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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Amish

Amish stories: 9 news summaries
analysis

To Dodge Obamacare, Turn Amish (or Mennonite)

Measure based on tax laws aimed at Amish

Aug 3, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Backers of health care reform on Capitol Hill want a plan that mandates insurance for all—but they appear willing to bend the rules for some religious Americans, Maura Reynolds of CQ Politics reports. Current legislation contains a religious exemption based on tax laws meant to give leeway to the... More »

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Congress • religion • legislation • Amish • health care reform • US Congress • Mennonites • Obama administration • religious beliefs • Christian Science

 Amish Finally Cotton to 
 Unemployment Checks 

Church elders ease restrictions to help workers weather recession

Apr 20, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some Amish have decided unemployment benefits are one modern invention they can’t afford to shun, reports the Los Angeles Times. The shrinking supply of affordable farmland has forced a growing number of Amish men into factory work in recent years, and church elders relented on restrictions on government aid... More »

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employment • recession • Amish • unemployment benefits • Mennonites

 Hypertension 
 Gene Found 
 Among Amish 

Researchers find hypertension gene

Dec 30, 08 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A genetic study of Pennsylvania's reclusive Amish community has led to the discovery of a gene that may trigger high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart attacks and stroke. The gene variant, dubbed STK39, regulates sodium levels leading to greater blood volume and high blood pressure, reports Health ... More »

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University of Maryland • hypertension • Amish • high blood pressure • gene variant • STK39 • Yen-Pei Christy Chang

Amish Gene May
Help Protect Heart

Missing gene could keep triglycerides low

Dec 12, 08 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - About 5% of Pennsylvania Amish have a rare genetic mutation that makes them less susceptible to cardiovascular disease, Reuters reports. A new study shows that the 5% lack a second copy of a gene that inhibits the breakdown of harmful fats, or triglycerides, in the bloodstream that can harden and... More »

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heart disease • Pennsylvania • genetic mutation • heart attack • Amish • heart health • scientific study • triglyceride

Amish Blast ID Cow Chips
as 'Mark of the Beast'

Farmers sue USDA over Michigan's mandatory tag program

Nov 14, 08 3:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Amish farmers has launched a federal lawsuit against the USDA claiming that electronic ID tags on cattle are the mark of Satan himself, not merely of the Michigan Animal Identification System, Wired reports. The farmers say the mandatory program, aimed at tracking livestock diseases, violates the "... More »

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cattle • religion • USDA • Amish • Satan • RFID • farmers

ANALYSIS

Amish Could Give McCain Crucial Swing-State Support

Many members of sect, concentrated in Ohio, Pa., voted Bush in '04

Oct 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain now focused on winning Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, he could get help from a group that has traditionally avoided politics: the Amish. When they do vote, Amish are thought to be 100% Republican because of their views on abortion, Benjamin Sarlin writes in the Daily Beast; George... More »

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John McCain • Republican • GOP • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Amish • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • swing states • the religious vote • battleground states

 Amish Population Booming

Reclusive sect expanding into 28 states

Aug 21, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The booming Amish population has expanded far beyond its Pennsylvania Dutch country roots, drawn to new communities in a quest for cheap farmland, reports the AP. With more than 80% of its youth deciding to remain in the church, its numbers have soared from 123,000 in 1992 to 227,... More »

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Pennsylvania • population • farmland • Amish

 Mennonites, Amish
 Battle Hospitals
 Over 'Inflated' Bills 

Struggle reveals rosy financial state of nonprofit hospitals

Jun 28, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Martin shuns health insurance and government aid, although nine of his kids are seriously ill. Like other self-sufficient Pennsylvania Mennonites, and Amish too, Martin avails modern medicine for the fatal diseases that are ravaging their families—but is hard-up to pay the bills, which Martin claims are inflated. "... More »

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medicine • hospitals • insurance • Amish • Mennonites

Amish Community Heals, Slowly

Nearly a year after school shootings, town makes peace with the aftermath

Sep 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's been almost a year since the shooting spree at an Amish schoolhouse in rural Pennsylvania in which five girls were killed and five wounded. In the Lancaster New Era, the families talk with stunning directness about the particular pain of losing a child and making peace with the... More »

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Pennsylvania • family • school shooting • Amish • Lancaster

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