by Shaina Humphries | Jul 19, 2012 | Science + Technology
“What’s the difference between a junkie and a sex worker?” That’s the question human rights advocates rose Thursday as they presented their report: “Sex Workers at Risk”. The conclusion: The government will help drug addicts avoid HIV, even though what they are doing...
by Matt Michaels | Jul 13, 2012 | Politics, Science + Technology, Sports
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are now shifting their focus to doping in horse racing, after a decade of confronting Major League Baseball’s steroid epidemic. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and other members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Malena Caruso | Jul 12, 2012 | Science + Technology
The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing Wednesday on Medicare physician payments to try and gain insight and ideas about how to reform Medicare. There will be severe cuts to the payments doctors receive for seeing Medicare patients. Malena Caruso debriefs the...
by Malena Caruso | Jul 10, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — If Tuesday’s conservative American Action Network news conference had been a fight on the school playground, Obamacare would be yelling, “Uncle!” Conservative lawmakers, think tanks and policy analysts made clear their opposition to the Affordable...
by Shaina Humphries | Jul 10, 2012 | Politics, Science + Technology
Thousands of Americans–some in front of the Supreme Court, others through social media–have insisted that they will not comply with the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act. But some see the statement as more of a symbol, rather than an...
by Jenna Barnes | Jul 10, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Ahead of Wednesday’s House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, business executives testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that “Obamacare” will have negative economic impacts. Mary Miller, the CEO of...
