Category Archives: Health Care
Bush’s Last Days in Office: Eliminating Women’s Rights, One by One
Back in mid-July, I wrote about a shocking proposal the Bush Administration wanted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement. I wrote: In other women’s rights trampling, the Bush Administration is doing the quick step to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Call to Action, Health Care, Women
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HHS new rules document proposes religious tenets as basis of health care for women
(Image: Source Zimbio. Photo by None/Getty Images North America. Taken at a a live taping of Meet the Press at NBC Studios July 13, 2008 in Washington, DC. Even Carly Fiorina, a top McCain surrogate, called birth control a choice.) … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Women
Tagged abortion, anti-choice, health and human services, pro-choice, pro-life, reproductive rights, women's health
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Health care crisis, lack of state and federal aid crushing American cities
A new report out highlights the economic threat the current health care system creates for American cities, which are typically ignored in the discussion about health care reform. The report, put out by Families USA—a nonprofit and nonpartisan national organization … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Government, Health Care
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Diabetes Increasing
How high does a number need to get before it becomes impressive? How about 24 million? What about 3 million? There are currently 24 million people in the U.S. who have diabetes. The past two years has seen an increase … Continue reading
Bees and Wasps: Avoiding and Treating Stings
by Ann Bibby Until two summers ago I was blithely ignorant of bees and wasps. Having spent many a fall and spring dispatching the bees who wandered into my classroom via screenless windows I was a bit too nonchalant really. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health Care
Tagged avoiding insect stings, bee allergies, bees, hornets, treating stings, wasps, yellow jackets
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Flip Flopping? Only If You Like Foot Pain.
by Ann Bibby I have always been amazed by my kindergartener’s hardiness. Long before the trees bud, she is clamoring for summer footwear which become the mainstay of her wardrobe until long after the same trees are bare again in … Continue reading
More Expensive Healthcare for Caesarean Moms?
Health care these days is so ridiculously complicated – at least for me. And as someone who is about to step into the entirely different world of non-employer-based health care for the very first time, I am rather overwhelmed by … Continue reading
Green Our Vaccines March
Over at Treehugger, there was a short listing of hollywoods sexiest vegetarians. It was not the vegetarian aspect that made my day, or the the sexy part, but the link to Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey’s latest press release regarding the … Continue reading
Health Care Chain Eliminates Bottled Water
Just when you might think the “big guys” are not listening. A major health care chain in the Midwest will stop offering bottled water at its 20 hospitals starting Sunday. SSM is among the first health care chains in the nation to take … Continue reading
Making it personal: Get to know some uninsured children
Kyla, from The Journey, has shared her daughter’s and family’s story many times in many places. Most recently, she told it to elected officials in Austin—where she explained that children who lack insurance and health care cost us all more … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Health Care, Healthcare
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