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Three states OK recreational marijuana
Chicago Tribune - Tue Nov 8, 2016
California, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. More»

The states with the biggest Obamacare struggles spent years undermining the law
Los Angeles Times - Sat Oct 29, 2016
As insurers exit Obamacare marketplaces across the country, critics of the Affordable Care Act have redoubled claims that the health law isn't working. More»

Diabetes Spreads As The Treatment For It Gets Pricier
Think Progress - Wed Apr 6, 2016
The price of the most effective drug used to treat diabetes is skyrocketing - even as the potentially life-threatening disease is becoming increasingly common among impoverished people. More»

5 Major Developments That Change How We Should Think About Marijuana
AlterNet - Fri Jan 22, 2016
Scientific discoveries are published almost daily rebuking the federal government's contention that cannabis is a highly dangerous substance lacking therapeutic efficacy. More»

Alabama Jailers Let Prisoners Die From Easily Treatable Illnesses to Save Money
AlterNet - Mon Oct 20, 2014
Three lawsuits recently filed in federal court accuse the state of Alabama of denying prisoners with easily treatable illnesses or injuries proper medical care resulting in the prisoner's death. More»

Pictured: First Ebola patient diagnosed on American soil
Daily Mail - Wed Oct 1, 2014
Texas governor Rick Perry reveals schoolchildren from FOUR different schools have been exposed and 18 Americans could be infected. More»

U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
Time - Tue Jun 17, 2014
The US health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance, which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time, according to the 2014 Commonwealth Fund survey 2014. More»

Los Angeles launches probe of alleged 'patient dumping' by Nevada
Reuters - Thu May 2, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO - Nevada health officials acknowledged on Thursday that a state-run hospital improperly bused 10 newly discharged psychiatric patients out of the state with deficient plans for their care, while Los Angeles launched a criminal probe into the alleged "patient dumping. More»

Some US hospitals are deporting patients without consulting any court
Associated Press - Tue Apr 23, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa - Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. More»

Pediatricians call to keep thimerosal in vaccines
Reuters - Mon Dec 17, 2012
A mercury-containing preservative rarely used in the United States should not be banned as an ingredient in vaccines, US pediatricians said Monday, in a move that may be controversial. More»

Over $2.5 million in Medical Bills: 'Miracle' tornado survivor denied workers' comp
Associated Press - Sat Oct 22, 2011
JOPLIN, Missouri By all accounts, Mark Lindquist is a hero, an underpaid social worker who nearly gave his life trying to save three developmentally disabled adults from the Joplin tornado. More»

Even those insured may face big bills
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sat Sep 10, 2011
State Representative Rusty Kidd was being carried down stairs in his wheelchair last November when one of the steps suddenly broke. More»

Vets with PTSD get benefits under settlement
CNN - Sat Jul 30, 2011
Washington - Anthony Koller's squad was ambushed in Iraq. More»

Tech Indicted In Case Of Woman Dying In ER
CNN - Mon May 16, 2011
NEW YORK - A psychiatric technician was indicted Monday for reckless endangerment and falsifying hospital records, including those of a patient who died unattended on an emergency room floor, according to District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. More»

Patient Dumping: Brain surgery patient put in cab
KOMO-TV - Sat Feb 5, 2011
SEATTLE - A brain surgery patient was left wandering lost and disoriented in an unfamiliar neighborhood on a rainy night in his hospital gown after the University of Washington Medical Center sent him home in a taxi. More»

Viva WikiLeaks! Sicko Was Not Banned in Cuba
Michael Moore - Huffington Post - Sat Dec 18, 2010
Yesterday WikiLeaks did an amazing thing and released a classified State Department cable that dealt, in part, with me and my film, 'Sicko. More»

Insurance Industry Executive Apologizes to Michael Moore
Raw Story - Mon Nov 22, 2010
Filmmaker Michael Moore received an apology from a former health insurance industry executive for his role in attempting to smear the documentarian and his documentary on the for-profit health care industry, Sicko. More»

'Shocking' conditions at Tylenol plant
CNN - Thu May 13, 2010
NEW YORK - The quality and safety violations that led to the shutdown of a Tylenol plant were extremely serious, and could lead to tough action by regulators on drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. More»

Lisa Hofstra Settles With City For $78K: Nurse Handcuffed By Cop For Not Drawing Blood On Command
Huffington Post - Mon May 3, 2010
A nurse who was handcuffed by a Chicago Police Officer when she refused to draw blood from a drunk-driving suspect fast enough for him in August settled her lawsuit against the officer for $78,000. More»

When the Army Uses "Enhanced Interrogation" on an American Soldier
Huffington Post - Wed Apr 14, 2010
I had been covering veterans' issues for several years and thought I'd developed a thick skin. More»

Obama signs historic $938 billion overhaul
Associated Press - Mon Mar 22, 2010
WASHINGTON - A beaming President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every citizen's life, presiding over the biggest shift in US domestic policy since the 1960s and capping a divisive, yearlong debate that could define the November elections. More»

Johnson & Johnson expands Tylenol recall
Associated Press - Thu Jan 14, 2010
NEW YORK - Johnson & Johnson expanded a recall of over-the-counter medications Friday, the second time it has done so in less than a month because of a moldy smell that has made users sick. More»

Alert: 800-Thousand Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine Recalled
Associated Press - Mon Dec 14, 2009
ATLANTA - Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. More»

Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits
Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 2009
Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations. More»

Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die
Associated Press - Wed Nov 18, 2009
CHICAGO - Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. More»

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency
Associated Press - Fri Oct 23, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people. More»

Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients
Associated Press - Wed Oct 21, 2009
TOPEKA, Kansas - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. More»

Domestic Violence a 'pre-existing condition'?
CNN - Mon Oct 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women. More»

Nurse arrested on the job sues police
WLS-TV - Mon Sep 21, 2009
CHICAGO - A nurse is suing the Chicago Police Department after her arrest at Illinois Masonic Hospital. More»

Chemo in closet: Doctor finds way to treat Nevada's cancer patients
CNN - Mon Aug 17, 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Christina Aguilar sits in a converted storage room of a Las Vegas medical center, the best hope for underinsured cancer patients to get the treatment they need. More»

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