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Health care co-ops: Strategy for killing real reform
August 22, 2009Original source: U.S. House and Senate health care reform bills that have won committee approval contain a public health insurance option as a vital component and that, says a new report released this morning, “is considerable...
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Subsidised medicines to be available to Chinese
August 22, 2009Original source: The Chinese government has issued a list of more than 300 commonly used drugs that will be sold at controlled prices from next month as part of reforms aimed at making health care more...
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Benicio del Toro awarded Tomas Gutierrez Alea Prize
August 21, 2009On July 30, President of the Cuban Union of Artists and Writers Miguel Barnet presented to Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro the Tomás Gutiérrez Alea International Film Prize, an award sponsored by the Cuban Union...
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President Obama: Health reform is for everyone
August 21, 2009President Obama grabbed the initiative in the health insurance reform debate by bringing a clear message to grassroots supporters via a national teleconference and webcast August 20. Because it will provide a quality public option and...
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Rally urges bank to modify home loans now
August 21, 2009CHICAGO — Elitha Brown has been a home childcare provider here for 17 years. She employs three assistants and watches over six children at her home business. In May 2005, Brown suffered a neck and back...
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