Health Care

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August 18, 2009
OPINION - The health and prosperity of African Americans, now and in the years ahead, depend on our work to…
August 17, 2009
VIDEO -- President Barack Obama is willing to embrace insurance cooperatives over a government-run plan as the White House faces…
August 12, 2009
VIDEO - A group of doctors who started out providing free services in third-world countries has also been working in…
August 7, 2009
Walk-in retail clinics in grocery and drugstore chains can help the uninsured find health care, proponents say. But a new…
August 7, 2009
As the battle lines for health care reform are being drawn - and redrawn...
August 3, 2009
It's the worst of times and not-too-baddest of times for Barack Obama's presidency.
August 3, 2009
Health care reform is at the forefront of national policy, as Democrats work out how to pay for their 10-year,
August 1, 2009
President Obama's been hitting the road for healthcare reform, holding town halls yesterday in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Bristol, Virginia,…
July 28, 2009
We all know how it works: There's the healthcare debate going on in Washington, which is almost impossible to follow.Then…
July 27, 2009
President Barack Obama's push to overhaul health care needs Republican votes, lawmakers from both parties say. Democratic and GOP officials…
July 27, 2009
(AP Photo/The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bill Starling) Ever since President Obama nominated Alabama physician Regina Benjamin
July 23, 2009
Obama responds to questions during a news conference Wednesday, July 22, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) I found myself enjoying President Obama’s
July 23, 2009
After weeks of urging lawmakers to embrace his health care agenda, President Barack Obama is taking his case back to…
July 23, 2009
It was no surprise that on Wednesday, looking clean, fresh and rested, the President put on his game face and…
July 22, 2009
With recent polls showing that 50% of Americans disagree with the president’s handling of healthcare policy, President Obama has some
July 22, 2009
A generation ago, when crack cocaine was the scourge of black communities and hip-hop still wavered between decrying its impact
July 21, 2009
Even as one poll shows support for his handling of health care now below fifty percent, President Obama told PBS
July 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pushed back hard against critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, vowing to…
July 20, 2009
An investigation by The Chicago Reporter found that Illinois is arguably the worst state in the nation for black senior…
July 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday called President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul health care…