Follow this Tumblr: "We Are the 99 Percent." -
This time in 2009, I was $45,000 in medical debt, $26,000 in student loan debt. No health insurance, no address, no job, no income, no hope. I was the 99% and could easily become the 99% again.
OCCUPY WALL STREET
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Andrew Sullivan: Why The Health Care Question Is Insoluble -
We are humans; but we have no choice now but to play God. And people wonder why in Genesis, partaking of the tree of knowledge is regarded as a fall. This is our fate as truly modern humans.
I don’t really think it’s a fate we can ultimately handle.
Via reddit, Democrats.org addresses policy while GOP.com attacks people
Surprise!
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Ladies, we're under attack (again). -
With the GOP in control of the US House, everything we have worked for over the past 40 years hangs in the balance. I don’t know what wave of feminisim we’re in, but this is an act of inhumanity from one human being against another. If you post anything today, please consider posting this link, signing the petition and passing it along.
It wasn’t that long ago that we were fighting for our reproductive rights, we shouldn’t have to start that fight all over again. We’re not going to send women back into the alleys and deny the hundreds of thousands of American’s who visit Planned Parenthood centers for other basic and lifesaving medical care.
The U.S. House of Representatives has just voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care.
It is the most dangerous legislative assault in our history, and it cannot go unanswered. We — Planned Parenthood and the three million women, men, and teens who are at risk of losing access to basic care — need you to stand united with us now.
A few weeks ago, I did an interview with Curve’s online publication. This is that Interview.
Stealth Health Care App Raises $2.5 Million -
The startup plans to target diagnosed problems like heart disease, diabetes and obesity that can be largely controlled by changes in behavior.
Judicial Activism on Steroids -
“With consumers already benefiting from the law, this litigation is really about the Republican Party protecting health insurance company profits at the expense of working families. The Republican politicians who marched in lockstep to bring this suit aren’t really interested in the new law’s individual-responsibility rule. This lawsuit is just another tactic in the Republican Party’s campaign to give our health care back to the insurance companies no matter what the cost.”
The Affordable Care Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in March 2010, gives you better health security by putting in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that hold insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, guarantee more choice, and enhance the quality of care for all Americans.
The GOP Is Targeting The Health Care Bill -
Hey! Guess what?
Republicans will be in control of the House starting tomorrow and they’re taking aim at President Obama’s landmark legislation approved last year.
G.O.P Vows To Repeal Health Care Law -
At a news conference at the Capitol, the likely House speaker, Representative , and the Senate Republican leader, of Kentucky, invited to work with them on these and other goals. But they also quickly adopted an aggressive posture on some issues certain to antagonize Democrats, including a vow to repeal the big new health care law.
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