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Headlines! Monday, August 24

Posted by: Erin Kelly on Aug 24, 2009

Why Women Need Healthcare Reform -The Nation

To be sure, no group is doing well under our network of private insurers, which is more holes than net. But women fare particularly badly in terms of health, being more likely than men to leave a prescription unfilled; forgo seeing a needed specialist; and skip a medical test, treatment or follow-up.

Scaling Back Reform: Dumb Policy, Even Dumber Politics -The New Republic

Senator Kent Conrad was back on television Sunday morning. This time the venue was "Face the Nation." But the message was the same one he's been delivering for a while: It's time to scale back health care reform. "It's going to have to be significantly less than what we've heard talked about," Conrad said.

Some Lawmakers Engage in Made-for-YouTube Crazy Talk -Politico

"TV loves a ruckus," President Barack Obama noted at a town hall meeting in Montana this month. He could have said the same about a few members of Congress. 

Betsey McCaughey, Paid Shill -Media Matters

Besty McCaughey - the original source of the mandatory euthanasia counseling nonsense - simply won't give up the ghost.  She showed up on the Daily Show last night and tried, unsuccessfully, to convince Jon Stewart that the House bill says what she says it does instead of what is actually written in black and white.