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  Multi-status bullet 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.

  Green bullet U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld owns stock in the company that produces Tamiflu.

  Yellow bullet E-mail accuses actor from a "black sitcom" of deliberately spreading HIV to his sexual partners.

  Multi-colored bullet E-mail compares U.S. and Canadian health care systems.

  Multi-colored bullet Message lists consequences that will result from passage of the Freedom of Choice Act.

  Multi-colored bullet American consumers risk losing their right to purchase vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements.

  Multi-colored bullet Family of abortion clinic owner dies when plane crashes into Catholic cemetery that houses a "tomb to the unborn."

  Multi-colored bullet Message warns that medical provisions of the stimulus bill will be a "death warrant" for seniors.

  Red bullet The health care bill currently before Congress mandates that seniors be given euthanasia counseling every five years.

  Multi-colored bullet Article by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dave Janda criticizes the ObamaCare Plan as "fascist."

  Multi-colored bullet President Obama declined to answer a question about whether he would give up his current health care program.

  Multi-colored bullet House Resolution 615 would require members of Congress to participate in a public health care plan.

  Red bullet ABC News' 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel was fired for trying to air a piece critical of health care reform.

  Multi-colored bullet Proposed constitutonal amendment seeks to require that laws apply equally to U.S. citizens and members of Congress.

  Red bullet "Poison pill" amendment inserted into Health Care Bill by Senator Reid makes proposed bill unamendable if passed.

  Multi-status bullet Various states have passed laws requiring that public assistance recipients pass a drug testing program.

  Red bullet Health care reform legislation passed by Congress requires that patients be implanted with microchips.

  Multi-colored bullet Scientologists, Amish, Christian Scientists, and Muslims will be exempt from requirements to obtain health insurance.

  Multi-colored bullet Letter from Judge David Kithil provides line-item criticism of health care reform legislation.

  Multi-colored bullet Researchers have found a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested.

  Red bullet The Obama Health Care Plan disallows advanced neurosurgery for patients over 70.

  Red bullet Monthly Medicare Part B premiums are set to jump to $247.00 in 2014.

  Multi-colored bullet Pepsi is using cells from aborted fetuses to create flavor enhancers.

  Red bullet "Obamacare" mandates that no one over 75 will be given major medical procedures unless approved by an ethics panel.

  Green bullet Hobby Lobby has filed a lawsuit challenging a federal mandate requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives.

  Green bullet Planned Parenthood health centers do not perform mammograms.
 
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