The healthcare reform bill squeaked through the House this weekend by a vote of 220-215. A lot was given up, and a lot was said during the soap-opera-like final discussions on the bill, but in the end it was passed and it moves onto the Senate, where it will no doubt meet some even tougher [...]

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Looking for the H1N1 vaccine? Well, if you’re looking online you’re probably running into a lot of headlines that read “H1N1 Vaccine Shortage” or “Flu Shot Clinic Canceled Due To H1N1 Shortage.” It’s not so much those headlines that are making people scratch their heads, it the headlines right next to those that say “Guantanamo [...]

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President Obama gave a speech at my school graduation last May, riling the students up with ASU basketball commentary and rivalry talk. I watched on TV, wishing I had walked this year instead of graduating in December. Back then, his speech was about volunteering, finding your passion to help people and giving your time to [...]

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Glenn Beck Makes Waves
Controversial and incredibly popular TV personality and radio host Glenn Beck has ruffled some feathers around the country, causing reputable advertisers and big name companies to request that their commercials not be shown during his time frame. A few weeks back, not long before Beck went on vacation, he made a comment [...]

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Barney Frank Takes Town Hall
Barney Frank has never been known for his quiet ways, his calm demeanor, nor his eloquent language (sarcasm), but at a town hall meeting held on Tuesday, Barney Frank’s true colors came out, and those colors were fire-red.
As Barney Frank took to the podium at the Massachusetts town hall meeting, opposition [...]

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Death Panels, Sarah Palin, And Fear
 

Was there a secret death panel? Is that why the Senate Finance Committee withdrew its bill its bill the inclusion of advance care planning consultations, calling them too confusing? Maybe, or maybe the death panels were just a mock-up from Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh and the White House saw [...]

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Our Ceo Chad Harris likes to call us social media healthcare, since we are obsessed with interacting with our members via Twitter, Facebook, and through the blog comments. We’ve got a great following here, and we thank each and every one of you.
With that said, I came across an article today that I just had [...]

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Have you signed the Patients First Petition yet? It’s quickly making it’s way around the web, much like the FreeOurHealthCareNow petition that is extremely popular on this website. Though the FreeOurHealthCareNow petition is directed towards President Obama, the Hands Off My Healthcare petition is aimed at everyone and anyone who supports legislation for health care [...]

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It seems that Patients First is mysteriously all over the internet today. Do you know who Patients First is? While Patients First may claim to be for you, the patient, behind the scenes of it’s funding sources and it’s creators may tell a different story.
Do you know who is funding these spontaneous town hall [...]

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Don’t you love it? President Obama’s health care logo is raising eyebrows across the internet today. Leave it to good old Rush Limbaugh, Aunt Sara’s favorite radio personality, to stir up the pot today and insight fear and loathing on the internet. Give Uncle Rush some extra hydrocodone and that wide-eyed audience and you’ve got [...]

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