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Bill to Help Out Ill Workers is Good for Everyone\'s Health by Eric Ulrich NY Daily News Op/Ed
As local and national public health officials work overtime to stop the spread of swine flu, they have made sure to highlight common sense measures the public can take to do its part. Almost always, near the top of the list is simply avoiding people...
Rally at City Hall for Paid Sick Time Bill with Gloria Steinem - November 17th, 2009
Click here to view these pictures larger Gloria Steinem's Call to Action; Chamber's Fuzzy MathJust before the City Council held its first hearings on the Paid Sick Time act yesterday, Gloria Steinem joined over a hundred people who rallied on the...
Assembly Member Miller: Mandate Relief Will Save New Yorkers Millions
Reform legislation streamlines services, cuts down on costs, promotes taxpayer savingsAssembly Member Miller (D-38th District) announced that the Assembly passed mandate relief legislation that will streamline services in New York State, cutting ...
An Emerging Emergency Service by Paulina Reso - nyunews.com
Read original...Tisch junior Cameron Justice was biking to his job at Palladium when his pedal snapped. The bike went flying and he crashed head first into the pavement. He called Public Safety, thinking Safe Ride could transport him to an emergency ...
Rep. Towns’ Statement on the Passage of The Affordable Health Care for America Act...
U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10) issued the following statement today, following the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. “I proudly joined my colleagues today in voting for the Af...
Rep Weiner Statement on Passage of Historic Health Care Legislation...
Representative Anthony Weiner (D – Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Caucus on the Middle Class, released the following statement on the passage of the House health care reform bill: ...
Public Option Annie - with lyrics (guerrilla musical at AHIP conference)
I love this, you've got to give credit to Billionaires for Wealthcare for their innovative and creative protest...AHIP is the powerful insurance lobby that spends 5 million dollars a week trying to kill health care reform. Billionaires for Wealthcare...
Pre-Emptive Prizes - MarkFiore.com
News-in-a-Nutshell is back, this time diving into Obama's Nobel Prize! See just what the ramifications are of Barack Obama's latest laurel. If a prize can encourage world peace, why not health care, jobs and environmental goodness? A Mark Fiore anima...
Weiner: AHIP Report Makes Strongest Case In Weeks For Public Option by Sam Stein - Huffington Post
Read original...One of the most high-profile progressives in the House of Representatives argued on Monday that a new insurance lobby report disparaging the Senate's main reform effort gives an unexpected and strong boost to hopes for passing a publi...
Congressman Alan Grayson Says the Republican Health Plan is Don't Get Sick
Support Alan Grayson (D Florida) - Election: FL-08, 2010 on Act Blue...More info at SickForProfit.com...
Upcoming No-Cost Mammography in Woodhaven on October 17th...
A No-Cost Mammography Testing - Appointment NecessaryWhen: Saturday - October 17th, 2009Where: Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps78-15 Jamaica Avenue - Woodhaven, NY 11421Sponsored by: American Italian Cancer Foundation andstate Senator Joe Adda...
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell and others...
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will FerrellProtect Insurance Companies PSA from FOD Team, Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Thomas Lennon, Donald Faison, Linda Cardellini, Masi Oka, Ben Garant, Jordana Spiro, lauren, Drew, and chad_carter -...
Ridgewood Democratic Club Meeting Notice - September 25 - 7:45 pm - National Healthcare
Ridgewood Democratic Club September MeetingAgenda: National Health Care with Special Guests Rep Anthony Weiner and Martha Livingston, Phd, SUNY Old WestburyWhen: September 25th, 2009Time: 7:45 pmWhere: 60-70 Putnam Street (corner of Stier Place)Ridge...
Paterson Failed Queens on Hospital Situation: Weiner by Anna Gustafson - Queens Campaigner
Read original...U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills) said the Queens congressional delegation battled to secure stimulus funding that he wanted to be used to keep St. John’s and Mary Immaculate hospitals open, but Gov. David Paterson did not d...
Rep. Anthony Weiner: Giving Single-Payer a Second Look - Huffington Post
Read original... As President Obama prepares to address the nation about his vision for health care reform, we should not overlook the last, best truly transformative change to our health care system: Medicare. We have been staring so inte...
