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Hypocrites! The RNC's Health Insurance Covers Elective Abortions

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:07:50 GMT

clipped by: DanaGarrett
clipper's remarks: Yet another example of rank GOP hypocrisy!

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Leading up to passage of the House health care reform bill last week, 176 House Republicans joined 64 Democrats in voting for the so-called Stupak amendment, a measure that prohibits federal funds from being used to buy health insurance that covers elective abortions.

Anti-psychotic drugs linked to deaths

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:10:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

A review of the use of anti-psychotic drugs for dementia patients in Britain has concluded they are largely unnecessary and sometimes deadly.

The review ordered by government ministers concludes about 1,800 deaths are linked to the drugs.

The anti-psychotic drugs in question were originally developed to treat schizophrenia but over the past 30 years they have been increasingly used to subdue disturbed or violent dementia patients.

According to the report commissioned by Britain's department of health, of the 180,000 patients given the drug, just 36,000 actually benefited.

For many others like Arthur Truman, it was a disaster. His health deteriorated rapidly after being prescribed powerful drugs known as the chemical cosh and his son Allan Truman feared the worst.

Report author Professor Sube Banerjee says not only are the drugs over-prescribed by the National Health Service (NHS), they are often given for too long.

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:04 GMT

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Clip Source: ehrtexas.com

Fish Oil Health Benefits

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:44:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.functional-fitness-facts.com

Fish oil health benefits are getting a lot of attention, and many people are making fish oil a regular part of their diet.

There are several actual fish oil health benefits, but there are just as many potential benefits. Additional studies and research are needed in order to confirm the potential benefits, but they are very promising.

Actual Fish Oil Health Benefits:

Reduces the risk of heart disease, heart attack and abnormal heart rhythms.
Improves blood vessel functioning.
Reduces blood triglycerides.
Increases HDL (good) cholesterol.
Reduces blood pressure.
Relieves pain and inflammation in joints and other areas of the body.
Increases fat loss, decreases fat retention, and encourages the use of stored fat as fuel.

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Masculinity beliefs impacting men's health

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:45 GMT

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Clip Source: www.altpenis.com

Masculinity beliefs impacting men's health

Men that are middle-aged and who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek healthcare services, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

"This research strongly suggests that deep-seated masculinity beliefs are one core cause of men's poor health, in as much as they reduce compliance with recommended preventative health services," said Kristen W. Springer, the study's primary researcher.

The study also noted that education - despite its well-established beneficial effect on health behaviors - also was a moderating factor. Highly educated men with the strongest-held masculinity beliefs were just as unlikely to obtain preventative care as men with lower levels of education.

She concluded by emphasizing the need for more research using samples with greater diversity.

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US News Rankings of Top 10 Health Insurance Plans

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) have released their annual edition of America’s Best Health Insurance Plans

Clip Source: www.health-plan-news.com

Top 10 Health Insurance Plans in America

Clip Source: www.health-plan-news.com

U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) have released their annual edition of America’s Best Health Insurance Plans. This annual list of health insurance places is published at the beginning of the open-enrollment season, when it’s time for employees in the USA to choose their health insurance coverage.

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Private Health Insurance is a Defective Product

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:29:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: DR. STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER: Right. Well, the private insurers are getting millions of mandatory new customers. The taxpayers are going to give subsidies. It’s not going to make healthcare affordable, but it’s going to cost the taxpayers a lot of money to give these subsidies.

Private health insurance is a defective product. We know from our studies of bankruptcy that the majority of Americans who face medical bankruptcy start their illness with private health insurance but are bankrupted anyway by gaps in coverage, like co-payments, deductibles and uncovered services.

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Study: Over 2,200 US Veterans Died in 2008 Due to Lack of Health Insurance

Dr. Steffie Woolhandler,

DR. STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER: Well, we think that the Congress needs to start from scratch on this bill. The reform process in Washington has been hijacked by the private health insurance industry. If you look at the Baucus framework, which was the basis of the Senate bill—it’s on the Senate Finance Committee website. Just right-click on that document, and it turns out the author of the document was Elizabeth Fowler, who’s a former vice president of Wellpoint, the nation’s largest private insurance company, covering 35 million people. So the private insurance industry has hijacked the process. What’s come out of the House, what’s likely to come out of the Senate, is a completely inadequate bill that takes about $500 billion in taxpayer money and hands it over to the private health insurance industry.

Democrat Ben Nelson Draws a Line in the Sand on Health Care

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:28:16 GMT

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Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Democrat Ben Nelson Draws a Line in the Sand on Health Care

In a warning sign for the White House, Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska tells ABC News that he'll vote to block any health care bill that looks like the bill passed by the House.

"Well, first of all, it has more than a robust public option, it's got a totally government-run plan, the costs are extraordinary associated with it, it increases taxes in a way that will not pass in the Senate and I could go on and on and on," Nelson said in an interview that is part of ABC News' Subway Series with Jonathan Karl.

"Faced with a decision about whether or not to move a bill that is bad, I won't vote to move it," he added. "For sure."

The $1.1 trillion price tag on the House bill, Nelson said, is "absolutely" too high.

small business health insurance

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:27:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Before looking for affordable health insurance plan, get your free quote to find cheap small business health insurance.

