Phil E. Benjamin
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Bush scuttles medical privacy
August 16, 2002If there was ever a question about corporate ownership of the Bush White House, recent actions in regard to the privacy of personal medical data should remove all doubt.
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Prisons need strong public health care
August 9, 2002Over the past decade, detection and prevention programs have made significant headway in stopping the spread of Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. In Black, Latino and other racially and nationally oppressed communities, though, both diseases are still...
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Tear line means attack on health civil liberties
August 1, 2002Tom Ridge, head of the White House’s Homeland Security Office, says that new anti-terrorist rules and regulations will not infringe on the health rights of people. He uses a new term, “tear line,” to refer to...
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Supreme Court backs OSHA scofflaw employers
July 25, 2002A recent Supreme Court decision has given employers a free hand in excluding workers who may have a preexisting health condition. In this case the preexisting health condition would be one which might become worse given...
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Vacations and imperialism
July 18, 2002A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, titled, “Malaria strikes growing number of U.S. travelers,” brings to mind the problems of British travelers of years-gone-by when they went round the world enjoying the fruits of...
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Resident physician workweek a killer
July 12, 2002Imagine that your boss stopped you and said, “We are now increasing your workweek to 80 hours and, sometimes, to 120 hours. Sometimes you will have to work 36 hours straight. And lest I forget –...
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Republicans buckle
June 7, 2002Many health care activists blinked their eyes in disbelief when they read the lead sentence of a front page article of the June 1 New York Times: “The Bush administration told the Supreme Court that it...
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Indian, U.S. women: Solidarity in the struggle for better world
May 18, 2002The following is a statement of solidarity from the women's equality commission of the Communist Party USA sent to the National Federation of Indian Women in honor of their 16th conference just held in Chennai.
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