Recent Posts Tagged With 'health'

• This is Zionism

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 13:21 in Israel, health, palestine, military occupation

  A Palestinian taken by ambulance to a Jerusalem hospital was denied entry by hospital security, which may have been a factor in his death, according to a suit filed last week in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court. (full article…)...

• Garrulous Senators

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 07:34 in health, us congress

  Two members deferred their blather until after the break. Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, had asked his colleagues to limit their remarks, but keeping a senator quiet may be the only task harder than producing a healthcare reform bill. The f...

• Scare Tactics from Your Friendly HMO

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 07:10 in health, United States

  Many elderly Las Vegas residents were alarmed and confused Wednesday after receiving a mailer with an enclosed letter signed by the Chief Medical Officer of Humana Medicare, Philip Painter, claiming that Congress and the President are considering pro...

• American Politics

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 21:30 in health, United States, corruption, us congress

  Take Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee, leader of the bipartisan “Gang of Six” spearheading the Finance Committee’s healthcare negotiations, and architect of that committee’s mu...

• US Worst in Preventable Death Ranking | Reuters

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 11:54 in health, United States, japan, australia, france

  France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. (more…)...

• The Real “Death Panels”

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 07:15 in health, California

  More than one of every five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a patient’s physician, are rejected by California’s largest private insurers, amounting to very real death panels in practice daily in ...

• In the NYT Letters Section

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 09:18 in health, United States, obama, new york times

  The only real solution %u2014 one that replaces the profit motive with actually keeping us healthy and operates in most civilized nations on the planet %u2014 has already been taken off the negotiating table by our government-corporate plutocracy, an...