NewsRack: flenvcenter/Environmental-Health_National

The Purists - NY Times: Editorials

By TIMOTHY EGAN — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

With purists at both ends of the political spectrum making it hard to govern, Dennis Kucinich's reversal on health-care legislation seems brave, if overdue.

Letter: Using Generic Drugs to Save Lives Worldwide - NY Times: Editorials

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Letters: The Health Debate: Crunch Time - NY Times: Editorials

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Officials seek final say on health plans - Boston Globe: Massachusetts

John Laidler, Globe Correspondent — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Officials seek final say on health plans

Health Debate Could Hurt First-Quarter Totals (CQPolitics.com) - Yahoo: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

CQPolitics.com - With the end of the first quarter just two weeks away and a difficult health care vote looming, the campaigns of some vulnerable House Democrats caught in the middle of the contentious fight aren't optimistic about what they'll show in their first fundraising reports of 2010.

On health care, listen to the nuns - Washington Post: Op-Eds

E.J. Dionne Jr. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

One of the tragedies of the viciously politicized battle over health-care reform is the defection of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops from a cause they have championed for decades.

Democrats: Vote your conscience on health care - Washington Post: Op-Eds

Marjorie Margolies — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Dear wavering House Democrats,

Republicans already talking about repeal of health-care bill - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Even as House Democrats search for the votes to send health-care legislation to President Obama, dozens of Republican lawmakers and candidates have signed a pledge to back an effort to repeal the bill, should the GOP take control of either house of Congress after this fall's elections.

Op-Ed Columnist: Access, Access, Access - International Herald Tribune: Editorials

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Great health care often is about just being in a position to get some.

V.A. Is Fined Over Errors in Radiation at Hospital - New York Times Health

By WALT BOGDANICH — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited an “unprecedented number” of mistakes by the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center in treating prostate cancer patients.

Running for Obama’s Old Seat, and Set on Derailing His Plans - New York Times Health

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Representative Mark Steven Kirk said that if he won the president’s old Senate seat, he would work to repeal any health care legislation.

Obama picks up new support for health bill (Reuters) - Elections

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Reuters - President Barack Obama picked up support for healthcare reform on Wednesday from a former critic and from a group of Catholic nuns, who broke with bishops on the abortion issue and urged final passage of the Senate overhaul. ...

Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News (AP) - Elections

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest.

Lawmaker says health care ad distorts and hurts (AP) - Yahoo: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - A Pennsylvania lawmaker whose parents recently died of cancer is among the targets of an ad campaign by a conservative group that questions congressional Democrats' interest in preventing the disease.

Retired Catholic bishop endorses health care bill (AP) - Yahoo: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - A retired Catholic bishop is announcing his support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, despite the church's official opposition.

Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan (AP) - Yahoo: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance. ...

Health bill gains ground but release delayed (AP) - Yahoo: Top Stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote. ...

Obama Fox News Interview Gets Combative - WCCO: National

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In a sometimes-combative interview Wednesday with Fox News' Bret Baier, President Obama predicted that his health care reform bill will pass and said that he doesn't "spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or Senate." The comments come as Republicans criticize House Democrats for considering using an obscure maneuver called a "self-executing rule," which both Republicans and Democrats have used multiple times in the past, to combine votes on the Senate version of the health care bill.

Pennsylvania lawmaker calls health care ad outrageous and untrue, but group refuses to halt it - Star Tribune: Politics

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Retired Texas bishop joins Catholic nuns in supporting Obama's health care bill - Star Tribune: Business

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Nuns' support for health-care bill shows church split - Seattle Times: Health

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By sending a letter to Congress in support of the Senate health care bill, a wide coalition of nuns took sides against not only the Republican minority but against their own church hierarchy, as represented by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which opposes the bill.

Retired Catholic bishop endorses health care bill - Seattle Times: Top stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A retired Catholic bishop is announcing his support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, despite the church's official opposition.

Pelosi's time - SFGate: Op-Ed

Marc Sandalow — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Pelosi's time

Paterson Signs Law on Making Health Care Decisions - NY Times: NY Region

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The law signed by Gov. David A. Paterson ranks spouses and domestic partners first in a hierarchy of surrogates responsible for making life-and-death choices.

Tee time for Pelosi? - Boston Globe: Opinion

Joan Vennochi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tee time for Pelosi?