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How we can create free health care for all
We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor – money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Health Care for America Now: A New Campaign to Win Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All in the U.S.
The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Coalition Launches New Campaign for Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
Washington, DC- July 8, 2008 Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being…
Author: Health Care for America Now!
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College Graduates Should Consider Options for Health Insurance
Securing healthcare isn’t a priority for Chapman senior Devyn Bisson. “I’m way more preoccupied with how I’m going to make money,” she said. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) By Lisa Zamosky Devyn Bisson is a 22-year-old Orange resident about to graduate from Chapman University…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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Connecting Children and Families to Health Insurance: Why Are Cities Involved?
By Chuan Teng With all of the attention on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some people may not know that millions of children and families are currently eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Although there are provisions in the…
Author: CitiesSpeak
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Senate Passes Health Insurance Bill for Children
Immigrant Clause Opens Rift By Ceci Connolly The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time spend federal money to cover children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants. The State…
Author: Washington Post
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Innovative model aids family health
by Thu Hang A client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune’s medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo…
Author: Viet Nam News
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Health Care Coverage for All, But at What Cost?
Business trade group opposes plan Original Source By Thomas Gaudio An advocacy group last week launched a nationwide campaign in 53 cities, including Trenton, that is pushing for everyone in the country to have health care coverage through federal legislation. Health Care for America Now-a…
Author: NJBIZ
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Coalition: Health insurance companies go too far; National push begins for affordable care
Original Source By Catherine Candisky Nearly every week after her mother was killed and her father was gravely injured in a car crash, Stephanie Beck Borden battled her parents’ insurance company. He was ready to go home, insurance officials insisted. But he couldn’t walk and…
Author: The Columbus Dispatch
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The fight for universal health care
Original Source Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, takes nothing for granted. On the very day last week that President Barack Obama released his budget proposal, which includes a $634 billion reserve fund to overhaul the nation’s health care system, Kirsch…
Author: Politico
