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• Bailout bill includes mental health parity plan
WASHINGTON - Talk about going out with a win. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., has spent years fighting for legislation that would require insurance plans to treat mental health patients on par with those who have physical ailments. No more higher copays ...
• Obama goes after McCain's health care plan
Oct. 4: MSNBC's Chuck Todd takes a look at the latest polls in key battleground states as the presidential election heads into the final month. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Democrat Barack Obama sharply criticized Republican John McCain's health care ...
• When you are denied health insurance
Jacqueline Ruess was lying on a bed inside a hospital in Boca Raton, Florida, still woozy from anesthesia but hoping that, maybe just this once, she'd caught a break. She'd had laparoscopic surgery in order to examine a growth her gynecologist ...
• Want to be healthy? Exercise for 2 hours a week
WASHINGTON - Get moving: The nation's new exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2 hours a week. How much physical activity you need depends largely on age and level of fitness. Moderate exercise ...
• Report: Obama plan may help more uninsured
CHICAGO - An analysis of the two starkly different approaches to reforming the U.S. health care system offered by John McCain and Barack Obama suggests Obama’s plan has the best chance of making health care more affordable, accessible, efficient ...