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A bill known as the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, which seeks to require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing mastectomies, is currently before Congress.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld owns stock in the company that produces Tamiflu.
E-mail accuses actor from a "black sitcom" of deliberately spreading HIV to his sexual partners.
E-mail compares U.S. and Canadian health care systems.
Message lists consequences that will result from passage of the Freedom of Choice Act.
American consumers risk losing their right to purchase vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements.
Family of abortion clinic owner dies when plane crashes into Catholic cemetary that houses a "tomb to the unborn."
Message warns that medical provisions of the stimulus bill will be a "death warrant" for seniors.
The health care bill currently before Congress mandates that seniors be given euthanasia counseling every five years.
Article by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dave Janda criticizes the ObamaCare Plan as "fascist."
President Obama declined to answer a question about whether he would give up his current health care program.
House Resolution 615 would require members of Congress to participate in a public health care plan.
ABC News' 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel was fired for trying to air a piece critical of health care reform.
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