health care
Labor turns up the heat on health care
October 6, 2009Labor leaders converge on Washington D. C. for days of lobbying for a public option.
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Jenny couldn’t wait; vigil demands action on health care
September 10, 2009CHICAGO -- "Twenty thousand people die each year because they lack health insurance.” That was a grim figure presented by medical student Anthony Chang to a MoveOn.org-hosted health care reform vigil here on Sept. 2.
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‘Young workers: A lost decade’
September 1, 2009Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...
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Florida rally demands health care reform now
September 1, 2009ORLANDO – Over 1,000 residents from throughout Florida met last Saturday to demonstrate widespread outrage at the lack of quality, affordable health care. The assembled crowd filled a gymnasium adjacent to the O-Rena (officially the Amway...
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Uninsured rate in Houston among highest in the nation
August 31, 2009HOUSTON – A front page article in the 8/30/09 edition of the Houston Chronicle notes that Houston is among the worst in the nation in terms of uninsured residents. This great, culturally diverse city which is...
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