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Archives: Health Care

It’s the wrong time to mock Republican voter outrage

By Ian Berman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Waking of the American Voter As voters express their anger at Republican politician town halls, Democrats are rejoicing saying I told you…

Deadly Cholera Outbreak in Yemen Under Saudi Bombing; State of Emergency Declared

TeleSur | - - Authorities warned that the cholera outbreak could lead to an "unprecedented disaster" if not managed immediately. Officials in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, controlled by the armed Houthi…

GOP Greatest Single Threat to Mothers on Mother’s Day

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I know it is sort of gauche to politicize Mother's Day. But then politicians politicize family values all the time. And besides, the…

Why the Weaponization of Health Care in the Syrian War threatens Us All

By Xavier Symons | (The Conversation) | - - Few events in Syria have attracted as much attention as the alleged chemical weapon attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun. The callous…

GOP Rep. Labrador: “Nobody dies b/c they don’t have… Health Care”

DeMarco Morgan | (CBSN) | (Video News Report) | - - "An Idaho lawmaker is facing intense scrutiny after defending the GOP health care bill. During a town hall, Rep. Raul Labrador…

Trumpcare is the best Advertisement for Nationalizing Insurance

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The sadism and greed of the American Republican Party was on full display Thursday, as the House GOP voted to destroy Obamacare and…

Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing call to 'make them pay' As Republicans…

Kimmel Tearfully pleads for Affordable Care Act in wake of Son’s Heart Defect

Jimmy Kimmel | (ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live) | (Video Clip) | - - "Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel. At three days old, Billy had…

Obama Mic Drop: Obamacare more Popular than Trump

Wochit News | (Video Clip) | - - "Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday, pointing out that Obamacare is…

AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was caught on tape saying the following: "“We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in…

It’s Class Warfare, Stupid. The GOP crusade against Health Care

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The struggle over health care in the United States is a form of class warfare, complicated by racism. The Republican proposal for the…

Grassroots Resistance forces Republicans to Postpone Health Care Vote

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | House vote moved to Friday, but with Republicans across the political spectrum unhappy with details of the AHCA, and mounting public opposition,…

What’s Cuba Really Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person…

Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | - - TYT metadata: "Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a long walk off a short pier. Cenk…

How Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’ Will bite his own Supporters on the Ass

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about anything — including things that hurt his…

US Iraq-Afghanistan ‘Burn Pits’ – Poisoning America’s Soldiers

Reviewed by H. Patricia Hynes | (Truthdig) | - - “The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers” A book by Joseph Hickman They are called “this generation’s Agent Orange”—the open fire…

Rethinking The Cost of War

By Mike Hixenbaugh for The Virginian-Pilot, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica | - - There are many ways to measure the cost of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War: In bombs (7 million…

The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System

Ahmed Aber | (The Conversation) | - - Thirteen years ago, American and British troops launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqis were promised freedom from tyranny, but the subsequent destruction of the…

People in Lead-Poisoned Flint Still without clean Water

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Important Reminder in the Flint Crisis: People Still Have No Safe WaterEmergency declared by governor, but there is no city- or state-run…

Abortion Clinics, White Christian Terrorism and GOP Candidates

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans are more at risk from violence by armed white Christian fanatics than they ever were from Muslims. Abortion clinics have been targeted…