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The Note: The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Political Carnival: Tuesday Linkage
skippy the bush kangaroo: christian science prayer treatments
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Link fir previous tweet http://bit.ly/1ar49k 11/16/2009 |
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http://bit.ly/1ar49k ....motherfucking what. @chogokin you getting this? 11/12/2009 |
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Comprehensive women's health care is a no go, but at least the Overhaul covers my Christian Science prayer treatments! http://bit.ly/1e9S0t 11/10/2009 |
The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Note —
... Points Linger in Health Bill” LINK
Bloomberg’s James Rowley: “Public Option Skeptics Find Support in CBO Health-Care Study” LINK
The New York Times’ Robert Pear and Carl Hulse: “Democrats Say House Bill Cuts Premiums for Many” LINK
The Washington Post’s Perry Bacon Jr.: “Democrats’ concerns over abortion may imperil health bill” LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger: "Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments" LINK
The Associated Press' Erica Werner: "2 tough health care issues remain in the House" ...
Tuesday Linkage
The Political Carnival —
... Los Angeles Times: Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. ...
christian science prayer treatments
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... ...the measure would put christian science prayer treatments -- which substitute for or supplement medical treatments -- on the same footing as clinical medicine. while not mentioning the church by name, it would prohibit discrimination against "religious and spiritual healthcare." - latte times ...
WTF?
Suburban Guerrilla —
... This is, to say the least, strange. Crazy enough that Hatch inserted it, odder still that Ted Kennedy and John Kerry supported it. But if passed, this will open the floodgates to every fringe group out there (which, I suppose, is the point): ...
Separation of Church and... Health Care
The Political Carnival —
... Abortion is one of the favorite health care reform sticking points that the punditiots opine about daily, but we haven't heard a peep about equating prayer with clinical medical treatment: ...
Sens. Push Healthcare Measure To Support Religious Treatments
ACS Blog —
... "A little-noticed" measure in the healthcare reform bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatment as medical expenses, the Los Angeles Times reports. The newspaper says the provision has the backing of Sens. Orrin Hatch and John Kerry, as well as lobbyists for the Christian Science Church. Phil Davis, a church official, tells the Times, "We are making the case for this, believing there is a connection between healthcare and spirituality. We think this is an important aspect of the solution, when you are talking ...
Spiritual healthcare comes to Congress
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... spiritual healthcare." It has nevertheless stirred an intense controversy over the controversy over the the constitutional separation of church and state, and the possibility that other churches might seek reimbursements for so-called spiritual healing. Two committees in the House voted to include the measure in their versions of the overhaul, but Nancy Pelosi stripped in out from the consolidated House bill last week after a few members argued it was unconstitutional. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-health-rel... There is a lot more in the article, ...
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