Health Care

How to Get Republicans to Care About Women's Issues: Snacks

No, really.

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| Thu Dec. 13, 2012 5:21 AM PST

Tea Party Trying to Kill Obamacare…by Friday

Their latest attack on health care reform: targeting state insurance exchanges.

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| Tue Dec. 11, 2012 10:26 AM PST
Illustration: James Yang

Transgender People Want Shrinks to Stop Calling Them Crazy

But will the new diagnosis from the American Psychiatric Association cause them other trouble?

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| Wed Dec. 5, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Why Social Security Reform Would Be Good For Liberals

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| Mon Nov. 26, 2012 12:57 PM PST

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Ohio GOP's Election Lesson: We Should Go After Planned Parenthood Again!

The GOP revives an effort to take away family planning and education funds from the state's 32 Planned Parenthood providers.

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| Wed Nov. 21, 2012 4:00 AM PST
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Koch-Backed Group Warns Chris Christie

The billionaires once hailed the N.J. governor; now a political outfit they finance worries Christie will cave on Obamacare.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 11:30 AM PST
Coca Cola bottles.

Will Big Soda Beat the California Soda Taxes?

Aggressive penny-per-ounce taxes might mean significant reductions in rates of diabetes and heart disease in Richmond and El Monte, California, but can the proposals survive massive opposition from the food and beverage lobby?

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| Tue Nov. 6, 2012 4:45 PM PST

The Election Is Today, and Americans Still Don't Understand Obamacare

If the president loses the election, this could be a key factor.

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| Mon Nov. 5, 2012 4:00 AM PST

What Would a Romney Victory Mean for Reproductive Rights?

Here are eight ways a Romney-Ryan administration could interfere with your access to reproductive health care.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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At the Forefront of America's Health Care Battle: "The Waiting Room"

An interview with Pete Nicks, director of the new documentary "The Waiting Room."

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 1:01 PM PDT
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan

The Romney-Ryan Plan to Obliterate Medicaid

If the GOP ticket gets its way, the poor and the elderly can kiss their coverage goodbye.

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| Fri Oct. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Shocker: Free Birth Control Means Fewer Abortions

New research shows access to free contraception leads to fewer unintended pregnancies and abortions.

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| Fri Oct. 5, 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Anti-Abortion Group Launches New Super-PAC

"Women Speak Out" plans to spend $500,000 on ads in swing states.

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| Wed Oct. 3, 2012 11:15 AM PDT
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Ralph Reed's Group: An Obama Victory Means "He Can Complete America's Destruction"

The nonprofit run by the ex-Christian Coalition leader blankets voters with grab bag of right-wing Obama hatred.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Longreads: 5 Diseases You Didn't Know to Worry About

Great long-form journalism on diseases that have been resurrected by antibiotic resistance, spread by climate change, or just been completely baffling.

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| Fri Sep. 28, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Why Don't More American Women Use IUDs?

The modern IUD has a low failure rate, is safe, and is cheap in the long run. So why is it so hard for some women to get one?

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| Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Mitt Romney Rebukes the Premise Behind Romneycare

Romney once called the realization that emergency room care upped health care costs "an epiphany." Now he says it doesn't matter.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 7:40 AM PDT

Short Takes: "The Waiting Room"

A new documentary views the current state of our healthcare system through the lens of one public hospital in Oakland.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Even Evangelicals Sorta Kinda Like Obamacare Now

Attendees at the evangelical Values Voter Summit who virulently opposed the bill grudgingly admit that it's doing some good.

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| Fri Sep. 14, 2012 3:13 PM PDT
Ken Cuccinelli

"You Don't Give a Shit About Women in Virginia!"

State board gives in to conservative pressure; vote could shut down all of state's abortion clinics

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| Fri Sep. 14, 2012 1:20 PM PDT