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Health care reform 22 Sep 2009
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Chemical Consumption by Tony Ellis Comment (1)
There are advantages and disadvantages to having a wife whose job is campaigning about the dangers of GMO food. The disadvantage is that you have to read the labels on every item of food before you buy it. The advantage is that you do actually read the labels before you buy it. Because, let's face it, you don't know what on earth they put in "food" these days (or if it is even food at all). My
Tony EllisIowa newsHealth care reform 3 Sep 2009
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Change of Heart by Tony Ellis Comment (0)

Good news for once about our tempestuous health care debate. While the brats inside the Beltway distract everyone with their school yard scrapping, others are out there are making positive change. Here’s a couple of examples:

Former top insurance executive Wendell Potter had a change of heart after attending the premiere of Michael Moore’s damning film about the health care industry, “Sicko”,

PoliticsIowa newsHealth care reformChristine Schrum 17 Aug 2009
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The Tale of the One-Dollar Q-Tip by Christine Schrum Comment (9)

An AmeriCanadian Perspective on U.S. Health Care Reform

I’m no politician—which means I can sit back in front of the TV with a cool raspberry popsicle and something like detachment as I watch both supporters and critics of the Democrats’ health care reform proposal turn American town halls into The Jerry Springer Show. I say “something like detachment” because although I am Canadian, I will be