Tagged: healthcare

9:54am

Mon March 26, 2012
reforming health care

Supreme court justices hear opening arguments over health care law

Originally published on Tue March 27, 2012 2:09 pm

  • Listen to Nina Totenberg and Ari Shapiro talk about Monday's arguments


Does a federal law stretching back to 1867 bar the Supreme Court from deciding on the merits of the administration's health law right now?

The court on Monday heard the first arguments in a historic three-day session that could decide the fate of the Obama administration's signature domestic achievement.

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9:24am

Mon January 3, 2011
Mental Health

Mental health advocates criticize reporting on funding cuts

Credit Washington State Coalition for Mental Health Reporting

Mental health advocates say news stories of social service budge cuts are unfairly stereotyping people who suffer from mental illness.



They say a case in point is a recent cover of The Stranger, which included the headline "How a decimated state budget equals more unmedicated loons with hatchets."

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