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The Power of One |
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By Tammy Baldwin on
10/22/2007 9:27 AM
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Several years ago, Dr. James Allen, a veteran of the Korean War and an ophthalmologist who has worked at the VA Hospital in Madison for over 30 years, wrote to tell me about a gap in health care coverage facing many of his patients.
He informed me that veterans who suffered a service-connected blindness in one eye receive no additional VA compensation when they lose vision in the other eye. Dr. Allen believed this was unfair because had it not been for the first inju ...
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Expanding Cancer Screening for Women |
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By Tammy Baldwin on
10/15/2007 9:50 AM
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For me, this is a time to remember the survivors among us, as well as those we’ve lost. It’s also a time to renew our commitment to prevent, detect, and eliminate breast cancer.
This awareness month took on renewed meaning last week, when my colleague,
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Honoring the legacy of Christopher Reeve |
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By Tammy Baldwin on
10/8/2007 9:23 AM
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Last week, three years after Christopher Reeve’s death, a bill named in his and his wife Dana’s honor passed a critical stage of the legislative process.
As I’m sure you all know, Reeve, who was a respected actor best known for his role as Superman, became paralyzed in 1995 as a result of a horse riding a ...
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Insurance for our Children |
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By Tammy Baldwin on
10/1/2007 5:06 PM
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For years, I’ve been working hard to improve our country’s health care crisis. One of my efforts has been to renew and strengthen the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), known as Badger Care in Wisconsin.
You know that I ran for Congress because I am committed to health care for all in America. But it strikes me that, at a minimum, we have a moral obligation to cover all children. That is why I have worke ...
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