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The House of Representatives passed the Senate Health Care Bill by a vote of 219-212 on Sunday, March 21, 2010. This has been a very passionate debate. Below is a summary of this bill from www.healthbill2010.info
Health care bill summary (passed 3/21/10, not yet signed by President):
Currently, there are 32 million without health insurance. The new health insurance coverage expansion begins in 2014. When fully phased in, 95 percent of eligible Americans would have health insurance coverage, compared with 83 percent today.
Health insurance mandate – Almost everyone is required to get health insurance or else pay a fine. There is an exemption for low-income people. Mandate takes effect in 2014.
Health insurance reforms – Starting this year, health insurance carriers would be forbidden from placing lifetime dollar limits on policies, from denying coverage to children because of pre-existing conditions, and from canceling policies because someone gets sick. Parents would be able to keep older kids on their health insurance coverage up to age 26. A new high-risk pool would offer coverage to uninsured people with medical problems until 2014, when the coverage expansion goes into high gear. Major consumer safeguards would also take effect in 2014. Health insurance providers would be prohibited from denying coverage to people with medical problems or charging them more. Health insurance carriers could not charge women more.
QUESTIONS: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PASSING OF THE NEW BILL? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? Click here to continue and SpeakOUT! »
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It’s Sept 9th, 2009 and WAMO is now officially off the air. This was the last summer to have WAMO playing at your cookout, the last summer you’ll hear those familiar voices, and no more Steve Harvey…
We ask the Soul Pitt visitors to act as if this were WAMO’s funeral and say your final farewell.
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On August 31st at 1 pm, the Pittsburgh City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed cable franchise with Verizon. We want you to attend. The proposed franchise is not a good deal for the City of Pittsburgh and it is not good for PCTV and Public Access. Here’s why:
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You may have heard by now that WAMO has been sold. This is a sad day for Urban radio and especially Pittsburgh. WAMO has been a part of the Black community for 36 years. Will you miss it? What are your memories of WAMO? Some say that it was inevitable; some feel that a minority entity should have purchased it. Some feel it has been time for something new for a while now. What do you say? Speak out! POST YOUR COMMENTS BELOW….
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Congratulations to Obama, his family and America for making change happen. Sometimes words are not enough to express the pride, the joy and the victory you may feel, but if you care to share your thoughts about this historic victory, please post your comments below and tell the world about it!
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Mike Tomlin Says Anthony Smith Not A Thug, Rips P-G Column
LATROBE, Pa. — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday defended safety Anthony Smith, who’s known to be a hard hitter in training camp and was the subject of a negative newspaper column last week.
“I think at one point, his actions were referred to as ‘thuggery,’ or he was referred to as a thug. We take offense to that,” Tomlin said. “These are young, professional people that are very good at what they do and are very sensitive to how they’re portrayed in the public light. I was offended by that reference to him. He’s not a thug. He’s a young football player who’s trying to be at his best, who happens to play the game very physically.” Click here to continue and SpeakOUT! »
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According to a report released Tue July 29, 2008, the report on AIDS in the Black Community is getting worse! What will it take for us to understand that there are diseases out there that are killing us. African-americans always seem to be the ones that the diseases effect the most – from high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, AIDS, etc. These last reports are staggering! Click here to continue and SpeakOUT! »
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* See comment #3 about emergency protest tonight (Wed, Aug 6) at 5:30pm
SWISSVALE, Pa. — The family of a man who died while being arrested is talking and making promises about what they want to see done.
At about midnight Monday night (Aug 4, 2008), Swissvale police officers answered a call for a man said to be yelling, pounding on doors and acting irrationally.
An officer used a taser on 37-year-old Andre Thomas and handcuffed him on the ground. Thomas died a short time later at a hospital. Click here to continue and SpeakOUT! »
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