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If you’re getting older, or you’ve got an aging parent, you’ve no doubt heard the latest misinformation campaign about health reform – it will kill old people. Or depending on the source of the rumor, it will use tax dollars to euthanize the elderly, counsel them on suicide, or flat-out deny them care until they die. Read more »
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President Obama sits down with Time Magazine’s Karen Tumulty to discuss health care. Read more »
The battle for health care reform has been fought many times in America, and according to David Leonhardt, one of the most contentious factors in all of the health care struggles is the doctor-patient relationship. “Should doctors determine not only their patients’ treatment but also their own pay, through the fee-for-service system that has survived since the 1920s? Or should patients have more power in the relationship? And who could claim to act on patients’ behalf, monitoring treatments and bargaining with doctors?” Read more »
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When something as personal as your health gets reduced to politics, it’s easy to see how Washington – and a lot of Americans – can lose sight of what health care really means to those who struggle each day just trying to get it.
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CNN Money takes a look at the health care bills moving through Congress and offers a brief explanation of how health care reform will affect three groups of people: those who get insurance through their employer, those who purchase insurance individually, and those who have no insurance at all. Read more »
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While most of today’s news stories about the House’s landmark health care bill focus on paying for health reform, there’s a lot of significant stuff in the 1,000-page bill that should not be overlooked. First, the big stuff. The House bill will make sure “virtually every American will always have dependable, affordable, comprehensive health care,” says DeAnn Friedholm, who manages Consumers Union’s health reform effort and, like so many others, has spent the better part of her career trying to achieve just that. Read more »
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