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Women candidates portrayed unfairly


“She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top. The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape …There wasn’t an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable.” Sounds kind of sexy, right? Well, congratulations. You’ve just visualized Hillary Clinton’s cleavage. Now as you claw your eyes out [...]

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Judges sharply challenge health care law


WRITETHRU (EDITORS: Updates, adds material throughout.)(ARCHIVE GRAPHIC) (HAS TRIM) By David G. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) ATLANTA _ A panel of three federal judges indicated they may be prepared to declare at least part of last year’s health care law unconstitutional, tossing a barrage of skeptical questions at a top Obama administration lawyer. The [...]

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Nursing Students Give Back


Students with a passion for nursing go beyond helping the community, stretching their hands far and wide to families across California’s southern border. The Flying Samaritans are an on-campus organization at California State Fullerton whose primary purpose of the organization is to provide health care to under-privileged citizens of Mexico. Students, physicians, physician assistants, dentists, [...]

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Give us your poor, but not your elderly


Right out of the gate since the election in 2008, the Obama administration proposed a new health care plan that has caused elation for some and fear for others. Although the loudest part of the debate has quieted some, the country is still struggling with key issues about the bill since it made its debut [...]

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Faculty discusses state challenges


Commercials, mailers, picket signs, pre-recorded phone calls and live television debates are prevalent in society as the time draws closer to Nov. 2. With the midterm elections fast approaching, candidates are scrambling to get votes. In the race for the California U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer is facing a stiff challenge from GOP [...]

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Health care palooza, is it over?


Is it over? You promise? Can Rush Limbaugh leave the country now? The health care debate was full of fun facts and talking points, and while it forced many of us to fire up Google to figure out what the heck a death panel was, it also revealed the extent to which our politics and [...]

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Women’s rights and health care


This Tuesday was a historic moment for the United States as well as a setback for women’s rights. As one Huffington Post blogger put it, “The morning after the passage of the health care reform bill feels a lot like November 5, 2008 in California.” I applaud the House Democrats for their hard work and [...]

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Obama unveils health care plan in bid to rally Democrats

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Obama unveils health care plan in bid to rally Democrats


WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama offered his much-anticipated new health care plan Monday in an eleventh-hour bid to rally Democrats behind sweeping legislation that would expand coverage, tighten regulation of the insurance industry and make the nation’s medical system more efficient. The White House, releasing the $950 billion blueprint ahead of Thursday’s health care summit [...]

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