Tag Archives: health care reform
Patents on BRCA genes ruled invalid
The ACLU has won the lawsuit against Myriad Laboratories re: their patenting of human BRCA1 & BRCA2 genes. “Today’s ruling is a victory for the free flow of ideas in scientific research,” said Chris Hansen, a staff attorney with the … Continue reading
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This is Wendy. Wendy believes in social justice.
As the healthcare debate descends further into absurdity– I decided to write my own version of Rep. John Shadegg’s address on Capitol Hill. Emily, an uninsured cancer patient from the great state of Pennsylvania, and her kitten. This is Wendy. … Continue reading
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On Being Young & Uninsured in America
220 to 215. I tire of watching American television not just because it’s all commercials, but because as far as advertising goes, the commodification of healthcare seems to beat out Christmas toys 2 to 1. America can commercialize the birth of Baby … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer® by Beckett
<—For the cure! Because why the hell not? Pink shit everywhere. As omnipresent as the American flag and just as commercialized, bastardized almost out of meaning. Not completely. But almost. Because as the American flag still connotes the rockets’ red … Continue reading
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I survived the NHS
I think I need to get this printed on a T-shirt and wear it around Western Pennsylvania. One of the things I am most dreading about my imminent return to the US is having to face the omnipresent Republican propaganda which, … Continue reading
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