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MSNBC
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People learning through genetic testing that they might be susceptible to devastating diseases wouldn't also have to worry about losing their jobs or their health insurance under anti-discrimination legislation the Senate passed Thursday.
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CNN
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President Bush told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he will not agree to legislation expanding children's health insurance if it includes a tobacco tax increase, a decision that virtually ensures a renewed veto struggle with the Democratic-controlled Cong..
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SF Gate
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a plan on Monday to guarantee health insurance to all Americans, but in a way carefully designed to avoid nearly every major political flaw in her failed proposal of 1993-94.
In the new plan, Clinton promised to cov..
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Washington Post
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A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did..
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CNN
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz canceled an appearance at a major health conference Thursday as the bank's board discussed an escalating controversy over the promotion of his girlfriend.
The 24-nation board is trying to determine how to proceed giv..
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CNN
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Monday to create a universal health care system if elected, saying she "learned a lot" during the failed health care effort of her husband's presidency.
"We're going to have universal health..
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ABC News
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Elizabeth Edwards has been called the most valuable player for her husband John Edward's bid for the White House. But the couple might be facing a new health scare.
Elizabeth Edwards, a breast cancer survivor, has recently gone to the doctor to check i..
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USA Today
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Hoping to gain support for his health care proposal, President Bush pledged Saturday to reach across party lines to reform the nation's medical insurance system so more of the 46 million uninsured Americans can afford coverage. "From my conversations w..
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Yahoo News
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Monday proposed spending up to $120 billion a year to fix a "dysfunctional" health care system by requiring health insurance for all Americans and helping to make it more affordable...
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CBS News
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President Bush formally unveiled a pair of health initiatives during his State of the Union address Tuesday night aimed at expanding Americans' access to health coverage...
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MSNBC
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The Bush administration has appointed a new chief of family-planning programs at the Department of Health and Human Services who worked at a Christian pregnancy-counseling organization that regards the distribution of contraceptives as ....
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New York Times
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Congressional Democrats say a new government publication being sent to all Medicare beneficiaries inappropriately favors private insurance plans over the traditional government-run program...
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MSNBC
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Similar to Bush proposal
Altman's group released a poll Tuesday showing that nearly 30 percent of Americans have faced a serious problem in paying for medical care or insurance in the past year. The survey also found that 25 percent of workers made job..
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SF Gate
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A Congressional watchdog agency has found that White House officials repeatedly intervened in the government's scientific process for assessing the health risks of toxic chemicals, prompting Sen. Barbara Boxer to threaten giving Congress control of the pr..
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Yahoo News
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Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."
As a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in 1992,..
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Reuters
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Britain's health secretary complained on Thursday about an advertisement run by Rudy Giuliani, saying the U.S. Republican presidential candidate had maligned Britain's health care system with bad statistics.
In the radio ad, Giuliani, who has suffered..
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Yahoo News
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Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich questioned President Bush's mental health in light of comments he made about a nuclear Iran precipitating World War III.
"I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health,"..
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MSNBC
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I intend to be the health care president,” Mrs. Clinton said at a debate last month in New Hampshire. “You see a lot of people with those stickers that say, ‘I’m a health care voter.’ Well, I want to be the health care president.”
The Democ..
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New York Times
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy, who had been shocked by the hunger he saw in West Virginia, made the fight against hunger a theme of his presidential campaign. After his election he created the modern food stamp program, which today helps millions of Americans..
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MSNBC
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President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.
It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some Republicans feared coul..
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