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  • August 2008
    • Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

      Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

      (Newser) - Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers would have the right to refuse to provide abortion services, contraception or even information on preventing or ending pregnancies under a controversial new regulation issued by the Bush administration. The proposed rule would force hospitals, clinics and other health care providers to accommodate employees' moral objections or lose federal funding, reports the Washington Post .   More »

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      abortion   contraception   conception   Plan B   Health and Human Services   bioethics   Mike Leavitt

    • Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to Tears, Fury

      Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to Tears, Fury

      (Newser) - Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’s mother in neglecting the 14-year-old cerebral palsy patient as she wasted away to 42 pounds. More »

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      Philadelphia   starvation   child neglect   bureaucracy   Michael Nutter   Health and Human Services   city government

  • January 2008
  • October 2007
    • 'Privatized' Medicare Dupes Elderly: Audits

      'Privatized' Medicare Dupes Elderly: Audits

      (Newser) - Dems are likely loading political ammo after audits show that Medicare providers have cut thousands from coverage and snubbed those who complain. What's more, HIV/AIDS patients have been booted, standards flouted and phones left ringing. Dems have long opposed efforts to "privatize Medicare," but feds say the changes improve choice and slash prices, the New York Times reports. More »

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      doctor   elderly   prescription drugs   Medicare   Health and Human Services   insurance providers   UnitedHealth

  • April 2007

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