U.S.
Second $250 stimulus urged for 57 million
October 26, 2009President Obama has asked for a second $250 stimulus for 57 million people on Social Security, who will be hit by higher prescription drug premiums next year - another reason health care reform is needed.
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PA rally backs single payer bills
October 26, 2009Close to 1500 Pennsylvanians packed the main Capitol rotunda recently to call for passage of a bill that could make their state the first in the nation to put a single payer health insurance plan in...
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Parents organize for Spanish-English translators in schools
October 25, 2009Parents in New Haven, Conn., tell the school board it must provide translators at parent orientation meetings, raising the issue of language and equal education access.
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First Lady urges women to talk to friends about health care
October 23, 2009Video: The White House went on the offensive on the health care debate, reaching out to women and mothers with a new video from First Lady Michelle Obama.
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It’s a woman’s world
October 23, 2009A new study declares the "war of the sexes" to be over. According to the findings of a newly released joint report from California First Lady Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress, Americans are...
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