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		<title>Maher urges President to stand up for healthcare reform</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/10/17/maher-urges-obama-to-stand-up-for-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/10/17/maher-urges-obama-to-stand-up-for-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Make the U.S. the envy of several African nations,&#8221; he says
Whether you agree with him or not, you have to admit that Bill Maher is the master of acerbic whit and political satire. Here he displays his growing irritation with Obama&#8217;s apparent laissez-faire attitude toward right-wing Republicans and the inroads they have made against the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More discussion of the public option for healthcare</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/19/more-discussion-of-the-public-option-for-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Krugman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=2588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This first video, a brief excerpt from a roundtable discussion, focuses on the public option in healthcare. In it, first Robert Reich says a few words, then Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tells us what&#8217;s behind the resistance to the public option in the Senate. Then in the clip below that, Robert Reich, who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care workers nix flu shots</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/10/02/2628/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/10/02/2628/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu (H1N1)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccines/vaccinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A(H1N1)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu vaccine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu vaccine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The things they try to slip past you. We were catching up on our reading in the general press, in particular reading a piece in the New York Times about New York state requiring its health care workers to get both seasonal and swine flu vaccines, which has the unions of the health workers up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep your government hands off my Medicare!</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/06/keep-your-government-hands-off-my-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/06/keep-your-government-hands-off-my-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Weiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bartiromo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=2243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In July, an angry constituent confronted Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) at a town hall meeting. &#8220;Keep your government hands off my Medicare!&#8221; the man demanded. Inglis tried as he could to explain that Medicare was and had been from the beginning a government program, but the voter would have none of it.
That episode illustrates the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real choice in health care</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/28/real-choice-in-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/28/real-choice-in-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The meaningful choice in health care isn't about the insurance plan, because that's all about how you pay. It's about who treats you and where you go for treatment. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Republican health care reform plan</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/04/the-republican-health-care-reform-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/04/the-republican-health-care-reform-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AlisoninRome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Sarkisyan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendell Potter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=2372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[putting down the notion of a public option can backfire even in a conservative state like Kansas. It's funny how people are beginning to catch on that maybe they do, after all, deserve health care.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Food</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/09/the-future-of-food/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/09/the-future-of-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming/food manufacture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food/nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=2505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This excellent video combines many of the themes we have discussed here at Health Spectator. We have warned about the dangers of genetic modification (The allure of genetic modification) and extolled the virtues of organic and locally grown foods.
All in all, the movie gives excellent coverage of the range of issues (political, economic, social and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of vaccines, mercury, autism and Julie Gerberding</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/14/of-vaccines-mercury-autism-and-julie-gerberding/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/14/of-vaccines-mercury-autism-and-julie-gerberding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccines/vaccinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Gerberding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thimerosal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=1866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We wouldn't mind the job security conferred upon the ruling elite by these arrangements nearly so much if only those public servants were more diligent in their defense of the public (as opposed to corporate) interests while serving their brief tenure in public posts.]]></description>
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		<title>Honor Earth Day year &#8217;round by eating your way to health</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2008/04/22/honor-earth-day-by-eating-your-way-to-health/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2008/04/22/honor-earth-day-by-eating-your-way-to-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food/nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bovine growth hormone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local harvest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rBGH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weston A. Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whole Foods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/2008/04/22/honor-earth-day-by-eating-your-way-to-health/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Earth Day, we thought we&#8217;d re-visit a subject that has been dear to us in the past: organic and natural foods. This time, rather that emphasize the benefits of wholesome foods, we thought we&#8217;d spend some time telling you where to get them.
If you&#8217;ve been paying attention, you are no doubt aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does single-payer mean?</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/24/what-does-single-payer-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/24/what-does-single-payer-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single-payer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal health insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=1736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is one of history’s greatest ironies that had Richard Nixon not run afoul of the Watergate scandal, Americans might long ago have obtained universal health care. But thanks to Watergate, Nixon found himself on the path to impeachment and resigned his office. His “sweeping new program” for “comprehsive health insurance” lay dead on the [...]]]></description>
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