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Some Native Americans could lose coverage under Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act is stirring up confusion and anger among the patients who visit a Los Angeles clinic dedicated to serving urban-based Native Americans. That's because President Barack Obama's reform has raised a painful question: which tribes get free health care and which have to pay?

Let's Stop Gun Violence by Retiring These NRA Riders on Appropriations Bills

Many of the most pro-gun, pro-criminal laws we live under receive no debate

More Means-Testing to Hurt Middle-Class Seniors

It’s a Medicare reform idea that seems pretty straightforward, and for proponents on both sides of the political aisle, a fair-minded approach to solving the entitlement program’s funding woes -- make more financially well-heeled Medicare beneficiaries foot more of the bill for their care....

With Second Term Underway and Budget Battle Ahead, Obama’s Medicare Legacy Is Not Yet Written

As the deficit reduction discussions heat up again in Congress, Medicare will certainly come under the microscope. What happens to the federal program could impact President Obama's legacy as it relates to Medicare.

Going Beyond Guns: More Questions About Newtown, CT, Massacre

The last 15 years of research on how adverse childhood experiences cause adult onset of chronic disease, mental illness, violence and being a victim of violence is unequivocal. To understand what happened to Adam Lanza, we have to ask difficult questions.

Unmentionables at Health 2.0: Is Your Bank Balance Making You Sick?

What are the "unmentionables" in healthcare and technology? A public health doctor weighs in from this week's Health 2.0 conference.

October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

President Clinton declared October as Domestic Violence Awarness Month and in 1994 signed into legislation the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as authored by Sen. Joe Biden. It addresses various forms of redress and recovery for violent acts against women. It looks at the physical violence dynamic

What Context Should Reporters Have in Order to Assess Competing Medicare Reform Proposals?

The Medicare NewsGroup asked its newly formed Medicare Leaders Advisory Board – a group of prominent former leaders of the federal program and political veterans – this question: “What context should journalists have in order to evaluate competing Medicare reform proposals?”...

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