en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Human Health headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 You might say that E. coli has been very, very good to William Marler. If there's an outbreak of food-borne illness anywhere in the country - spinach, cookie dough, hamburgers, you name it - chances are Marler will be filing lawsuits on behalf of those who were sickened. But now he's lobbying to be put out of business. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010334008_marler23m.html Food & Farms Human Health Washington 11/23/2009 Seattle Times San Francisco did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program -- seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_health_overhaul_san_francisco.html?source=rss Human Health California 11/20/2009 Seattle Post-Intelligencer The trend of people no longer being able to afford health insurance has been getting worse, Washington officials say. A new state study predicts the number of people here without insurance will hit 1 million by the end of 2011. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1580243/KPLU.Local.News/%E2%80%99Under-Uninsured%E2%80%99.Growing.as.Fast.as.Uninsured Human Health Washington 11/19/2009 KPLU Why is it broadly accepted that elderly Americans should have universal health care, while it's immensely controversial to seek universal coverage for children? What's the difference, asks Nicholas Kristof, except that health care for children is far cheaper? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010311913_kristof201.html?syndication=rss Human Health United States 11/19/2009 Seattle Times The Senate needs 60 votes to bring its health care bill to the floor. To round up those votes, the bill unveiled Wednesday costs less than the House version, and delays the effective date for many provisions to 2014. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120583684&ft=1&f=1001 Human Health United States 11/19/2009 NPR The chief federal appeals court judge in San Francisco bluntly ordered the Obama administration Thursday to stop resisting his finding that the wife of a lesbian court employee was entitled to government insurance coverage. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BADV1ANFSR.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea Human Health California 11/19/2009 San Francisco Chronicle House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday predicted that she can corral enough moderate Democrats to guarantee passage of health care overhaul legislation -- even if it doesn't contain a controversial House proposal that would expand abortion limits. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120587627&ft=1&f=1001 Human Health Population United States 11/19/2009 NPR A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010313598_apushealthoverhaulclinics.html?syndication=rss Human Health United States 11/20/2009 Seattle Times Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid worked Thursday to nail down the votes needed to move to a final debate on health-care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage of the far-reaching changes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111902631.html?wprss=rss_print Human Health United States 11/20/2009 Washington Post