WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2009. Today, AARP and the American Medical Association (AMA) launched a new television ad in support of moving forward on health reform legislation currently being debated by the Senate. The ad highlights how health system reform would provide much-needed relief to millions of older Americans who still face[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Largely Consistent Over 2009
Princeton, N.J.–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2009. In a year when debate over the nation’s health care system and need for reform sparked a political rollercoaster, Americans’ confidence in health care remained mostly consistent throughout 2009, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index). After a sharp[Read More…]
Comparing Deaths From Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 December 2009. Efforts to assess the severity of the H1N1 influenza pandemic sometimes compare numbers of confirmed deaths with those estimated for seasonal influenza, either nationally or worldwide. Such comparisons are not reliable for several reasons and can be misleading. Numbers of deaths for seasonal influenza are estimates. They[Read More…]
Pro-Single-Payer Physicians Call for Defeat of Senate Health Bill
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2009. A national organization of 17,000 physicians who favor a single-payer health care system called on the U.S. Senate today to defeat the health care legislation presently before it and to immediately consider the adoption of an expanded and improved Medicare-for-All program. While noting that the Senate[Read More…]
More Than Chicken Soup: USW Members Demonstrate for Real Health Care Reform
Pitssburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2009. Declaring “chicken soup is no substitute for quality, universal health care,” proponents on Monday passed out cans of chicken soup in front of Congressman Tim Holden’s office. The demonstrators, including some USW members, encouraged local residents to remind the Congressman that America needs more than chicken[Read More…]
Michael Jordan Sues Jewel, Dominick’s for Using His Name, No. 23
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Sun-Times: Michael Jordan is suing Chicago’s two big grocery chains, Jewel and Dominick’s, claiming they used his good name and his good number — 23 — to sell steaks and other goods without his permission. According to the suit, filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court:[Read More…]
Off-Duty Lockport Police Officer Ed Stapinski Charged In Fatal Stevenson Crash
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Chicago Tribune: Cook County prosecutors this evening announced drunk driving charges against a Lockport police officer who was involved in an accident on the Stevenson Expressway Sunday that killed an immigrant from Vietnam driving home from his second job. Ed Stapinski, 34, was charged with one[Read More…]
Glenn Beck: Media Matters’ 2009 Misinformer of the Year
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Glenn Beck’s well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States — and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos — uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock’s unique brand of[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Makes Four New Appointments To State Education Boards
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the appointments of James Baumann, Steven Gilford and Melinda LaBarre to the State Board of Education. In addition, Governor Quinn also named veteran State Board of Education member, Joyce Karon, to the P-20 (pre-school through graduate school) Council, a key advisory panel[Read More…]
Mexico City Assembly Backs Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Mexico City–(ENEWSPF)– From NPR: Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital’s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who[Read More…]
