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How Fewer Working Hours Can Save Our Health, Economy, and the Planet

Juliet B. Schor, YES! Magazine. September 9, 2011.

Millions of Americans have lost control over the basic rhythm of their daily lives.

Anthony Weiner's Uncensored Penis Picture Plus 10 Other Images That Are Even More Obscene (Warning: Graphic)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 9, 2011.

Weiner's junk isn't the only perverse image rocketing around the Internet -- here are 10 other shocking pics.

Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

Wendell Potter, Bloomsbury Press. December 18, 2010.

As the former senior exec for CIGNA, Wendell Potter details the health insurance industry's dirty tactics at garnering both public and presidential support.

Are Conservatives Trying to End Insurance Coverage for Abortion?

Nick Baumann, Mother Jones. December 9, 2010.

Remember the nasty fight over federal funding of abortion that nearly derailed the health care package? It's not over.

Exposing the Insurance Industry's Vast Conspiracy to Smear Michael Moore

Bill Berkowitz, AlterNet. November 22, 2010.

A whistleblower's allegations against the health insurance industry reveal sophisticated planning to squash Michael Moore's documentary, 'Sicko.'

In a Coma, With the Plug Pulled on Health Insurance

Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. March 26, 2010.

Heather Galeotti lay in a coma for nearly six months before her health insurer, Kaiser Permanente, informed her family that it would not cover $4 million in medical bills.

Memo to Congress: Desperate Times Call for Faster Measures

Paul Starr, The American Prospect. December 5, 2009.

Health-care reform needs to kick in faster than the current bills allow. And Congress better pass some Main Street economic measures -- on the double.

Focus on the Family's Insurance Plan Covers Abortion (And Other Ironies of The Latest Assault on Choice)

Focus on the Family's Insurance Plan Covers Abortion (And Other Ironies of The Latest Assault on Choice)

Eyal Press, TheNation.com AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 9, 2009.

If anti-choice pols want to assure taxpayers they won't subsidize abortion, why haven't they tried to abolish tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance?

New York May Stop Heartless Health Insurers from Dropping Coverage When It Stops Being Profitable

New York May Stop Heartless Health Insurers from Dropping Coverage When It Stops Being Profitable

William Ehart, Washington Times. November 7, 2009.

The proposed Ian's law, named after a victim of muscular dystrophy who requires an electronic device to speak would protect the most vulnerable from losing coverage.

House Health Reform Bill Outlaws Treating Domestic Violence As a Pre-Existing Condition

House Health Reform Bill Outlaws Treating Domestic Violence As a Pre-Existing Condition

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2009.

Part of the bill would ensure that insurers in the individual market would no longer treat domestic violence as a pre-existing condition.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Fight for Better Health Care

Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Fight for Better Health Care

Sen. Bernie Sanders, AlterNet: Video. October 23, 2009.

A single-payer approach saves hundreds of billions of dollars.

Insurance Company Tells Rape Victim Her Assault Would be a Pre-Existing Condition

Insurance Company Tells Rape Victim Her Assault Would be a Pre-Existing Condition

RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 21, 2009.

After insurance agent Chris Turner was raped, she went under cover to find out if her treatment would make her next insurance policy an impossible dream.

Rape Is a Pre-Existing Condition? The Heartlessness of the Health Insurance Industry Exposed

Rape Is a Pre-Existing Condition? The Heartlessness of the Health Insurance Industry Exposed

Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. October 21, 2009.

By taking anti-AIDS medicine after a rape, Christina Turner discovered that she had made herself all but uninsurable.

Harry Reid Turns Up Heat on Insurance Industry

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 14, 2009.

It's pretty unusual for a Senate Majority Leader to testify as a witness at a committee hearing, so I was glad to see Harry Reid (D-Nev.) make an exception today on a key issue.

Health Insurance Companies Want You to Stop Reproducing, or Pay the Price

Health Insurance Companies Want You to Stop Reproducing, or Pay the Price

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.

According to some companies, costs should stay manageable as long as you make "healthy lifestyle choices." So much for having kids...

Wellpoint Sues Maine to Guarantee Their Profits

Wellpoint Sues Maine to Guarantee Their Profits

Robert Greenwald, October 5, 2009.

Netting $2.5 billion in profits last year wasn't enough for WellPoint, the nation's largest insurance company.

'Centrist' Dem in the Senate Offers a Health Care Proposal George Bush Would Love

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. September 22, 2009.

The Baucus proposal includes a tax intended to dupe the public into thinking it soaks the rich. In truth, it would stick it to millions in the middle class.

Health Insurance Companies Are the Real Death Panels: My Best Friend Is Proof

Health Insurance Companies Are the Real Death Panels: My Best Friend Is Proof

AKMuckraker, The Mudflats AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2009.

Doctors are in the business of saving lives from disease, and illness and injury, but they shouldn't have to be in the business of saving lives from business.

Wife-Beating As a Pre-Existing Condition

Wife-Beating As a Pre-Existing Condition

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 15, 2009.

In eight states, Ryan Grim reports, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition.

The Health Insurance Racket

The Health Insurance Racket

Robert Greenwald, September 14, 2009.

Welcome to the American health insurance industry.

Ethnic Leaders Find Hope in Health Care Plan

Viji Sundaram, New America Media. September 11, 2009.

Leaders in the medical community analyzed what the president's health care plan would mean for immigrants and minorities.

California AG Called To Investigate Insurance Companies' Anti-Health Reform Advocacy

Victor Zapanta, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 3, 2009.

The complaint comes in response to the insurance companies' practice of actively encouraging employees to engage in anti-health care reform political activity.

GOP Congresswoman Tells Uninsured Woman at Town Hall to

GOP Congresswoman Tells Uninsured Woman at Town Hall to "Be a Grown-Up"

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 1, 2009.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins responds to a question posed by a 27-year old waitress who cannot afford health care.

It's Robbery: Health Care Proposals in Congress Look More Like a Rip-Off Than Reform

It's Robbery: Health Care Proposals in Congress Look More Like a Rip-Off Than Reform

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. August 24, 2009.

The health plans rattling around Congress are designed to force you to buy a defective product: Bad private insurance.

Fight back against health insurance lies

Robert Greenwald, AlterNet: Politics. August 6, 2009.

What does UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley have to lose if Congress passes real healthcare reform this year?

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