Articles
Learning from failures of 1994
The Hill
April 23, 2009
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.)
In 1994, when we last tried to reform our nation’s healthcare system, I was still a fairly new member of Congress serving out my third term in the House. Fast forward 15 years and I think it’s a useful exercise to ask myself, “What has changed?”
FDA signals shift in birth-control debate; Morning-after pill will be sold to 17-year-olds over the counter.
The Los Angeles Times
April 23, 2009
Noam N. Levey
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would allow 17-year-olds to buy the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B without a prescription, signaling a major shift in the agency's approach to what has been a polarizing debate on reproductive rights.
Clinton questioned on abortion, torture
Boston Globe
April 22, 2009
Farah Stockman
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans grilled Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today on renewed US support for abortion overseas and on recently released memos detailing harsh interrogation techniques against terrorist suspects in CIA custody, prompting frank and often feisty exchanges with the nation's top diplomat.
Pallone says health care reform coming in 2009
The Montclair Times
April 16, 2009
Terrence T. McDonald
David McCann remembers his neighbor dying of cancer.
The neighbor, a registered nurse, had no health insurance, which led to her being turned away from an emergency room the week she died. She was sent home with a bottle of pills, which she was too sick to ingest.
McCann sat with the neighbor’s 16-year-old son as the dying woman lay upstairs, shrieking in pain.
Health-Care Dialogue Alarms Obama's Allies
The Washington Post
April 21, 2009
Ceci Connolly
As Congress returns to begin an intense debate over reshaping the nation's $2.2 trillion health-care system, prominent left-leaning organizations and liberal House members are issuing a warning to their Democratic allies: Don't cave on us.