Clip Source: bestmedicalcover.co.uk

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Health Insurance Model & The Honor System

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:12:51 GMT

clipped by: davboz
clipper's remarks: With the right personalities, I'm sure that there would be far more in common than not in this struggle to make the system of providing health care make sense and work for nearly everyone. I believe much of the opposition means well, deep down inside, and they would just as soon see all citizens provided with reasonable health care. For policymakers, as well as those who feel the need to understand, it is important to learn enough so as to balance a sense of empathy and caring with a knowledge that self-sufficiency and motivation are robbed and diminished every time we just submit to the government and let them say, "Come to papa." Of course, it's the intuitive part that lets one know that those are even factors important to investigate, I do believe.
My insight of the day is nothing more than a given basic regarding the concept of insurance. There seems to be a widely held delusion that health care costs are of certain values but that suddenly the buying of insurance coverage someho

Clip Source: worldnewspeakorder.blogspot.com

As someone crawling out of years of ignoring what goes on around me (or, I guess you could say, ignorance) I pretty much am forced to try to learn each new topic from the ground up. At least when it comes to technical matters. Now on the intuitive level, I think I even gain from a lack of certain preconceived perceptions. Things like body language, human behavior, and a fairly accurate B.S. detector. This health care thing is a multi-headed beast, on multiple layers and levels. (Not to mention the multi-headed beasts which are the personalities involved.) It is entangled with, and must involve, your sense of values toward your fellow man, and it requires thought surrounding fundamental American ideas. I think it is likely that much of the most strident resistance is rooted in a valid sense that those in power are not just seeking a progress that progresses the American way, but one that is Post-American Progressive as a brand.

The Ruling Elite

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:45:56 GMT

clipped by: mklosinski
clipper's remarks: Not having government run health care gives these people even more reason to get re-elected.
Leave no incumbent in office.

Clip Source: www.cnsnews.com

(CNSNews.com) – More than 200 amendments were rejected by the House Rules Committee ahead of Saturday's vote on the Democrats' health care bill, including 11 that would have required members of Congress and other government officials to be enrolled in the same federal insurance plan proposed for the American people.

Critics of the health care bill said they offered the 11 amendments – including some that would require the president, vice president, and Supreme Court justices to give up their Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) to enroll in the ‘public option’ or Medicaid – to showcase the problems with the massive legislation.

“If it is good enough for American families, then it is more than good enough for Washington bureaucrats,” he said. “Therefore, I decided to offer an amendment which would mandate all members of Congress, their staff, and administration officials to participate in the public option.”

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Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:32:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.google.com

Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study

WASHINGTON — The number of US veterans who died in 2008 because they lacked health insurance was 14 times higher than the US military death toll in Afghanistan that year, according to a new study.

The analysis produced by two Harvard medical researchers estimates that 2,266 US military veterans under the age of 65 died in 2008 because they lacked health coverage and had reduced access to medical care.

That figure is more than 14 times higher than the 155 US troop deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, the study says.

Released as the United States commemorates fallen soldiers on Veterans Day, the study warns that even health care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) leaves many veterans without coverage.

Happy Veterans' Day

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:17:39 GMT

clipped by: Jorjor
clipper's remarks: And don't let the door hit you on your way out.

Don't they deserve better?

Clip Source: www.truthout.org

More than 2,200 veterans under the age of 65 died last year due to lack of health insurance, according to a study out of Harvard Medical School released today. This number - 2,266 in one year - is more than 14 times the number of US troops who died in Afghanistan in 2008.

The researchers also found that, in 2008, 1,461,615 veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 lacked insurance.

Steffie Woolhandler, one of the study's authors, pointed out that most uninsured veterans fall into a common coverage gap: they aren't poor enough to qualify for Medicaid or special VA benefits, but earn too little to pay for health care on their own.

Many veterans cannot receive care from the VA, even if they've been through combat, according to Woolhandler. Generally, VA facilities only treat medical problems or disabilities specifically acquired during military service.

The Harvard researchers stressed that the health care bill that recently passed the House would do little to address veterans' health care woes

Unequal Power Unequal Access

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:23:30 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

"If women are denied a chance to develop their full human potential, including their potential to lead healthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is society as a whole really healthy? "

question raised by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization which just finished up it first -- first? -- study of women's health.

But really. "We will not see significant progress as long as women are regarded as second-class citizens in so many parts of the world," Dr Chan said. Unequal power relations, she continued, "translate into unequal access to health care and unequal control over health resources." "What does this say about the state of social progress in the 21st century?" asks Dr. Chan. One can only wish she'd ask Rep. Stupak and the House Democrats.

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Nancy Pelosi: buy a $15,000 policy or go to jail

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:44:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.examiner.com

Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill: buy a $15,000 policy or go to jail

The health care bill just passed by the House has a surprise for younger Americans who may want to avoid the expense of extensive health coverage, either buy the Democrat version of insurance or go to jail for 5 years.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

A letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) obtained by the office of Republican House member Dave Camp confirmed that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land you behind bars.

The letter says that citizens don’t have “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), can be slapped with civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 five years in jail.

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