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Swine flu vaccine on the way
September 26, 2009Preparations for this year's flu season seem well underway as the H1N1 virus sweeps the country.
Read morePhilly to CIGNA, Congress: “Health care now!”
September 26, 2009PHILADELPHIA — Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, speaking to a dense crowd of over 800 gathered on the north side of City Hall here, placed the importance of the health care struggle...
Read moreCalifornians to top insurer: Stop denying our care!
September 26, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Big Insurance: Stop denying our care! Public option Now!" and "Big Insurance: Sick of it!" read the signs, as hundreds of protesters jammed into the small sidewalk space in front of Wellpoint/Anthem Blue...
Read moreHealth care rallies: ‘Big Insurance Makes Me Sick!’
September 24, 2009OWINGS MILLS, MD.--Fighters for health care reform holding placards with slogans like “People Before Profit” and “Public Option Now” rallied outside health insurance company offices Sept. 22 to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to insurance profiteers...
Read moreHealth insurance premiums grow faster than wages
September 24, 2009While wage growth, impacted by inflation, has eroded steadily over the past decade, the cost of a typical health insurance plan has grown as much as 150 percent, a new report put out by the Obama...
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