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*A radio station in Philadelphia on Monday announced it will no longer air Rush Limbaugh’s program, but the move doesn’t appear related to his derogatory description of Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke, according to the New York Times. Philadelphia CBS affiliate WPHT replaced Limbaugh’s show with the more moderate radio host Michael Smerconish. In [...]
*As activists gathered in front of the Supreme Court last week to voice support for or opposition to the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” fellow Christians find themselves on both sides of the debate, says Black Christian News The rallies kicked off Sunday night with vigils as both sides prayed for opposite outcomes in the [...]
*In 1966 the Godfather of Soul recorded a song called “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” that accurately summed up the predominate thought in the world regarding gender relations: men accomplish all things of value and women are accessories. Ironically enough James Brown gained a number one song with this message at the same time [...]
*Rush Limbaugh began his syndicated radio show on Monday by reiterating the weekend apology he had made to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student whom the outspoken host had called a “slut” and “prostitute” for her testimony about contraception the week before. “I descended to [the left's] level when I used those two words to [...]
*In the latest battle pitting democracy against theocracy, Obama’s healthcare program has taken center stage. At issue is the prospect of religious institutions contributing to the costs of birth control for people affiliated with them. The critical piece of this debate is about whether schools and hospitals, and other institutions supported and founded by the [...]
*The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities wrote to President Barack Obama urging him to eliminate a proposed health care mandate that requires all new insurance plans to cover contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-causing drugs, says the Christian Post. “This mandate would require our member and affiliate institutions to violate their religious consciences,” CCCU President [...]
*With prosecutors making a pretty strong case that it was the gross negligence of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray that led to the singer’s death, it’s time to revisit some words of wisdom from a woman who knows a thing or two about the importance of choosing the right doctors. In fact, taking medical [...]
Glenn Ellis *Research shows that most consumers need help understanding health care information; regardless of reading level, patients prefer medical information that is easy to read and understand. For people who don’t have strong reading skills, however, easy-to-read health care materials are essential. The health of 90 million people in the U.S. may be at [...]
*Now that the House of Representatives prepares has voted to repeal last year’s landmark health care law, faith groups in America are continuing to weigh in on both sides of the debate. The organization Faith in Public Life published a report on Tuesday, which summarized the efforts of people of faith to express their support [...]
*A judge’s ruling on Monday that the individual mandate in health-care reform is unconstitutional hasn’t thrown the legislation off course yet: “Implementation of the act will proceed,” a White House official said Monday. “The ruling will not materially impede our work.” Health insurers are complying, though one representative says, “There is no alternative [to the [...]
*Looks like some people aren’t too worried about healthcare reform: The heads of the five biggest for-profit health insurance companies made almost $200 million in compensation in 2009 even as their companies planned to stick their customers with rate increases as high as 39 percent. CEOs of Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint all effectively [...]
*The health-care law passed this year won’t take full effect for several years, but President Obama is touting early progress in holding insurance companies accountable as evidence of its impact. “I’ve said before that implementing health insurance reform won’t happen overnight, and it will require some tweaks and changes along the way,” Obama said in [...]
*The President is once again looking down the barrel of his healthcare reform bill. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 4 million people who do not have health care will be paying fines. According to the Congressional Budget office, the penalties will “average a little more than $1,000 apiece in 2016,” said the [...]
*Officials at West Shore School District in Pennsylvania have agreed to lift a ban that prevented at least one middle school student from wearing an “Abortion is not Healthcare” T-shirt. In response to the policy revisions, Alliance Defense Fund attorneys on Wednesday filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit they had pursued on [...]
*Representative Artur Davis is in an uphill battle to become the first African American governor of the traditionally conservative, if not racist, state of Alabama. Thus, in an apparent bid to gain favor with white conservatives, last week he joined forces with 33 other mostly Southern Democrats who voted against President Obama’s health care reform [...]
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