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Durbin’s Poll on Health Care Reform
It’s been clear from many polls that a majority of Americans support the inclusion of a public health insurance option in the final health care reform bill. Something else is now clear based on the results U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) got polling over 80,000 people: the American people who voted for change last November [...]

Potential benefits of “Affordable Health Care for America” Act
It’s bound to change as any bill does when there are differing priorities in the U.S. House and Senate, but there are some very interesting changes coming down the pike which almost everybody who doesn’t work for a big insurance company is likely to appreciate. The “temporary insurance” program created immediately to fill in the gap [...]

What’s wrong in Afghanistan?
The recent turmoil surrounding the re-election of President Karzai underscores that the government of Afghanistan has not attained the transparency and stability to win the basic fight against corruption, let alone drug trafficking and other threats to the peace, without help. The U.S. administration has been supporting and encouraging Afghan efforts to implement various UN [...]

Reuters article cites changes in health care reform bills as evidence activists are prevailing despi
For-profit insurance is unique to the U.S. health care system. No other developed country has a profit motive warping the payment of health care, driving up costs. That’s arguably the key reason Americans spend a much higher share income on health care, and why small business owners shoulder a greater share of the cost [...]