MARCH 14, 2010 1:36PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: uninsured, upsetting, horrifying, tragedy, shame, shocking, travesty, uninsurable, pre-existing cancer, pre-existing condition, previously insured, was paid up, had been insured, lacking insurance, not insured, no longer insured, recently, suddenly, now, death spiral, medical care, health care, health insurance, medical insurance, insurance, medical, health, politics
DECEMBER 8, 2009 3:47PM
Topics: clash of absolutes, divisive, political answers, political questions, anti-slavery, anti-enslavement, pro-slavery, pro-enslavement, pro-abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, risk, health, medical, service, servitude, involuntary, voluntary, enslavement, slavery, abortion, politics
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 2:46PM
Topics: politics, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medical care, medical insurance, abortion, public option, exclusion, excluded, first amendment, court challenge, challenge, bill of rights, constitution
DECEMBER 3, 2008 7:59AM
By Rick Lucke
Topics: medical, psychology, animals, belief and religion, science, health, politics, society
FEBRUARY 10, 2010 12:13PM
Topics: politics, medical, medicine, medical care, health, health care, cost, costs, rate, rates, profit, profits, premium, premiums, fee, fees, anthem, blue cross, anthem blue cross, wellpoint, ceo, salary, excessive, 39%, 39 percent, thirty-nine percent, $2.7 billion, quarter, quarterly, earning, earnings, non-profit, fairness, justice, incentives, theft, because we can, because they can, inflation, barack, obama, barack obama, president, president obama, sebelius, katherine sebelius, secretary, health and human services, hhs, letter, inquiry, correspondence, predatory, profiteering
NOVEMBER 15, 2009 5:47PM
Topics: politics, right, pro-life, pro-choice, anti-choice, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, absolute, clash of absolutes, legal, fair, unfair, safe and legal, coat hanger, coathanger, roe, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, law, personal, choice, compromise, neutral, middle ground, acceptable, unacceptable, political, philosophy, health, medical, abortion
APRIL 14, 2010 12:49PM
By Sally Swift
Topics: high tech medical shows better have high energy actors, grey's anatomy, george clookey, er, trauma, miami medical needs 911, mercy, medical, televison, entertainment?
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 5:32AM
By Linda Treiber
Topics: parenting isn't for cowards, mom as lion, current battles with insurance companies over broken thumb inspired this repost, menningitis, medical, family, belief/religion, repost
APRIL 10, 2010 3:25PM
By Natalie K. Munden
Topics: medical, open call, 101 words, denise, health, multiple sclerosis, ms, neurologist, sucker punched
JUNE 16, 2011 9:04PM
By Jeff L. Howe
Topics: jeff l. howe, medical, colonoscopy
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM
Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics
JULY 21, 2011 4:27PM
By bnzoot
Topics: colleage, episcopal church, carmina burana, church, christianity, julian, science, medical, feeding tube, ventilator, muscular dystrophy, faith, grace, friend, friendship, health, belief/religion
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 12:29PM
By Ardee
Topics: possibility, obama, reform, medical, healthcare
APRIL 8, 2009 10:25PM
Topics: politics, political, medical, medicine, organ donor, organ donation, opt-in, opt-out, default, religion, religious, shortage, economic value, coma, movie, fear, lazy, laziness, priority, queue, line, wait, success, failure
MARCH 1, 2011 10:43AM
By Brokenwing
Topics: relationships, books, reading, love, marriage, medical, recovery, stroke, health, true story
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 9:44AM
By Sandy Powers
Topics: medical, open+call, health, food/drink, exercise, body inflammation, organic foods, meditation, cancer statistic, digital mammogram, oncologist, cancer recurrence, survivor, mastectomy, breast cancer
AUGUST 6, 2010 11:17AM
By Kevin Gosztola
Topics: torture, interrogation, cia, abuse, terrorism, war on terror, obama, obama administration, democrats, republicans, guantanamo, wikileaks, physicians, doctors, medical, health, news, politics, waterboarding, military
FEBRUARY 27, 2009 12:50PM
By freedomisgreen
Topics: marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed, reform, norml, ssdp, mpp, asa, leap, medical, recreational, prohibition, regulation, legalization, decriminalization, decrim, tax, politics
SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 7:02AM
By TheObsoleteMan
Topics: insurance, single payer, universal healthcare, united states, healthcare crisis, love, care, pictures, baby, neonatal, need, compassion, health reform, clinic, homeless, medicine, medical, operation, child care, child, old age, elderly, photography, photo, politics, health, family, belief/religion, poor, health care, faces, open call
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 1:02PM
By Jane Underwood
Topics: breast cancer, cancer, health, healing, death, illness, disease, milestones, medicine, medical, lumpectomy, mastectomy, metastasis, personal essay
Salon.com
Medical Insurance Has Gone Beyond the Pale
MARCH 14, 2010 1:36PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: uninsured, upsetting, horrifying, tragedy, shame, shocking, travesty, uninsurable, pre-existing cancer, pre-existing condition, previously insured, was paid up, had been insured, lacking insurance, not insured, no longer insured, recently, suddenly, now, death spiral, medical care, health care, health insurance, medical insurance, insurance, medical, health, politics
I am not Pro-Slavery. Are you?
