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Healthcare Blog Carnival!
Welcome to our HealthCare Blog Carnival! We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting, useful stories and analysis on healthcare reform, focusing on posts that speak to the impact of healthcare on families. Browse through and enjoy. We’ve got something for everyone, from personal ...
MOMocrats Live Chat: President Obama's Health Reform Speech
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Hear My Story: Breast Cancer Twice, and My Only Choice Was Health Care in France
momocrats.typepad.com — HOW BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OF NEW YORK TRIED TO KILL ME by Suzanne White America is no... place to be old or sick. I am an American health insurance exile. While living in New York in 1978, I got breast cancer and had a mastectomy. ... (more) Hear My Story: Breast Cancer Twice, and My Only Choice ...
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Mother Talkers — ... MomsRising ran a trove of healthcare stories by moms. It was a good mixture of anecdote -- wow, there are many uninsured moms out there! -- and analysis of healthcare systems across the world. ...

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momversation.com 8/17/2009 — Healthcare reform is on the mind of every American.  According to the latest Gallup poll, approximately 50% of citizens support President Obama's plan to give health insurance to every American.  But conservative activitists are loudly ...
Here’s a letter to Senator Bayh about the Healthcare Bill
angela-stevens.com 8/26/2009 — Feel free to copy it and send it around to your other representatives. Or in this case repost it on your blog if you have one. If you are on Facebook you can repost it as a Facebook note and then tag all of your Facebook Friends. Stephen Fraser, ...
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Want The Truth on Healthcare Reform? So Do I.
newjerseymomsblog.com 8/20/2009 — Having lived in four states, I've often wondered why healthcare differs so much from state to state. Prenatal care requirements are different in each locale, and insurance covers different tests and procedures in each state as well. California, ...
One Working Mom's take on the Healthcare Bill
svmoms.com 8/20/2009 — It's true... I love my job... and my employer paid benefits. That perk of being gainfully employed and having access to high-quality healthcare is probably the #1 reason that I will always continue to work. Earlier this year, I considered ...
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Spanking toddlers: Poverty, punishment and preparation for life?Booster Shots 9/15/2009
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First, scan the brain; second, assess the antidepressantBooster Shots 9/16/2009
As the L.A. Times reported recently in its special Health issue on depression: "A good way to speed up the process of finding an effective antidepressant would be to learn sooner whether a particular drug was going to work." That  ...
Swine flu spreads at colleges and universitiesBooster Shots 9/16/2009
New infections by the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus rose 20% at colleges and universities last week as the nation edges closer to the normal flu season. A total of 6,432 cases of influenza-like illness--presumed to be swine flu--were reported ...
2 million adults made suicide plans, survey saysBooster Shots 9/17/2009
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