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Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare Stance
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:59 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
Nine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting from the health insurance industry.
"I'm staying in police custody until we have health care for all," Sam Pullen, 31
Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:54 PM EDT (Mobilization for Health Care for All)
Pullen was inspired to action by his mother, who was denied coverage for a lifesaving bone marrow transplant by Blue Cross when he was a teenager.
Seven Arrested at Chicago Cigna Health Insurance Office Calling for End to Denial of Treatment, Real Health Care Reform
Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:56 PM EDT (mobilizeforhealthcare.org)
Seven citizens and health care providers who are fed up with the state of our health care and the health care debate were arrested at the downtown offices of Cigna today.
VIDEO: "Why I was arrested for health care for all," James R. Rhodes, 68, Chicago
Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:51 PM EDT (mobilizeforhealthcare.org)
The seven participants walked into the lobby and demanded to speak with the CEO of Cigna, demanding immediate approval of all doctor-recommended treatments.
Ex US Soldier: 'Venezuela is the one spot in the world where there is optimism'
Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:14 PM EDT (venezuelanalysis.com)
Interview with Josh Simpson and Benji Lewis, two ex US soldiers who fought in combat in Iraq and now publicly oppose Washington's Global War on Terror during their first visit to Venezuela as part of an anti-war, pro-peace delegation from the Portland Latin America Solidarity C …
[Video] Obama's strategy was to vilify the drug companies and then cut deals with them in secret
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:49 PM EDT (The Real News)
The unlikely union of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America or PhRMA and the White House has many wondering about the true nature of this partnership. Especially taking into consideration the powerful lobby's opposition to any kind of health care reform for years.
What Should Single Payer Advocates Do About Current Health Reform
Seeded on Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:40 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
While it is certain that single payer - and likely that a public option - will go down to defeat, there remains the question of how progressives should best approach the situation. ...
Insurers' Stocks Rise As Public Option Prospects Fade
Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:29 PM EDT (ProsperityAgena.US)
Bucking a bearish Monday trend in the broader stock market, shares of health-insurance companies including UnitedHealth Group Inc. rose after the comments by Obama as well as members of his administration over the weekend. Health insurers have fought a public plan.
Income Inequality Is At An All-Time High: STUDY
Seeded on Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:30 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
Income inequality in the United States is at an all-time high, surpassing even levels seen during the Great Depression, according to a recently updated paper by University of California, Berkeley Professor Emmanuel Saez.
As U.S. health row rages, many seek care in Mexico
Seeded on Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:26 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
Retired police officer Bob Ritz has health insurance that covers his medical and dental care in the United States.
The corporate ties between insurers and media companies
Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:06 PM EDT (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)
How often are employees allowed to work on projects that might put some of the people they work for out of business? That's the conflict of interest that journalists reporting on the healthcare reform debate are often put in by the boards of media corporations they work for, wh …
Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:57 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week. ...
Obama is negotiating healthcare deals behind the scenes
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:13 AM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
In pursuing his proposed overhaul of the health care system, President Obama has consistently presented himself as aloof from the legislative fray, merely offering broad principles.
Eva Golinger: U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational Mercenaries
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:19 AM EDT (venezuelanalysis.com)
For the year 2009 the State Department of the United States will invest approximately $520 million in Plan Colombia.
US Secretary of State Clinton's Micro-Management of the Corporation that Funds the Honduras Coup Regime
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:41 PM EDT (Narco News)
Records Demonstrate that the Secretary Has Hands-On Control of the Fund that Gave $6.5 Million to the Regime After the June 28 Coup.
Are health insurance corporations enabling fascism?
Seeded on Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:39 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
All through the Bush years, progressive right-wing watchers refused to call it "fascism" because, though we kept looking, we never saw clear signs of a deliberate, committed institutional partnership forming between America's conservative elites and its emerging homegrown brownsh …
Pelosi Pledges Single Payer Debate and Vote
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:31 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
Anthony Weiner is about to be the new hero of the progressive crowd after getting a promise from Nancy Pelosi to debate — and vote — on a single-payer plan to solve health care reform.
It's Socialized Medicine's 44th Birthday
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:16 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
The Marvel That is Medicare It's a fine time -- perfect, in fact -- to celebrate the government-run, taxpayer-supported colossus in the American health care system that turns 44 this week. Medicare has done all it was supposed to do, and more.
Obama's Military Is Spying on U.S. Peace Groups
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:25 PM EDT (Voters For Peace)
Anti-war activists in Olympia, Wash., have exposed Army spying and infiltration of their groups, as well as intelligence gathering by the Air Force, the federal Capitol Police and the Coast Guard.
What's Wrong With a Single-Payer System?
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:20 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
Why Congress needs to start over and get serious about health care costs.
Who are the Heroes, Who are the Frauds in the House Vote on War Funding
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:35 AM EDT (VotersForPeace.us)
The congressional elections of 2006 and 2008 were almost universally understood as shaped by public desire to end the war in Iraq.
White House Browbeats Dem Freshmen On War Money: "You'll Never Hear From Us Again"
Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:06 PM EDT (VotersForPeace.US)
The White House is playing hardball with Democrats who intend to vote against the supplemental war spending bill, threatening freshmen who oppose it that they won't get help with reelection and will be cut off from the White House, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) said Friday.
Congress on a Path to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry While Calling it Health Care Reform
Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:09 PM EDT (ProsperityAgenda.US)
Single payer witnesses show the common sense path, but Congress listening to industry donors Yesterday, as Senator Tom Harkin (D-IO) left the health care hearing room he leaned over to me and said:
Israel set for blizzard of war crimes charges
Seeded on Tue Jun 9, 2009 2:21 PM EDT (VotersForPeace.US)
Israel was set to face an avalanche of war crimes lawsuits from Palestinian lawyers who accused Tel Aviv of dozens of crimes five months after its three week assault on the Gaza Strip, the German daily Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
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- Nine Arrested Protesting Lieberman's Healthcare Stance
Nine protesters were arrested Thursday in a demonstration at the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to demand that he pledge to stop accepting from the health insurance industry.
- "I'm staying in police custody until we have health care for all," Sam Pullen, 31
Pullen was inspired to action by his mother, who was denied coverage for a lifesaving bone marrow transplant by Blue Cross when he was a teenager.
- Seven Arrested at Chicago Cigna Health Insurance Office Calling for End to Denial of Treatment, Real Health Care Reform
Seven citizens and health care providers who are fed up with the state of our health care and the health care debate were arrested at the downtown offices of Cigna today.
- VIDEO: "Why I was arrested for health care for all," James R. Rhodes, 68, Chicago
The seven participants walked into the lobby and demanded to speak with the CEO of Cigna, demanding immediate approval of all doctor-recommended treatments.
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