DECEMBER 8, 2009 3:47PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: clash of absolutes, divisive, political answers, political questions, anti-slavery, anti-enslavement, pro-slavery, pro-enslavement, pro-abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, risk, health, medical, service, servitude, involuntary, voluntary, enslavement, slavery, abortion, politics
Challenging the Abortion Exclusion
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 2:46PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medical care, medical insurance, abortion, public option, exclusion, excluded, first amendment, court challenge, challenge, bill of rights, constitution
The “Dog Man” of McKenzie Bridge
DECEMBER 3, 2008 7:59AM
By Rick Lucke
Topics: medical, psychology, animals, belief and religion, science, health, politics, society
Health Insurance vs. Predatory Profiteering
FEBRUARY 10, 2010 12:13PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, medical, medicine, medical care, health, health care, cost, costs, rate, rates, profit, profits, premium, premiums, fee, fees, anthem, blue cross, anthem blue cross, wellpoint, ceo, salary, excessive, 39%, 39 percent, thirty-nine percent, $2.7 billion, quarter, quarterly, earning, earnings, non-profit, fairness, justice, incentives, theft, because we can, because they can, inflation, barack, obama, barack obama, president, president obama, sebelius, katherine sebelius, secretary, health and human services, hhs, letter, inquiry, correspondence, predatory, profiteering
Seeing Roe v. Wade as a Political Compromise
NOVEMBER 15, 2009 5:47PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, right, pro-life, pro-choice, anti-choice, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, absolute, clash of absolutes, legal, fair, unfair, safe and legal, coat hanger, coathanger, roe, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, law, personal, choice, compromise, neutral, middle ground, acceptable, unacceptable, political, philosophy, health, medical, abortion
Trauma! Mercy, Miami Medical, Not George Clooney's ER
APRIL 14, 2010 12:49PM
By Sally Swift
Topics: high tech medical shows better have high energy actors, grey's anatomy, george clookey, er, trauma, miami medical needs 911, mercy, medical, televison, entertainment?
Going All Shirley MacLaine on Them
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 5:32AM
By Linda Treiber
Topics: parenting isn't for cowards, mom as lion, current battles with insurance companies over broken thumb inspired this repost, menningitis, medical, family, belief/religion, repost
101 Words: Bitch of a Diagnosis Day
APRIL 10, 2010 3:25PM
By Natalie K. Munden
Topics: medical, open call, 101 words, denise, health, multiple sclerosis, ms, neurologist, sucker punched
Come, Have A Colonoscopy With Me!
JUNE 16, 2011 9:04PM
By Jeff L. Howe
Topics: jeff l. howe, medical, colonoscopy
Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics
Grace
JULY 21, 2011 4:27PM
By bnzoot
Topics: colleage, episcopal church, carmina burana, church, christianity, julian, science, medical, feeding tube, ventilator, muscular dystrophy, faith, grace, friend, friendship, health, belief/religion
Thinking of Healthcare solutions sans insurance
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 12:29PM
By Ardee
Topics: possibility, obama, reform, medical, healthcare
Organ Donation: Flip the Default to Opt-Out
APRIL 8, 2009 10:25PM
By Kent Pitman
Topics: politics, political, medical, medicine, organ donor, organ donation, opt-in, opt-out, default, religion, religious, shortage, economic value, coma, movie, fear, lazy, laziness, priority, queue, line, wait, success, failure
How to Survive a Stroke without really Trying
MARCH 1, 2011 10:43AM
By Brokenwing
Topics: relationships, books, reading, love, marriage, medical, recovery, stroke, health, true story
Will It Never End?
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 9:44AM
By Sandy Powers
Topics: medical, open+call, health, food/drink, exercise, body inflammation, organic foods, meditation, cancer statistic, digital mammogram, oncologist, cancer recurrence, survivor, mastectomy, breast cancer
More on How Physicians Became Torture Doctors for CIA
AUGUST 6, 2010 11:17AM
By Kevin Gosztola
Topics: torture, interrogation, cia, abuse, terrorism, war on terror, obama, obama administration, democrats, republicans, guantanamo, wikileaks, physicians, doctors, medical, health, news, politics, waterboarding, military
Marijuana History - Live and in Progress
FEBRUARY 27, 2009 12:50PM
By freedomisgreen
Topics: marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed, reform, norml, ssdp, mpp, asa, leap, medical, recreational, prohibition, regulation, legalization, decriminalization, decrim, tax, politics
Faces of the Health Care Poor
SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 7:02AM
By TheObsoleteMan
Topics: insurance, single payer, universal healthcare, united states, healthcare crisis, love, care, pictures, baby, neonatal, need, compassion, health reform, clinic, homeless, medicine, medical, operation, child care, child, old age, elderly, photography, photo, politics, health, family, belief/religion, poor, health care, faces, open call
Lenore and I Wrestle with the Lump
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 1:02PM
By Jane Underwood
Topics: breast cancer, cancer, health, healing, death, illness, disease, milestones, medicine, medical, lumpectomy, mastectomy, metastasis, personal essay