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The 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day is 12/1/08 and bloggers are asked to join in the efforts to educate, increase awareness,  to initiate conversation and action in terms of prevention, policy and treatment. Over the past 27 years, we have made great strides against this disease but there is so much more to be [...]

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Massachusetts Universal Health Care program has resulted in almost 300,000 more residents obtaining health care coverage. This huge influx of new patients has resulted in year long waits for physicals as primary care physicians try to respond to the increased demand. Yesterday’s New York Times article on Massachusetts Universal Health Care discusses the supply and [...]

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Community Health Clinics provides a variety of primary health care and dental care on a sliding scale fee. I have received excellent care from Steve Dreseng MD at the Greenwood Medical Center when I was unemployed and uninsured, when I was on Medicaid and now that I am on Medicare. Regardless of my financial circumstances, the [...]

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I finally managed to rent and watch Sicko a few days ago and enjoyed it. I did not learn anything new about our health care system as a lot of the revealed was often discussed in various classes while going for my Masters in Public Health. I thought Mr. Moore did a great job of [...]

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