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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every Tuesday throughout the month, The Roanoke Times is profiling people whose relationships with others have been affected by the disease . Has your life been touched by breast cancer? Share your stories, pictures and advice here.
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] What essential feature must be included in a successful health care reform bill? [/quote] Health care reform needs an inspirational Frank Capra ending like that of "It's a Wonderful Life" starring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey. If only more were inspired...
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Lawmakers have begun holding town hall meetings with constituents to address the issues of health care and health care reform. What's your take on health care reform? Have you attended the meetings locally?
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President Barack Obama visits a Bristol, Va., Kroger supermarket on Wednesday, July 29, for a town hall-style meeting with Kroger employees about health care. What is the significance of his return visit to the region, both to you and Appalachia?
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] Are you satisfied with the U.S. health care system? If not, how would you restructure it? [/quote] This may not be "the last word," but hopefully it will be my last word on this topic. (Do I hear applause, cheering, and barking?) No, I am not satisfied...
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[quote user="Cheri Hartman"] Personally, I experienced the untimely death of my mother, who stopped taking her treatment for breast cancer, because her medicine was prohibitively expensive. Her cancer was terminal, but it seemed unacceptable to me that someone in the US could not get medical...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] Are you satisfied with the U.S. health care system? If not, how would you restructure it? [/quote] While I am grateful for my excellent health care, I find it unconscionable that we live in a country where so many are left behind. Those with preexisting conditions...
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[quote user="David Goode"]First of all, I should state that, having been in the Army, I can take advantage of VA Medical System. Secondly, (and perhaps, hypocritically) I am not in favor of a Universal Health Care plan, mainly because I shouldn't have to pay for another's unwillingness...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] President Obama nominated former New York City health commissioner Margaret Hamburg to lead the Food and Drug Administration and called for more food inspectors and modern labs to ensure Americans' food and medicine are safer. Necessary reform or unneeded government...
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This year's Mission of Mercy dental clinic, typically held at the Roanoke Civic Center, has been postponed. Organizers cite scheduling conflicts as the main cause of the delay. What do you think of the postponement? How might it affect you? Have you and your family cut back on dental care this year...