Bush Is Prepared to Veto Bill to Expand Child Insurance (Blue Ridge Times-NewsWASHINGTON, July 14 - The White House said on Saturday that President Bush would veto a bipartisan plan to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program, drafted over the last six months by senior members of the Senate Finance Committee ( Read more... )

Thanks for this to Ed Brayton and his blog "Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Thoughts from the Interface of Science, Religion, Law, and Culture."

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Hi, sorry if this was posted before. I just joined, and most of you have probably seen this on michaelmoore.com but he's asking everyone to sign this petition supporting a bill which would extend medicare to everyone residing in the US. 22,700 have signed it so far ( Read more... )

U.S. Presidential Candidates' Prescriptions for a Healthier Future: A Side-By-Side Comparison, By Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., Jessica B. Rubin, Michelle E. Treseler, Jefferson Lin, and David Mattos (Huffington Post).

Surgeon General Sees 4-Year Term as Compromised (NYTFormer Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that ( Read more... )

Thank you for sharing with me your concern about the ongoing need for health care reform. This is an issue to which I am very committed ( Read more... )

This Modern World, by Tom Tomorrow in Salon.com:


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[Here are the documented sources for Sicko's facts:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/checkup/

'Sicko' numbers mostly accurate; more context needed (CNN ( Read more... )

I dragged my husband - who does not even like going to the movies - off to watch Sicko! this morning. It was great ( Read more... )

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I've collected several replies from Canadians, Europeans, and Australians on Sicko and how they like their national health systems:
http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/29085.html

This actress (schmecky) actually met Michael Moore at the Los Angeles premiere of Sicko, Tuesday night! From her LiveJournal ( Read more... )