Health Insurance Mashables: Righting the SCHIP Hillary Care All Over Again? Presidential Veto Threatened
With nearly half of America either uninsured or underinsured, with healthcare costs annually escalating at three times the rate of inflation, with millions of America's children with no healthcare at all, bitterly fought partisan politics continue to dominate the healthcare agenda in Washington.
Under the threat of Presidential veto, Congress' monthlong summer recess was preceded by passage of legistlation in both houses to reconstruct SCHIP funding that would deliver health insurance coverage to 3-6 million additional children currently deprived and potentially empower states with the latitude to provide relief to lower income families in need of funding assistance.
ABC News Video: GMA On Call Too Sick for School? Dr. Tim has advice on deciding when to keep your kids home from school.
ABC News Video on Demand - Good Morning America "On Call" with Dr. Tim concerning parental guidlines for sending and returning children to school when symptoms of sickness occur.
The good doctor offers plenty of sound advice and, perhaps, the most relevant is the strong encouragement for parents to trust their "gut" instincts concerning their chidren's wellbeing.
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When John Q (Denzel Washington) discovers health insurance will not cover the organ transplant that will save his son's life, he is willing to take the most extreme measures, including taking his own life, in order to save him.
John Q asked an soul shaking question and not strictly rhetorical in nature; tremors and terrors in the night not unfamiliar to most parents. Although the film and its message went unheralded and was ignored by Hollywood and Washington, Denzel Washington's courageous performance and choice of subject matter did not.
Unfortunately and somewhat understandably, dialog about health insurance and health care policy is not something that most Americans delight engaging in. Who relishes in discussing bills or financial pressures socially; a free pass given to lawmakers that is fully exploited.
(Katie Couric: Eye to Eye) Couric speaks with Michelle Obama about how her two young daughters are coping with their father's surge in popularity as his presidential campaign gains momentum. (CBS News On Demand)
The Silent Congo War: With over 1,000 people continuing to die each day from conflict-related causes, five million have perished in seven years, more than any other conflict since WWII. Perhaps the most unimaginable aspect of all is the widespread use of genocidal rape as an instrument of war by both sides of the conflict.
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