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Great piece from MSNBC.
2 FaversShareViewed: 2 TimesQuoted: Msnbc.com readers reveal that even good health insurance is no guarantee of covered care. Three families found that their coverage wasn’t enough, that it didn’t exist when they needed it most, or that it ended with the loss of a job.
It's just stupid to say this is preferential treatment ... they got their swine flu shot at the same time as other Washington, D.C. school children. Should they NOT get a swine flu shot when they are part of a high-risk group (children)? I agree that it's setting a good example when 1 out of 3 American parents are against getting their children vaccinated.
2 FaversShareViewed: 17 TimesQuoted: With Dad a world leader and Nobel Prize winner, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could have been first in line when vaccinations began for swine flu.
Yet another reason we need a major health care overhaul. This reminds me of how women were being denied coverage for their second c-sections because they had a "pre-existing condition." This isn't even veiled sexism -- it's misogyny.
2 FaversShareViewed: 5 TimesQuoted: The Pennsylvania home health care company Linda Bettinazzi runs is charged about $6,800 per worker for health insurance – $2,000 more than the national average for single coverage. One reason: nearly every one of her 175 employees is a woman.
2 FaversShareViewed: 21 TimesQuoted: How sex dental floss and belly laughs can make a good life great. Best-selling author Mehmet Oz M.D. explains.
Pass on to your female friends...
2 FaversShareViewed: 16 TimesQuoted: Critics say Yaz and Yasmin, the top-selling birth control line in the U.S., pose greater health risks to women.
A lot of bleeding from Detroit over the past 5 years...
1 FaverShareViewed: 5 TimesQuoted: This animated map provides a striking visual of employment trends over the last business cycle using net change in jobs from the U.S. Bureau of Statistics
1 FaverShareViewed: 6 TimesQuoted: It’s the question every Primal adherent faces: how does alcohol fit into a low carb lifestyle? Maybe you’re out with friends, bravely resisting the assorted
Hm, it sounds to me like there are some problematic assumptions being made in this study...
1 FaverShareViewed: 30 TimesQuoted: The birth control pill may have done more than just help liberate women — it may also have changed “the laws of attraction” between the sexes, according to a new study.
wtf
1 FaverShareViewed: 9 TimesQuoted: OXFORD — Friends say the Miami University graduate who died this week after reportedly suffering from swine flu delayed getting medical treatment because she did not have health insurance.
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