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Bush policies threaten miners health

December 3, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

Four years ago, President Bush appointed Dave D. Lauriski to be assistant secretary of labor in charge of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). This is the federal agency that is supposed to enforce federal...

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Dr. Frists Tennessee brings up the rear

November 19, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

A new report from the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the Partners for Prevention has found that Tennessee, the home base of Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, ranks 48 out of...

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Vote or die is no joke

October 29, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

The phrase “Vote or Die” is a favorite among young voters and meant to get them to the polls. For health care activists, this is not an empty phrase but a grim reality. The policies of...

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Bush uses 9/11 for votes, neglects WTC responders

October 15, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

The Center for Disease Control’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” (MMWR) has issued the first official findings from its federally funded Mt. Sinai Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program concerning the health status of rescue and...

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NYC infant mortality up

October 8, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

In 2003, New York City’s infant mortality rate climbed to 6.5 percent, an increase of 8 percent above the previous year’s figure.

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Health care action week to dramatize growing crisis

September 24, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

Jobs with Justice (JwJ), the national coalition of labor, community, student and faith-based groups, has declared Oct. 3-10 “Health Care Action Week: Affordable Health Care for All.”

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Bush to privatize military health staff

September 10, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

Bush’s Pentagon has announced a new privatization scheme for military physicians and other health personnel that goes along with its Iraq strategy of having private contractors perform heretofore routine U.S. military functions.

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Bushs drug policies are his Achilles heel

September 3, 2004 By Phil E. Benjamin

The national media would do well to stop its collaboration with the Bush administration’s attempt to sidetrack the national election debate away from issues that are of economic and political importance to people in the U.S.:...

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