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Election Unspun covers the looming health care crisis in the United States, including the 47 million Americans without health insurance, disparities in access to doctors, and creating true universal health care. What are candidates going to do about these issues?

Big Pharma Reaches Across the Aisle Written by PRWatch    Thursday, 27 March 2008 11:45 Mar. 27, Feature - Democratic Party and healthcare reform activists have frequently debated which presidential candidate's health care plan is better - Hillary Clinton's or Barack Obama's. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry ahs been wooing Democrats in Congress. Judith Siers Poissan and Diane Farsetta of PR Watch dot org report. Read more...   Add your comment Insurance Companies Cash in on Mandated Health Care Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell    Thursday, 27 March 2008 11:00 Mar. 27, Interview - As the health care lobby might be a roadblock to reform. Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, Professor of Medicine at Harvard and Co-Founder of Physicians for National a National Health Program says one major player will benefit from proposed reforms. It's the same group who is adamantly opposed to single payer health care, which Dr. Woolhandler discusses first. Read more...   Add your comment