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Colbert's Solution For the "Pre-existing Condition" Conundrum
Forget going to your reps on Capitol Hill to remind them that a woman is not a preexisting condition. So what if a toddler who barely has preexistence is denied health insurance because, at a healthy weight of 22 pounds, she's deemed too skinny? Leave the poor health insurance companies aloooone!
Front Page: Obama Addresses Congress on Health Care, Congressman Tells Obama "You Lie!"
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- President Obama told Congress last night to stop playing games and reform health care. During the speech he was heckled by Rep. Joe Wilson who shouted: "You lie!"
Front Page: People Keep Bringing Guns to Healthcare Protests
- About a dozen protesters were carrying guns outside a convention hall where President Obama was speaking about healthcare reform yesterday. One man had a semiautomatic rifle slung over his shoulder. —
Front Page: Conservatives Weigh In on Healthcare Reform
- Everyone is weighing in on President Obama's healthcare reform plan, including conservative pundit Glenn Beck who says Obama wants to make the US a "hybrid between France and Venezuela." — Huffington Post
- California has finally reached a budget deal, which includes major cuts in services for the elderly and the poor, a reduction in prison sentences, and oil drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara. — LA Times
- A new report shows that teenage birthrates in the US, which have been in decline since 1991, have been on the rise since 2005.
For Some, Weight Is a Qualification For Surgeon General
This week President Obama appointed Dr. Regina Benjamin to be the US Surgeon General. Dr.
Walgreens Offers Free Health Services For Those Without Jobs
Ford, Hyundai, and GM have your car payments covered if you lose your job, and now you can look to Walgreens for free health care if you're handed a pink slip. The national drugstore chain has rolled out its Take Care Program, offering free health care by nurse practitioners and physician assistants for ailments like respiratory problems, allergies, infections, and skin conditions.
You're eligible to receive the free services if you're without health insurance and lost your job on or after March 31, 2009.
Healthy and Unwealthy: 20-Somethings DIY Health Care
Trading prescriptions. Self-diagnosing on the Internet (guilty!). Skipping doses to make prescriptions last (I've done that with insurance?).
Parting Gift For George W. Bush: Children's Health Care
With 289 votes and no looming veto, the brand new House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to expand the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). During his presidency, Bush whipped out his veto twice to kill similar legislation. Bush argued that the bill would extend coverage to high income children and eventually increase taxes by more than Congress planned.
Health Care: The Low Down on the Candidates' Differences
Rounding into the final stretch of the campaign, what has been a long year plus of promises on both sides now stand to become reality very soon — and for new plans like Obama's health-care proposal, business owners are thinking long and hard about what it will really mean for their bottom line. One small business owner is already considering not adding any workers to his four pet-supply stores in anticipation of the contribution he'll have to make.
Though there aren't hard numbers yet, economists believe Obama's plan might make large and medium companies pay as much as 6 percent of their payrolls toward the health-care plan.
Front Page: Thousands Protest in Thailand, Sudan Hijackers Free Hostages, Decline in Number of Uninsured
- Thousands Protest in Thailand: Thai police are trying to remove anti-government protesters who have taken over the prime minister's compound. The protesters are vowing to stay on the grounds until the prime minister, now living in self-imposed exile in London after corruption charges, steps down. The protests started yesterday with more than 30,000 people taking to the streets.
- Sudan Hijackers Free Hostages: Hijackers who seized an airplane leaving the Darfur region of Sudan yesterday have freed all 95 passengers, but six crew members remain onboard.
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