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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "healthcare"

Introducing ChristianChirp, the Evangelical Right's Alternative to Twitter

Introducing ChristianChirp, the Evangelical Right's Alternative to Twitter

Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet. November 12, 2009.
ChristianChirp.com, which promises to be a "family friendly" site, was founded by a man who claims to have been banned from Twitter for defending Rush Limbaugh.

So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.
Find out how your representative voted on and call their office, to thank them or to tell them that you'll be supporting a pro-choice democrat in the next primary.

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009.
I think so.

Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster Healthcare Bill, Says Public Option Is

Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster Healthcare Bill, Says Public Option Is "Unnecessary"

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. November 9, 2009.
Lieberman calls it a "matter of conscience."

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.

Husband Joins Army So Cancer-Stricken Wife Can Get Health Care

Husband Joins Army So Cancer-Stricken Wife Can Get Health Care

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: World. October 20, 2009.
Bill Caudle was laid off from his job in March 2009, which resulted in his family losing their health care coverage.

Rahm Emanuel on Public Option:

Rahm Emanuel on Public Option: "It's Not the Defining Piece of Health Care"

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 19, 2009.
In multiple TV appearances on Sunday, the White House Chief of Staff reiterated that the public option is not mandatory.

Laura Flanders Live on GritTV:  Is Congress Opting out of Real Healthcare Reform?

Laura Flanders Live on GritTV: Is Congress Opting out of Real Healthcare Reform?

Laura Flanders, GRITtv AlterNet: PEEK. October 14, 2009.
Watch Flanders live with Adam Thompson of the Progressive States Network, Paul Waldman from The American Prospect, and Rep. Raul Grijalva.

Do You Want the Right to Kill Yourself? Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'

Do You Want the Right to Kill Yourself? Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 3, 2009.
Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy -- and now he's bringing his cause to the States.

Mythmaking 101: Why Millions Have Bought into 'Death Panel' Propaganda

Mythmaking 101: Why Millions Have Bought into 'Death Panel' Propaganda

Kenny Smith, Religion Dispatches. September 17, 2009.
The death panel rumor is the real deal: values masquerading as truth, all in service of one heckuva group fantasy.

In a Big Labor Day

In a Big Labor Day "F*ck You" to Working People, Sen. Max Baucus Continues to Ruin Healthcare Reform

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2009.
Baucus refuses to support the public option even though a majority of his constituents say they support it.

American Brokenness: A Lament on Healthcare

American Brokenness: A Lament on Healthcare

Daniel Schultz, Religion Dispatches. September 3, 2009.
Conservatives in this country are undergoing an existential crisis, but this is not the time for liberals to sit by smugly and watch.

Bill Moyers: Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

Bill Moyers: Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

Bill Moyers, Maggie Mahar, Bill Moyers Journal. September 1, 2009.
Bill Moyers teams up with financial journalist Maggie Mahar and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney to bring you the truth about America's health-care system.

Obama Has Betrayed the Progressives Who Got Him Elected -- So Now What Do We Do?

Obama Has Betrayed the Progressives Who Got Him Elected -- So Now What Do We Do?

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Politics. August 31, 2009.
Total withdrawal dates and single-payer healthcare were never seriously part of the agenda. They were nice, empty promises, made to get elected.

[VIDEO] Money-Driven Medicine: Wall Street Wins; You Lose

[VIDEO] Money-Driven Medicine: Wall Street Wins; You Lose

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. August 31, 2009.
This documentary, aired by Bill Moyers Journal, examines our health-care system through the lens of profit-taking. Wall Street wins; you lose.

Health Insurers Mobilize 50,000 Employees to Defeat Public Option

Health Insurers Mobilize 50,000 Employees to Defeat Public Option

Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 24, 2009.
Big insurance companies are "poised to reap a financial windfall" for their efforts.

A Creative Proposal For Achieving Universal Healthcare: Make Getting Sick a Crime!

A Creative Proposal For Achieving Universal Healthcare: Make Getting Sick a Crime!

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009.
If we criminalize illness, we can incarcerate sick people and provide them with health care that way.

Republican Virginia Foxx: Health Reform Is a 'Distraction'

Republican Virginia Foxx: Health Reform Is a 'Distraction'

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Politics. August 21, 2009.
Foxx, of course, is also on record as saying: "There are no Americans who don't have healthcare."

Joe Scarborough Is Shocked (Yet Awed) by Sheer Force of Single-Payer Logic

Joe Scarborough Is Shocked (Yet Awed) by Sheer Force of Single-Payer Logic

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2009.
On "Morning Joe" this week, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes.

Health Care Rats Come Out of the Woodwork

Health Care Rats Come Out of the Woodwork

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant AlterNet: Politics. August 20, 2009.
On both sides of the "debate," pundits' main concern seems to be that readers are demanding the public option, in spite of what they're being told.

David Sedaris Talks Health Reform, Kidney Stones And Asks: Was Hitler Really Known For His Healthcare Plan?

David Sedaris Talks Health Reform, Kidney Stones And Asks: Was Hitler Really Known For His Healthcare Plan?

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 20, 2009.
"To quote Bill Maher," Sedaris said in an online chat, "I haven't seen this many pissed off old white people since they canceled 'Murder She Wrote.'"

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2009.
Robert Greenwald appears on the Ed Show to talk about Sick For Profit, a new campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Do Critics on the Right Even Know Why They're Supposed to Attack Obama's Healthcare Plan?

Do Critics on the Right Even Know Why They're Supposed to Attack Obama's Healthcare Plan?

Dean Baker, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2009.
The Right knows that they are supposed to hate Obamacare, the only problem is that they keep forgetting why.

GOP Congressman: Health Reform 'Not a Major Issue' For Americans

GOP Congressman: Health Reform 'Not a Major Issue' For Americans

Nate Carlile, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2009.
"This is not a major issue among the American people," claims Rep. Peter King, Republican from Outer Spa ... er ... New York.

The Ugly Racism of the Right Will Be Their Undoing

The Ugly Racism of the Right Will Be Their Undoing

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 3, 2009.
Watching the GOP morph into the National Association for the Advancement of White People should give us all hope, not despair.