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Culhane: Fighting the wrong health insurance battle

johnculhane — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:59 +0000

Sometimes I feel like we’re fighting the wrong battle – even when it’s a battle I myself have fought.

The issue of employer-provided health insurance for our partners was recently(...)

Study: Gay marriage bans lead to lack of health insurance

logointern1 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:05:08 +0000

“Partnered lesbians and gay men are more than twice as likely to be uninsured as married heterosexuals,” according to a new study of Californians by Lambda Legal and the Department of Health(...)

Pro-gay provisions may be stripped from health bill

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:44:49 +0000

News on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning suggested there was little hope for keeping pro-LGBT provisions in the health care reform legislation Congress hopes to pass. But Rep. Barney Frank says(...)

Withers: You gotta love those South Carolina politicians

James Withers — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:11:26 +0000

First there was Gov. Mark Sanford, his, love affair, and inability to shut his trap about it. There is the state’s lieutenant governor and his supposed gay gay ways. Then last night, as(...)

Withers: Republicans know very little about Medicare

James Withers — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:12:13 +0000

First there is this clown screeching about death panels. Here is another Republican operative asking New York Representative Anthony Weiner, who is 44 years old, why he isn’t on Medicare if(...)

Withers: Ten random thoughts

James Withers — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:16:33 +0000

1. Nothing wrong with being against health care reform but if you pimp out death panels talking points, you are either dumb, intellectually dishonest, or a combo of the two.

2. Anyone who is(...)

Obama: More benefits for gay workers only one step

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:58:42 +0000

(Washington) President Barack Obama signaled to gay-rights activists Wednesday that he’s listening to their desire for greater equality in “a more perfect union.” But he didn’t give them even(...)

All 5 LGBT bills die in Utah

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:55:12 +0000

(Salt Lake City, Utah) A bill that would have offered unmarried couples – straight or gay – inheritance rights and the power to make medical decisions when the other partner is incapacitated,(...)