Category Archives: Health Care & Medicare

Mental Health Parity Is Now Iowa Law

Posted on May 3, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Mental Health Parity Is Now Iowa Law Kudos to the Legislature and Governor for finally signing mental health insurance parity into law. A measure of insurance protection for many Iowans with mental illnesses was signed into law Monday by Gov. … Continue reading →

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Harkin Works to Make Television More Accessible for the Visually Impaired

Posted on April 27, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

  Harkin Works to Make Television More Accessible for the Visually Impaired by Caroline Vernon This guy is my hero! He's always looking out for the underdog… being a disabled person myself, I am eternally grateful for the work he … Continue reading →

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Doctors Influenced By Mention Of Drug Ads

Posted on April 27, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Doctors Influenced By Mention Of Drug Ads by Shankar Vedantam & Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Offbeat Study Links Brand to Diagnosis Actors pretending to be patients with symptoms of stress and fatigue were five times as likely to walk out … Continue reading →

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Iowa Department of Agriculture Bans Sale of Homeopathic Remedies for Livestock

Posted on April 19, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Department of Agriculture Bans Sale of Homeopathic Remedies for Livestock And to think that the University of Iowa used to have a thriving School of Homeopathy until the AMA killed it off! This came in today from Wisconsin: We … Continue reading →

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Progressive Action in the Quad Cities

Posted on April 14, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Progressive Action in the Quad Cities by Caroline Vernon Progressive Action For The Common Good is a group of Quad Cities citizens who are committed to working together in order to rebuild an active community interested in promoting progressive values … Continue reading →

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Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability

Posted on April 8, 2005 by bfialindathieman

 Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability Pesticide Action Network North America Many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies above government assessed “acceptable” levels. Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability, makes public for … Continue reading →

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Toxic Personal Care Products Promote Disease Through Daily Use

Posted on April 6, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Toxic Personal Care Products Promote Disease Through Daily Use by Rebecca Ephraim, Common Ground, AlterNet.org Emerging science suggests that untold numbers of cosmetics and personal care ingredients may be silently and insidiously promoting cancer, ravaging women's reproductive functions and causing … Continue reading →

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GOP Priorities

Posted on March 25, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Priorities There's not much to be said about this chart – other than ask the question “Just what did 'Medicare Modernization' accomplish?”.  (Click on the chart to read the accompanying article from the Washington post.)

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U.S. Cosmetics Industry Fights to Continue Using Toxic Chemicals

Posted on March 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

U.S. Cosmetics Industry Fights to Continue Using Toxic Chemicals By Kelly Hearn, AlterNet.org Toxic cosmetics ingredients were recently banned in the European Union. Here in the U.S., the $35 billion cosmetics industry is fighting a similar ban tooth and nail. … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Factory Farms

Posted on March 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Cleaning Up Factory Farms By J.R. Pegg, Environment News Service, AlterNet.org The Bush administration thinks it's perfectly OK to let factory farms discharge waste into the nation's waters. A federal appeals court says the policy stinks. The Bush administration's regulations … Continue reading →

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