Posts Tagged ‘Health and Human Services’

House would repeal insurers’ antitrust exemption

I don’t understand why health insurers’ were ever exempt from antitrust laws.  I think the fact that they are is indicative of the incredible lobby the industry has and I believe  the lobby is why we can’t seem to get any real health care reform passed.
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to repeal the health [...]

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Daschle Withdraws

What is it with these people who don’t pay their taxes?  We can’t get by with blowing off the IRS.
By Anne E. Kornblut and Paul Kane
In a stunning reversal, Tom Daschle withdrew from the process to become secretary of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, citing the distractions that followed his failure to pay $146,000 [...]

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The Bush Administration’s attack on birth control

Probably the greatest liberation for women came in the form of reliable birth control. With the advent of the birth control pill women were no longer slaves to their reproductive system, having baby after baby, year after year. But, George Bush’s administration wants to change that.
The Department of Health and Human Services has [...]

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A call to arms for women: HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion

It appears the right wingers of the Bush Administration are feeling ignored and decided to engage in some saber rattling.
HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
Cristina Page Tue Jul 15, 9:07 PM ET
In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows [...]

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