TRANSCRIPT: REPORTER: Insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. MCCAIN: I certainly don’t want to discuss that issue. REPORTER: It was unfair that health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on that? [awkward 8 second pause] MCCAIN: I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer.
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mccain Get’s Awkward About the Viagra Issue
Saturday, March 13th, 2010The issue of Black Women’s Mental Health on The Rhoda Wilson Show
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010The Black Womenâs Mental Health project was started in 1996 when the founding members recognised the need for a more dedicated approach to the mental health issues surrounding black women. The project provides home visits, hospital visits, emotional support, referrals to counseling, a helpline answer phone service amongst other services. It is a dynamic and dedicated organisation managed by the black women users and survivors of the mental health care system within the UK. Their vision is “to enable, support and encourage all black women, women who define themselves as being black in this society, in demanding for themselves collectively good practices in mental health”. Such an inspirational vision comes for the grass-roots level at which the project started over a decade ago.Rhoda Wilson will be looking at the spectrum of matters that the project has to deal with and how Angelaâs team tackles them in todayâs society. By focusing on this worthy project Rhoda hopes to raise awareness of black womenâs mental health which is still considered a taboo topic in some areas of the black community but affects so many. To learn more about the Black Womenâs Mental Health Project tune into the Rhoda Wilson Show on Friday 26th December 2008 Sky Channel 184, Ben TV at 10pm. “When life and love are tough, in giving to others we find our own healing whilst allowing others to heal.” For More informationRonke Lawalpublicrelations@rhodawilson.comRhoda WilsonRhoda@rhodawilson.com
Arrests on Capitol Hill over Single Payer Health Care Issue
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
On May 5, 2009, eight activists were arrested at a health care hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, in the Dirksen Office Building, Room 106. As soon as the Committee Chair, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), opened the proceedings, the activists began in turns to stand and to make comments, like: “Why isnt a single payer at the table?” They were immediately “escorted” out of the room by the Capitol Hill police and placed under arrest. The demonstrators’ press release underscored “how 22000 people die in the US every year due to a lack of health insurance.” This is seven times the number of victims that perished in the 9/11 tragedy. Dr. Margaret Flowers, one of the eight arrested, added in the press release: “Health insurance administrators are practicing medicine without a license. The result is the suffering and death of thousands of patients for the sake of private profit. The private insurance industry has a solid grip on patients, providers and legislators. It is time to stand up and declare that health care is a human right.” The activists are supporting HR 676 and S 703. For background and any updates, see: www.healthcare-now.org and http and md.pnhp.org and http and freshaircleanpolitics.net.
First Lady: Health Insurance Reform as a Womens Issue
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Sept 18, 2009 First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to 140 women’s health advocates on how health insurance reform impacts women and families. She also highlights women’s crucial role in making sure reform is passed. Transcript: MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you all. Please, sit. Rest. (Laughter.) First of all, good morning. I am so thrilled to see so many of you here this morning at the White House. Welcome. And that’s including my good friend, Dr. Dorothy Height. (Applause.) You know, she is …