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Crossing the double yellow line: Americas crippling health care system claims another victim

October 28, 2005

“Charity begins at home and justice begins next door.” Charles Dickens It’s a scenario that could happen to any one of us. No, not Hurricane Katrina, but the aftermath of simply driving down a quiet rural...

DeLay vows to continue fundraising in prison

October 28, 2005

Will tap into network of convicted CEOs, congressman says Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said today that even if he is convicted of crimes for which he has been indicted in the state of Texas, he will...

Confronting rising medical school debt

October 28, 2005

On Sept. 21 a daylong conference on Capitol Hill discussed the crisis in skyrocketing medical school tuition, high medical student debt and the implications for our nation’s health care. High tuition costs and high debt are...

Detroit rallies for HR 676

October 28, 2005

DEARBORN, Mich. — Several hundred Detroit area residents gathered here Oct. 17 to speak out on the health care crisis in the U.S. and to demand a national solution. Organized by the Healthcare Now! coalition, sponsored...

This week in labor

October 28, 2005

GM runs over autoworker health care General Motors workers are now voting on a new concession package that will cost retirees up to $752 a year for their health care. GM says the new agreement will...