Topic: Tom Harkin
Foodborne illness costs $152 billion annually
Reuters US Online Report Health News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foodborne illnesses cost the United States $152 billion in health-related expenses each year, far more than prior estimates, according to a study released by consumer and public health groups on Wednesday. Food safety advocates are hoping the study will boost efforts in Congress to overhaul the nation's ...
Harkin: health care system segregates the sick
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Harkin says health care system segregates healthy, unhealthy AmericansThe top Democrat on the Senate health committee says insurance companies who refuse coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions are engaging in discrimination. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa told participants at the White House's health summit that such refusals are ...
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Harkin: Piecemal health care approach won't work
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Iowa's Harkin argues against 'incremental' health care work, says it must be comprehensivePressing a key argument of President Barack Obama, Sen. Tom Harkin has told lawmakers at a health care summit that a step-by-step legislative response to the problem wouldn't bring about genuine reform. The Iowa Democrat likened ...
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