Archive for ‘Health care’

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May23

How the Catholic Bishops Outsmarted Washington Voters

by Valerie Tarico on May 23rd, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Posted In: Health care, Religion, Politics, Washington State Politics

When it comes to matters of individual conscience, Washington State voters have a don’t-mess-with-us attitude that makes Texans look like cattle—and it goes way back. In 2012 Washington voters flexed their muscle by legalizing recreational marijuana use and marriage for same-sex couples. In 2008, death with dignity passed some counties by as much as seventy-five […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May18

Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die?

by Valerie Tarico on May 18th, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Posted In: Human Rights, Civil rights, Health care, Religion, Politics, Washington State Politics, Women's rights

What happens when religious institutions get to manage public funds, absorb secular hospitals, and put theology above medical science and individual patient conscience? What happens when religious institutions get to manage public funds, absorb secular hospitals, and put theology above medical science and individual patient conscience? In 2010, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an elderly woman was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May09

Fighting for single-payer healthcare: Dr. Milstein vs. the naked emperor

by Matthew Thuney on May 9th, 2013 at 7:51 pm
Posted In: Health care, Politics, Washington State Politics

When it comes to the current health care system here in America, Dr. Jerrold Milstein relishes repeating his mantra, “The emperor has no clothes!” A strong supporter of the Affordable Health Care Act, or “ObamaCare” as right-wing conservatives derisively call it, Dr. Milstein is convinced that “once people realize they’ll be getting better care…resistance will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr27

Senate approves potential repeal of Paid Family Leave, bill moves to House

by AlexStone on April 27th, 2013 at 9:44 am
Posted In: Health care, Labor, Politics, Washington State Politics, Rodney Tom, Politics, Washington State Politics

It hasn’t been a good week for working families in the Washington State Legislature. On Monday, the Senate passed an amended version of SB 5903, which will repeal the Family Leave Insurance system if a funding mechanism is not identified in 2014. The bill will create a taskforce of eight legislators to fund the system. If no […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr12

Physicans for a National Health Program Western WA’s meeting on May 4 at UW

by Don Smith on April 12th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Posted In: Health care, Economics, Social Safety Net, Medicare, Economics, Social Safety Net, Union Support

Saturday May 4, 7PM Kane Hall Rm 120, UW Speakers: Andy Coates, MD (National President, PNHP), Gerald Friedman, PhD (Professor, Dept of Economics, U MA), Jeff Johnson (President, WA State Labor Council). Welcome by Congressman Jim McDermott.

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