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  • August 2007

    • Cancer Society Takes on Health Care Policy

      New York Times  |  Aug 31, 07 1:39 PM CDT

      Cancer Society Takes on Health Care Policy

      (Newser) - The American Cancer Society’s next ad campaign won’t tackle the tobacco wars or advocate mammograms, the Times reports. Instead, the group will devote its entire $15 million ad budget to the nation’s health care crisis. The move follows recent research linking detection delays with lack of coverage, which “will be a bigger cancer killer than tobacco,” the society predicts. More »

    • US Poverty Rate Dips, but Uninsured Swell

      Washington Post  |  Aug 29, 07 4:30 AM CDT

      US Poverty Rate Dips, but Uninsured Swell

      (Newser) - The US poverty rate has finally taken a downturn for the first time in 10 years, census figures show. The poverty rate was 12.3% in 2006, down from 12.6% the previous year, and annual household income rose to $48,200. But the news isn't all rosy: the number of people without health insurance soared to a record 47 million, and income inequality has never been greater. More »

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      health care  • health insurance  • poverty  • insurance  • income

    • 10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      MSNBC  |  Aug 17, 07 5:38 PM CDT

      10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      (Newser) - Avoid financial injury by following these ten tips from MSNBC : Shop for tests. Different labs may vary widely in costs. Negotiate. Hospitals may waive or reduce a co-pay fee if the patient can prove that it's a hardship. Question the necessity of follow-up appointments, X-rays or MRIs. More »

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      list  • health care  • medicine  • doctor  • blood pressure  • health care costs

    • GAO Warns of Decline & Fall .... of America

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 14, 07 3:42 AM CDT

      GAO Warns of Decline &amp; Fall .... of America

      (Newser) - America's dire state resembles that of the Rome just before its fall, the head of the General Accountability Office has warned in a grim new report. "Declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military, and fiscal irresponsibility," could lead to disaster here at home just as it did in Rome, declared the country's top inspector David Walker. More »

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      health care  • America  • Social Security  • Rome  • Government Accountability Office  • GAO  • modernization  • morals

    • Why Small Government Has Collapsed

      American Prospect  |  Aug 8, 07 6:08 PM CDT

      Why Small Government Has Collapsed

      (Newser) - Democrats have never been so well positioned to sell big-government liberalism—as the other side looks pathetically out of step with Americans’ desires to expand health care and bolster infrastructure, says the American Prospect ’s Paul Waldman. After the Minnesota bridge collapse, the public is ready for the party that says “we’re all in it together” rather than “we’re all on our own.” More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • George W. Bush  • Democrats  • health care  • health insurance  • Americans  • SCHIP  • infrastructure  • Andrew Sullivan

    • Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      (Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports. Wal-Mart and Kmart recently started selling uber-cheap meds. More »

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      health care  • medicine  • retail  • antibiotics  • Charlie Crist  • pharma  • free

    • Nagin to Feds: Cut Red Tape

      Times-Picayune (New Orleans)  |  Aug 2, 07 3:40 PM CDT

      Nagin to Feds: Cut Red Tape

      (Newser) - Ray Nagin delivered an unscripted plea to Congress yesterday, asking for a more urgent response to the health-care crisis that has plagued New Orleans since Katrina hit in 2005. Both Republicans and Democrats echoed the mayor's frustrations at the federal government's inaction on the city's pronounced shortage of physicians and mental health professionals, the Times-Picayune reports. More »

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      health care  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • disaster  • mayor  • aid  • insurance  • Ray Nagin

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Health-Care Industry Feels a Little 'Sicko'

      Time  |  Jun 28, 07 10:34 AM CDT

      Health-Care Industry Feels a Little 'Sicko'

      (Newser) - Michael Moore's "Sicko," in which the filmmaker advocates for socialized health care, has the industry nervous and trying to downplay the film's accuracy and objectivity. Strong opinions are flying on both sides, from medical workers who back Moore to an industry lobbying organization that calls him "a political activist with a track record for sensationalism." More »

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      film  • health care  • documentary  • Michael Moore  • Sicko

    • Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

      Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 07 4:15 PM CDT

      Army Hospital MIA on Stress Disorders

      (Newser) - Though 20 to 40 soldiers are sent home from Iraq each month with severe mental problems, the Army's largest hospital has no post-traumatic stress disorder center, reports the Washington Post . There is also a severe shortage of doctors qualified to treat these patients. Not long ago, the head of psychiatry sent a memo pleading for more staff. More »

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      health care  • soldier  • veterans  • PTSD  • stress  • psychiatry  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    • Moore's 'Sicko' Leaks to Youtube

      Reuters  |  Jun 18, 07 8:19 AM CDT

      Moore's 'Sicko' Leaks to Youtube

      (Newser) - Documentarian Michael Moore has a feverishly anticipated takedown of the American health-care industry set to open in two weeks—but try telling that to the internet. Sicko went viral this weekend as cinematic hackers managed to post the two-hour film in its entirety on YouTube, probably from a pirated DVD. More »

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      Internet  • YouTube  • health care  • Michael Moore  • copyright law  • Sicko

    • Kidney Donor Reality Show Was a Hoax

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 2, 07 10:48 AM CDT

      Kidney Donor Reality Show Was a Hoax

      (Newser) - A controversial Dutch reality show featuring a dying woman’s choice of a kidney recipient aired last night—and was revealed as a hoax. The "donor" was an actor; the contestants were real patients who were in on the prank. A producer said the goal was to call attention to the shortage of donor organs, adding, "We have succeeded in spades." More »

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      health care  • medicine  • reality TV  • organ transplants  • organ donor  • The Big Donor Show  • Endemol

  • May 2007

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