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Medical Marijuana Raid Raises Question: What's Obama Policy

An unidentified medical marijuana patient smells the different offerings of the Love Shack medicinal cannabis shop in the Mission District of San Francisco on Monday. (Associated Press photo by Dino Vournas)

WASHINGTON - A recent Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a South Lake Tahoe, Calif., medical marijuana dispensary showcases one of the legal conflicts inherited by the Obama administration.

The Jan. 22 raid near the California-Nevada border occurred two days after Obama took office and before the new president's own Justice Department team was in place. The raid resembled many conducted during the Bush administration, but seemingly clashed with Obama's campaign opposition to such tactics.

Posted in civil liberties, healthcare

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January 28, 2009
5:34 PM

CONTACT: ACLU

Kacie Wielgus, (202) 675-2312; media@dcaclu.org

ACLU Calls on Congress and President Obama to Renew Their Commitment to Greater Family Planning Access

WASHINGTON - January 28 - The American Civil Liberties Union today was disappointed to learn that the Medicaid Family Planning State Option provision was removed from the economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, currently under consideration by Congress. The ACLU calls on President Obama and Congress to renew their support for this important family planning measure that would expand access to reproductive health care, including contraception, for low-income Americans and serve as a huge cost saving measure for the federal government.

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The ACLU conserves America's original civic values working in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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Posted in healthcare, reproductive rights

Some Fear Window Is Narrow for Healthcare Overhaul

WASHINGTON - Mindful of how delays sapped the political will to overhaul healthcare during the Clinton administration, health advocates hoped to get a major bill during the new administration's first 100 days. Now, it looks like it will take longer, and some observers fear that a historic opportunity could be missed.

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January 28, 2009
11:48 AM

CONTACT: Dēmos

Tim Rusch, Demos, (212) 389-1407, trusch@demos.org

American Seniors Living Longer on Less

3 out of 4 senior households lack the economic security needed to sustain them through their lives, according to new study.

“This is a wakeup call for America: Congress must act now to ensure economic stability for today’s seniors and future generations.”

NEW YORK - January 28 - Older Americans have experienced huge, negative financial shifts that now make it more difficult to enter retirement with sustainable economic security, a new study finds.  Seventy-eight percent of all senior households are financially vulnerable when it comes to their ability to meet essential expenses and cover projected costs over their lifetimes.

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A multi-issue national organization, Demos combines research, policy development, and advocacy to influence public debates and catalyze change. We publish books, reports, and briefing papers that illuminate critical problems and advance innovative solutions; work at both the national and state level with advocates and policymakers to promote reforms; help to build the capacity and skills of key progressive constituencies; project our values into the media by promoting Demos Fellows and staff in print, broadcast, and Internet venues; and host public events that showcase new ideas and leading progressive voices.
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Posted in Economy/Trade, healthcare, Human Rights, inequality

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January 28, 2009
8:00 AM

CONTACT: Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care
Donna Smith, 202-974-8299, donnas@calnurses.org

Single Payer Advocates Launch New Health Care Alliance

Leading Labor Groups, Community Organizations, Student Organizations and Religious Organizations Join Together to Announce Major New Campaign

WASHINGTON - January 28 - An alliance of major organizations including labor unions, large community-based membership groups, religious organizations, nurses, doctors, students and activists will launch The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care on Wednesday, January 28.

The member organizations lay claim to a membership base of more than 20 million people.

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The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care is an independent, non-partisan, voluntary collaboration of a diverse group of organizations that seek to mobilize massive public support for single payer health care reform. The Coalition's work is supported by contributions from the collaborating organizations; it accepts no funding from pharmaceutical or insurance companies or other entities.
Posted in healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27, 2009
4:32 PM

CONTACT: Planned Parenthood
Tait Sye or Brannon Jordan, 202-973-4882

Medicaid Family Planning Provision Expands Health Care for Women

WASHINGTON - January 27 - Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) expressed disappointment that a measure to invest in health care and allow states to expand health care access to more women was removed from the economic stimulus.

“We are disappointed that the Medicaid Family Planning State Option, a commonsense provision to expand basic health care to millions of women, including many who have lost their jobs in the current economic downturn, was a victim of misleading attacks and partisan politics, and dropped from the economic stimulus bill,” said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

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Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is many things to many people. We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital health care services, sex education, and sexual health information to millions of women, men, and young people.
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Posted in healthcare

Time Has Come for Single-Payer Universal Health Care System

With the inauguration festivities of the 44th president behind us, it is now time to look for change, the promise of which helped elevate Barack Obama to the highest office in the land. Change is needed, as the voters have declared in last year's election, and it is needed perhaps most urgently by the 47 million Americans living without health insurance in the greatest and wealthiest country in the world.

Posted in healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2009
8:14 AM

CONTACT: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
Laura Bonham
Communications Coordinator
Laura@pdamerica.org, (435) 336-2123
Tim Carpenter, PDA Executive Director
Tim@pdamerica.org, (413)-320-2015

PDA, Allied Groups Launch Joint Effort for Single-Payer Healthcare

WASHINGTON - January 26 - Fired up by a successful Inaugural Week grassroots summit, Progressive Democrats of America is joining with allies from labor, healthcare and the faith community to launch a joint effort for passage of HR 676, single-payer healthcare for all Americans, in this congressional session.
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Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Elect a permanent, progressive majority in 2008. PDA's advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. More info:http://pdamerica.org

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Posted in healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2009
2:52 PM

CONTACT: Children s Defense Fund
Ed Shelleby (202) 210-3823

Children's Defense Fund Lauds President Obama's Plan to Reverse Bush Administration Policy for Children's Health Coverage

New Policies Will Help States Increase Health Coverage for Children

WASHINGTON - January 22 - Today the Children's Defense Fund released the following statement regarding President Obama's plan to reverse Bush Administration policies that have impeded state efforts to provide health coverage to children:

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Posted in healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2009
2:09 PM

CONTACT: Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

JAMA Study Shows Food Supplements Can Significantly Reduce Rates of Deadliest Form of Malnutrition

WASHINGTON - January 21 - According to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), children in rural Niger who received ready-to-use food in addition to their normal diet were nearly 60 percent less likely to progress to the most life-threatening form of malnutrition than children whose diets were not supplemented.

“Highly nutritious ready-to-use food (RUF) is recommended by the UN for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition,” said Rebecca Freeman Grais, one of the leading authors for Epicentre, the research affiliate of the international medical aid organization

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