Health Care

Welcome to the WomenMatter Healthcare Archives page. Click on the links below to view the past updates.

• 5/9/2008 - Medicaid: A Philosophy of Healthcare
• 3/14/2008 - Mental Health Debate: Congress Considers Coverage
• 10/05/2007 - Congress May Override Veto for First Time in Bush Presidency
• 9/24/2007 - Be Prepared for '08: WomenMatter Looks at Healthcare
• 9/13/2007 - Healthcare Watch: Democrats Shift their Focus to the Domestic
• 8/1/2007 - Coverage for Kids: A Piece of the Healthcare Debate
• 5/30/2007 - Beyond Old McDonald: The Farm Bill Affects You
• 5/14/2007 - Medicare, why should you care? Public or Private?
• 4/03/2007 - Protect Yourself: New Possibilities for Women in the Bedroom
• 3/10/2007 - Your Healthcare: What has it Done for you Lately?
• 1/13/2007 - The First 100 Hours: Stem Cell Research
• 1/6/2007 - New Year, New Congress, New Health Care?
• 10/28/2006 - Top of the Bill: Health Care
• 10/14/2006 - States Take a Breath: Medicaid Spending Lowest in Years
• 8/13/2006 - The Saga Continues: Plan Z for Plan B
• 7/22/2006 - First Time for Everything: President Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research
• 7/21/2006 - Money Isn’t Everything: Changes to Medicare Focus on Cost
• 4/24/2006 - Mass Health Care Part 2: Critiques of the New Policy
• 4/15/2005 - The Power of South Dakota: 23 State Legislators Set the National Stage
• 4/14/2005 - Mass Health Care: Massachusetts Goes Universal
• 12/12/2005 - Radio Transmission: WomenMatter Dives Deep into Medicare
• 12/11/2005 - Issues for us all: Health and Money
• 10/22/2005 - Health of the Nation: Special Update on Medicare and Medicaid
• 10/9/2005 - Weaving the Safety Net: Vermont Experiments with Medicaid
• 9/4/2005 - No Plan for Plan B: Politics keeps Emergency Contraception off the Shelves
• 8/13/2005 - HealthWatch: Unnoticed Heath Care Legislation
• 8/5/2005 - The "Earthquake" in Congress: Frist Defies Bush on Stem Cell Research
• 7/22/2005 - Not Partisan: The Stem Cell Debate Goes Deeper than Party Lines
• 7/15/2005 - Changes in Health Care: State and Federal Consider the Options
• 7/12/2005 - The Clawback: A Scary Movie for States
• 6/8/2005 - Food Money: Appropriators Shape Food and Drug Policy
• 6/2/2005 - Hope for the Uninsured? Health Care’s Heavy Hitters try to Find Solutions
• 5/29/2005 - Tough Cell: House Passes Controversial Stem Cell Bill
• 4/29/2005 - Is Medicaid a Priority? Lawmakers Argue the Cost of Care
• 4/5/2005 - Science and Nature: States Take Charge in Stem Cell Research
• 4/4/2005 - Cut and Paste: Congress Considers Cutting Medicaid and Adding Tax Breaks
• 3/25/2005 - Fighting Over Terri Schiavo: Her Husband, Her Parents, the Three Branches of Government -- All Want a Say
• 1/13/2005 - Bush likes Blocks: The White House Hopes to Change Medicaid Funding
• 10/10/2004 - Getting a Rise out of Seniors: Bush Announces Higher Medicare Premiums
• 9/15/2004 - We Brake for Details: WomenMatter Gives You Specifics of Candidates’ Health Care Plans
• 9/7/2004 - Public versus Private: A Heathcare Debate with Serious Consequences
• 8/11/2004 - Oh SCHIP! States may cut Health Insurance Funding for Low-Income Kids
• 7/26/2004 - A Reminder to Candidates: Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors is Still an Issue
• 5/13/2004 - Science or Politics? Morning After Pill Put on Hold
• 5/5/2004 - Looking towards Canada: Drug Reimportation may be on the Horizon
• 5/4/2004 - Age and Health: Employers may Drop Older Americans from their Health Plans
• 4/26/2004 - Hillary on Health Care: A Review
• 3/30/2004 - Do You Want Fries With That? Capitol Hill Protects Fast Food
• 3/23/2004 - Persistent Issues: Medicare and the Cost of Prescription Drugs
• 12/30/2003 - Think of it as a Liability: Healthcare and the American Way
• 12/4/2003 - Rebels With a Cause: Senators Voting Against Their Party on Medicare
• 11/24/2003 - Six Degrees of Separation: The Main Arguments Dividing Americans on Medicare
• 11/10/2003 - Check, Balance, and Strategize: The Political Maneuvering around Abortion
• 10/28/2003 - Warning Letter: Daschle and Friends Tell Bush that Medicare Plan Falls Short
• 10/15/2003 - America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, Place of the Uninsured
• 10/8/2003 - Universal Medicare in a Worldly Budget Crisis
• 10/6/2003 - Government Body: Congress Wants to Help You Lose Weight
• 8/18/2003 - MD Outcry: Doctors Propose Universal Healthcare
• 8/15/2003 - Doctors, Doctors Everywhere but not a Doc to Treat
• 7/15/2003 - Healthcare, Economics, Politics: Till Death do us Part
• 7/3/2003 - Prescription Progress: The Meanings of Drug Benefit Bills
• 6/17/2003 - To Good to be True? Working Together to Get Heathcare for Working Uninsured
• 6/14/2003 - The Race is ON: Prescription Drug Benefits as Campaign Strategy
• 6/6/2003 - Bobbing and Weaving Through Medicaid Reform

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