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Nurses flex their political muscle in Sacramento and across California
February 05, 2012

Capitol Alert: California single-payer health care bill stalls in state Senate
January 26, 2012

Editorial: Obama aims high on jobs and taxes, but success unlikely
January 24, 2012

Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown seeking to 'do more realignment'
January 05, 2012

Editorial: Did Iowa voters send a message on campaigning?
January 05, 2012

Nurses protest at Sutter headquarters in Natomas
December 23, 2011

Health Care Reform Videos

Diocese preaches against healthcare law
February 03, 2012 | WNLO CW 23 Buffalo

Jaco Report: Missouri Health Care Reform
January 29, 2012 | KTVI FOX 2 St. Louis, MO

Raytown clinic helps keep care costs low
November 22, 2011 | KSHB NBC 41 Kansas City

Health Care Reform Wikipedia Information

(This article is about political movements affecting the delivery of health care and health care systems. For more information about movements to improve health, see Health reform.)Health care reform is a general rubric used for discussing major policy creation or changes --for the most part, governmental policy --that affects healthcare delivery in a given place...

Sacramento Connect

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Support of Constitutionality of Health Care Reform
January 16, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13, 2012 - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the constitutionality of...

AG Kamala D. Harris Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Health Care Reform Law
July 09, 2011
SACRAMENTO, July 7, 2011 - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has signed a friend-of-the court brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of...

Justices honored at fundraiser sponsored by law firms representing health care reform opponents
November 14, 2011
Nov. 14, 2011 - Hours after considering whether to hear challenges to national health care reform, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were...

Immigration status may block up to 220,000 kids from health coverage
July 01, 2011
July 1, 2011 - As many as 220,000 uninsured children in California will be excluded from health care reform programs because of their or their...

The Tea Party is Not the Same as the Grand Old Party
June 21, 2011
FAYETTEVILL, Ark, June 21, 2011 - For the GOP, the Tea Party is a mixed bag, according to political scientist Angie Maxwell of the University of Arkansas in a...

Uninsured in the Central Valley eager for health care reform
September 22, 2011
The California Bridge to Reform promises a sea change in health care for indigent adults who are lucky enough to get into the program in the next year. The...

Other local news reports

Free health care starts for 1,700 in Yuba- Sutter
December 28, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
About 1,700 low-income Yuba-Sutter residents will receive free health care coverage beginning Sunday, after the federal government granted a waiver under health care reform for...

Letter: Country polarized
November 23, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments for and against the Health Care Reform Act. Many lower courts have found the law to conform to the U.S. Constitution and few...

UC Davis media sources for cases pending before the U. S. Supreme Court
November 09, 2011 | UC Davis News
Health care reform ... A former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, Amar can comment on legal challenges to the Obama health care reform act. Contact: Vikram...

Letter: Embrace health care reform
May 30, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Millions of Americans have bought into the GOP and tea party'' repeal health care reform ... In California people are already benefiting from the Health Care Reform Act in a number of...

From around the web

Kathleen Parker: Birth control redux
February 08, 2012 | indystar.com
Catholic leaders are justified in their outrage, especially those who helped Obama with health care reform and now feel betrayed. Exhibit A: Sister Carol Keehan, CEO of the...

A tough crowd for Romney, but will others step up?
February 05, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Full repeal of the federal health care reform ... Texas Gov. Rick Perry predicted that the CPAC audience will be troubled by Romney's signing into law health care reform that...

A tough crowd for Mitt Romney, but will others step up?
February 05, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Full repeal of the federal health care reform ... Perry predicted that the CPAC audience will be troubled by Romney's history of signing into law health care reform that subsidizes...

Catholic leaders denounce mandate on birth control
February 04, 2012 | Recordnet News Headlines
Catholic leaders across the nation - including the Most Rev. Stephen E. Blaire, bishop of Stockton - are warning that new rules implementing President Barack Obama's health care reform ...

Healthcare reform saved Floridians $ 142 million, feds say
February 02, 2012 | Naked Politics
Florida may be challenging the health care reform act in court, but 238,362 seniors and disabled persons in the state who participate in Medicare have saved nearly $142 million...

Brownsburg to hold first monthly forum
January 26, 2012 | indystar.com
Inspired by the popular congressional town hall meetings on health care reform, Brownsburg will hold its first monthly forum at 7: 30 a.m. Feb. 7 in Eaton Hall inside the Town...

Health Care Reform on twitter

	RISD students explain health care reform using board games, knitted hats, and fake cracks in your windshield. http://t.co/qyEJ0K2Q Twitter: @MhallRI
	Creative pilot programs attempt to transform modern healthcare system in new ways. http://t.co/AajwRAqy @Forbes #HealthcareReform #Dartmouth Twitter: @Amp_Ortho
	RT @DimeStoreNinja: .@LOLGOP While GOP wants to re-invade Iraq, nuke Iran, repeal health care reform, & colonize the moon. And we progressives are out of touch? Twitter: @copco99
	RT @towerswatsonhcr: "Catch up with 2011 #healthcarereform legislation and what's coming in 2012 - http://t.co/QmxBKdQ7” Twitter: @GroupBenefitsMG
	WI News: Area Groups Help Seniors Navigate Medicare Changes With Health Care Reform: Green Bay seniors are learn... http://t.co/g8Vz1LT5 Twitter: @rural_reporter
	Area groups help seniors navigate Medicare changes with health care reform - Green Bay Press Gazette http://t.co/Sf6Jfurb Twitter: @leatricekimiry

YouTube Videos

Health Reform Explained Video: "Health Reform Hits Main Street"
September 17, 2010

Pros & Cons of the Health Care Reform Bill
March 23, 2010

Health Care Reform
October 13, 2009

Health Care Reform Books

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry
Paul Starr, $12.99

Best Care Anywhere, 2nd Edition: Why VA Health Care Is Better Than Yours
Phillip Longman, $6.84

Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to American Government, Essentials
John G. Geer, $75.55

The Law of Healthcare Administration, Sixth Edition
J. Stuart Showalter, $107.50

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