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Home from Iraq, vets battle Pentagon There has to be a better way of solving our problems than war

May 25, 2007 By Tim Wheeler

WASHINGTON — President Bush will churn out shopworn platitudes about the sacrifices of the nation’s brave soldiers this Memorial Day. But many of the soldiers, active duty and retired, are not listening. Instead, they want Bush...

Massachusetts health plan fatally flawed

April 14, 2006 By Steffie Woolhandler And David U. Himmelstein

Despite a stirring scene in the Massachusetts State House Rotunda declaring victory in the fight for universal health coverage, the state’s new health reform legislation sets the stage for disaster.

D for dud

January 13, 2006 By Carrie Maloney And Beatrice Lumpkin

We received the following response to our Nov. 19-25 column, “Medicare Part D is a dog,” by Beatrice Lumpkin. This letter points out that the automatic enrollment in Part D of all Medicaid patients has some...

The worlds public health stake in defeating Bush

June 25, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin And Annie Fox

The unleashing of U.S. corporate power across the world must be halted. The criminal Iraq war launched by the Bush administration, and serving oil company insatiability, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Rx gap hits Blacks, Latinos

February 20, 2004 By Marie C. Reed And J. Lee Hargraves

The Nation’s Health Workers’ Safety Working-age African Americans and Latinos are much more likely than white Americans to report they cannot afford all of their prescription drugs, according to a new study by the Center for...