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- Hidden From Headlines: The Top Censored Stories of 2009-2010 — Project Censored's Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff will discuss the big stories that didn't make front pages last year.
Breaking the Law for Health Care
IPS Director John Cavanagh, joined dozens of leaders of unions and other public interest organizations and thousands of others to protest the major lobby that is blocking real health care reform in Congress. They rallied and marched to a Washington hotel where America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which represents all the corporate heavies in the health industry, was plotting their next steps.
Call your senator today and tell him or her that you've had enough. It's not too late to demand the public option: 41 senators publicly support passing it through a simple majority reconciliation process.
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Op-Ed
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Op-Ed
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