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Economy forces OBGYNs to become one stop medical shop
Most women see their OBGYNs once a year. But more and more patients are turning to OBGYNs for general medical advice and the economy may be to blame...
Farmer vents health care frustration on field
VIDEO - An unusual sign of protest has sprung up in Lubbock County, Texas, but you'll have to take to the sky to see it.
Are health care co-ops better than the public option?
OPINION - In theory, the government-run public option and the co-ops should offer the same benefit - providing competition for private insurance companies in order to keep costs down.
Public option shouldn't be an option at all
OPINION - The Obama administration has put up a white flag by floating the idea that the so-called public option is not an essential part of its health care agenda.
LA County allocates $350M to rebuild hospital in poor area
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area's continued racial strife.
Debate over public option heats up in town halls
VIDEO - In Orlando last night, lines started early for a health care town hall."The health insurance industry is ripping off Americans right, left and down the middle," said one activist.By dark, police kept overflow crowds in check...
Environmental threats contaminate our health and prosperity
OPINION - The health and prosperity of African Americans, now and in the years ahead, depend on our work to create clean, safe environments in the places where we live, work, play and learn.
Obama backs away from public health insurance plan
VIDEO -- President Barack Obama is willing to embrace insurance cooperatives over a government-run plan as the White House faces mounting opposition...
1500 uninsured find free health care at makeshift hospital
VIDEO - A group of doctors who started out providing free services in third-world countries has also been working in this country, and they're seeing record numbers of Americans needing their help.
