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Showing videos filed under: blue cross blue shield
Nurses Union, Inspired by Egypt, Hits the Streets
February 12, 2011As doctors marched in Cairo, nurses marched in California this week, protesting Blue Cross Blue Shield's latest insurance rate hikes. Said National Nurses Union president, RoseAnn DeMoro, "We can learn a lesson from the streets of Egypt... Public pressure is essential to confront tyranny, whether you are faced with political repression or corporate control of our health. There are lives in the balance."Monika Kalra Varma, Egypt, National Nurses United, and Amanda Marcotte
February 11, 2011Peaceful protest brought down Mubarak in Egypt, but while the world is watching, other countries across the world are fighting their own struggles for freedom. In Western Sahara, the Sahrawi people have been leading nonviolent protests for their own right to self-determination, as they remain occupied by Morocco. Aminatou Haidar, referred to as the "Sahrawi Gandhi", has been honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, who are supporting her work as well as the work of human rights activists in Mexico and across the world.Making Money Blocking Health Reform
November 10, 2009Andy Cobb used to be a "spokesjerk" for Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance, yet now he says "American health care is a mess and everybody knows it."Today's Veterans, Micha Kurz and Health Care
November 9, 2009Veterans Day is this week, and the shootings at Fort Hood this week brought to the forefront many questions about soldiers and military personnel: how are soldiers surviving the wars, and readjusting to life at home? What are we doing to help them, and is it enough? With the war in Iraq supposedly winding down and the war in Afghanistan ratcheting up, it's time to take a serious look at some of these questions, and try to understand the role that the military plays in all of our lives.The F Word: Health Insurers Aim to Kill Public Option
May 19, 2009For-profit health insurers don't like a marketplace of competition with an option that's non-profit.
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