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Health care access

New Minor Consent Mental Health Law to Take Effect January 2011

  • By: National Center for Youth Law
  • 10/07/2010
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Environmental Groups Intervene to Defend U.S. EPA Air Rules

VA eases rules allowing Vietnam vets to get treatment for Agent Orange exposure

NSCLC Says Virginia Health Care Ruling is Purely Procedural

5 Communities Re-examine Use of Police to Intervene in Mental Health Crises

  • By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • 07/06/2010
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ACLU Asks Alabama Court To Protect The Rights Of Pregnant Women

  • By: American Civil Liberties Union
  • 07/06/2010
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Victory for Transgender People in Wisconsin Prisons

AARP Bulletin Releases New Comprehensive User's Guide to Health Care Reform

Massachusetts Sees Nearly 300,000 Uninsured Enroll for Coverage Under Health Care Law

  • By: Kaiser Daily Health Report
  • 12/07/2007
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Almost Half of U.S. Residents Support Providing Emergency Care for Immigrants, Poll Finds

  • By: Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
  • 12/06/2007
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Rights for embryos proposed

  • By: The Chicago Tribune
  • 12/03/2007
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State health plan for children OK'd

  • By: Appleton Post-Crescent
  • 11/28/2007
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S.F. focuses on racial, cultural groups in pioneering health plan

  • By: The San Francisco Chronicle
  • 11/18/2007
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Children without health insurance lose out on learning at school

  • By: McClatchy Newspapers
  • 11/18/2007
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Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Bush's Plan to Recess Appoint Him

Bush Vetoes Health and Education Bill, Signs Huge Pentagon Funding Increase

Abstinence Only Fails While Comprehensive Sex Education Proves Effective

  • By: Feminist Majority Foundation
  • 11/09/2007
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Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policyholders

  • By: The Los Angeles Times
  • 11/09/2007
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Iraq veteran healthcare could top $650b

Healthcare initiative reaches out

Fought for America? Bush Still Won't Give You Health Care

Lawsuit: State discriminated against blacks with insurance choice

  • By: The Lincoln Journal-Star
  • 11/05/2007
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47 million Americans lack health insurance: report

Kids' health bill passes; veto still looms

House to Vote on New Version of Child Health Bill

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/25/2007
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Wounded Troops Overwhelming Healthcare System

SCHIP children living in limbo

  • By: Bucks County Courier Times
  • 10/22/2007
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States May Reduce Number of Children In Insurance Plan

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 10/16/2007
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Birth control costs climb at colleges

  • By: The Charlotte Observer
  • 10/15/2007
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Mentally ill shift from care to jails

  • By: The Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • 10/11/2007
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Study: Majority of States Bar HIV Tests

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 10/10/2007
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More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps

Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill, Leaves Millions Of Kids Without Coverage

Aurora clinic opens amid cheers and protests

Surgeon general nominee in limbo

  • By: The Courier-Journal
  • 09/29/2007
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Bishops Accept Contraceptive Law

  • By: The Hartford Courant
  • 09/28/2007
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Gap in Illness Rates Between Rich and Poor New Yorkers Is Widening, Study Shows

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/28/2007
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Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages

State and city healthcare reforms collide with a U.S. law

  • By: The Christian Science Monitor
  • 09/27/2007
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A Turning Point for Health Care

  • By: The Wall Street Journal
  • 09/27/2007
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Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Costs Expected To Increase 8.7% in 2008, According to Study

  • By: Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
  • 09/25/2007
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Court: Clinic need not tell parents about emergency contraception

State abortion clinic rules suspended

Bush Threatens Veto of Child Health Bill

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/20/2007
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New Illinois Planned Parenthood Clinic Opening Blocked

  • By: Feminist Daily News Wire
  • 09/18/2007
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San Francisco to Offer Care for Uninsured Adults

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/14/2007
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N.J.'s Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 09/14/2007
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Ground Zero Workers Sue Employers Over Alleged Labor Law Violations, According to Workers' Legal Team

Inequities for Poor, Minorities in Medicare’s Private Health Plans, Report Says

  • By: www.seniorjournal.com
  • 09/10/2007
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Officer: Navy Trying to Muzzle Me

60% of Physicians Would Limit Number of New Medicare Patients if Scheduled Payment Cut Is Enacted, AMA Survey Finds

  • By: Kaiser Family Foundation
  • 06/05/2007
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Michael Moore Wants to Reform Health Care

Abortion Foes See Validation for New Tactic

  • By: The New York Times
  • 05/22/2007
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In Health Care, U.S. Pays More, Gets Less

  • By: The Detroit Free Press
  • 05/16/2007
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Medical Translators Overcome Language Barrier

  • By: The Ocala Star-Banner
  • 05/14/2007
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FEMA Provides Toxic Trailers for Hurricane Refugees

Report Exposes Dangers to Children in Unsafe Housing