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Americans Spending on Alternative Medicine

07/31/2009
By Sophie Callahan

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that Americans spent $33.9 billion on complementary and alternative medicines in 2007. These results come from a study which surveyed more than 70,000 across America and inquired into 36 forms of alternative medicine. These findings suggest that Americans spend more than 10% of their out-of-pocket health...
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Medicare Bankrupt in 2017, Social Security in 2037

05/28/2009
By Mona Lisa Vito

The Obama administration recently projected that Medicare will run out of money in 2017, followed by Social Security in 2037.
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Medicare: A Senior Scam

05/22/2009
By Sophie Callahan

Some people claim that the federal government is ripping off young people by making them pay for Medicare used by senior citizens. Retirees can benefit from the cheap health care whether they are dirt poor or filthy rich and it is young, working people who pay to give seniors those health benefits. Spending such...
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Kansas Governor nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services

03/03/2009
By Annie Finneran

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was introduced yesterday by President Barack Obama as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. As a Democrat in a Republican-dominated state, Sebelius has been frustrated in her attempts to expand health care coverage in Kansas. She has tried twice to raise Kansas’s cigarette tax to expand medical...
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