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I just got health insurance. But before I recently got married, I was a part of the 49-million uninsured citizens living in America and the…

Politics

Governor Mitt Romney says he expected to get booed yesterday when he appeared before the NAACP Conference in Houston Texas yesterday. He said despite the strong objections, in his response to his pledge to repeal President Obama’s health care law, he’s ok with it. He admits that he expected the response, he said after his […]

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It’s being called “one of the biggest secrets”, in a city known for not being able to keep secrets. The nine supreme court justices, and more than three dozen other people have kept quiet for more than two months of how the supreme court is going to rule on the constitutionality of President Obama‘s health […]

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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO:  Obama Rejects Money Tied To […]

International

SIERRA LEONE — Women are pouring into hospitals in Sierra Leone since the government waived fees for pregnant women and children. The efforts are having a striking impact, cutting into the mortality rate for pregnant women and reducing malaria death for children. Various countries in sub-saharan Africa have gone to some from of free healthcare and […]

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Though the conditions of confinement have many negative effects on African-Americans, there seems to be at least one positive outcome of imprisonment: better health care. A research study published by Vanderbilt University sociologist Evelyn Patterson in 2010 shows state prisons are having a positive effect on the mortality rates of Black men. The Grio Reports: […]

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I have reluctantly held my tongue on Herman Cain for quite some time now, but enough is enough. The “contender” for U.S. president is a comical Republican presidential candidate, and a disgrace to the Black community. But what makes my skin boil is the painful reminder that Cain is a graduate (and member of the board […]

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Words By Jonothan “Gotti” Bonnano “I think it’s funny how record labels don’t provide health insurance but have life insurance policies on their artists.” -Crooked I When DJ Premier announced on his “Headquartez” radio show on Sirius Satellite radio that Kool Herc, widely known as the Father of Hip-Hop, was “sick and needed financial assistance […]

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Every new piece of legislation has winners and losers. Health care reform legislation is no exception, and, given the historic nature of the law, there are some very big winners as well as some very big losers.

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The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.

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The Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses.