee for softening the impact of financial penalties on people who didn’t obtain insurance under the new legislation. [...]

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WIN: The Senate Finance Committee has finally done something right, and rejected a Republican proposal to tighten restrictions on abortion under the Max Baucus health care bill. [NY Times]

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Today’s Headlines: Barack Obama Breaks Into The Homes Of Hard Working Americans To Give Them Health Care Against Their Will

• President Barry had to go on the teevee last night to convince Americans they should want healthcare reform, and that having healthcare would be, you know, a good thing. Americans remain unconvinced however, as the system in place is working out so well for them. [NY Times] • When a reporter went off-topic during [...]

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We’re Too Busy Mocking The Whole Mark Sanford Fiasco To Really Post Proper News, But Here’s This Anyway

• Most Americans want health care reform, as long as that means no changes whatsoever in the present health care system. Got that? Yeah, us neither. [Wash Po] • The Senate is currently debating a resolution condemning violence against women’s healthcare providers. Yes, debating. The bill states “acts of violence should never be used to [...]

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Good Thing No One Is Overreacting Over This Swine Flu Thing

On governmental orders, Egypt’s Health Ministry workers drove through the country, rounding up and slaughtering roughly 300,000 pigs on Wednesday. As a precautionary measure, you see. Good thing the virus isn’t spread through human-to-human contact. Oh, wait. What? [1010 WINS dot com] Meanwhile, 300,000 pigs is a lot of meat. Especially to the 1 billion [...]

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Drug Companies to Join Healthcare Overhaul Efforts

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhARMA) has joined forces with the liberal advocacy group Families USA to back increased government coverage under the Medicaid program for the poor. Previously a powerful opponent of healthcare reform, PhARMA, alongside Families USA, will now lobby Congress to expand Medicaid to cover everyone who meets the federal [...]

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