Public betrayal: The Children Are the True Healthcare Victims

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Oct 04

Even though our country has pioneered many major medical developments, millions of Americans do not have access to needed medical care. The growth of the nation’s uninsured population is about to reach it’s breaking point. With his long awaited promise to veto, President Bush vetoed legislation, State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), that would have [...]

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Another Blow for Chertoff’s No Match Letters

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Oct 01

A second federal judge blocked the Bush administration from notifying the nation’s employers that they face possible prosecution for knowingly employing undocumented immigrants unless they fire workers whose Social Security numbers do not match federal records.
Prior today’s ruling, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had announced on Aug. 10 that the Social Security Administration (SSA) would [...]

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EL PENDEJO

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Sep 18

Time for a short break from the serious. I received this email from my father.

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Health Insurance Who Needs It?

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Feb 24

In 2002 the Institute of Medicine came out with their finding in their landmark study, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, which documented the disparities in treatment of minorities in the American healthcare system. They found:

Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality of healthcare than non-minorities, even when [...]

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