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Anthem Blue Cross – poster child for urgency of health reform

February 11, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

With its move to raise premiums on individual policyholders in California by up to 39 percent, Anthem Blue Cross enraged customers and elected officials.

Cubans help children in Haiti

February 8, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Through play, song and sport, a Cuban medical team is giving child survivors a boost in post-earthquake Haiti.

Melanie Shouse, health care activist, dies at 41

February 4, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky

ST. LOUIS -- Melanie Shouse was 37 when she first felt the lump. She couldn't believe it. But she kept up her fighting spirit, especially for health care reform.

Workers give Marriott a wake-up call

February 4, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

Area workers give Marriott a wake-up call on health care and contract negotiations.

Rallies demand strong health care bill

January 28, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

On the eve of President Obama's first State of the Union address, people in over 130 communities around the country rallied at Congressional offices Jan. 26.