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Congress Is Up to Something

Congress Is Up to Something

 by guest blogger Diana Zuckerman, PhD, National Center for Health Research If you think health insurance should be affordable and you didn’t get a 65 percent raise over the last two years, keep reading! Congress is up to something, and only you can prevent it from happening. Even though the upcoming Supreme Court decision about […]

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A Blow to Independence Day

A Blow to Independence Day

Photo: (cc) Mark Fischer/Flickr, license from Creative Commons 2.0 by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels On Monday morning I was planning to dash off some fun, fluffy Independence Day blog for today (fireworks! sparklers!). Then the Supreme Court handed down the sort of ruling you wouldn’t expect in America, […]

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What You Really Need To Know About  Health Care Reform (aka Obamacare)

What You Really Need To Know About
Health Care Reform (aka Obamacare)

After all the dust settles and democracy returns to sanity, many of us will still be left with a big question: What really is all this health care fuss about anyway, and what does it really mean for all of us? Words can be a trigger for all sorts of crazy emotions, but whether you […]

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October Surprise

October Surprise

by Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund In politics, an October surprise is when a candidate has dirt on his or her opponent that they save for the last few weeks before the election, so that the opponent’s media coverage will be negative just as people are deciding about their […]

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