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		<title>Daley&#8217;s View from Washington:  Minority Health Month Cheers and Jeers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Daley is the Federal Issues Policy Director at The Alliance for a Just Society. May was Minority Health Month and a couple of things happened that deserve a bit of attention. And it’s also important to note that not enough happened and more attention is needed. First the good news. Comprehensive legislation aimed at attacking health disparities has now been<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3248/daleys-view-from-washington-minority-health-month-cheers-and-jeers/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When the Supremes Hit the Extremes What Happens?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout most of our history the Supreme Court has been accorded a special place as a fair and impartial arbiter of legal issues. Sometimes the Court has failed in this role, but, for the most part it has been an important force in the unity of the nation because seemed to deserved respect. The current Supreme Court majority has become<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3189/when-the-supremes-hit-the-extremes-what-happens/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses Stand Up for Health Care</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3168/small-businesses-stand-up-for-health-care/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=small-businesses-stand-up-for-health-care</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small business leaders in the Main Street Alliance network stood up to be counted on health care over the last ten days as the Affordable Care Act’s two year anniversary led into oral arguments at the Supreme Court.   Here’s a quick recap of some of the many highlights: Helen Dally, whose parents own Hawthorne Auto Clinic in Portland, Oregon, shared<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3168/small-businesses-stand-up-for-health-care/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid and the Supreme Court Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case challenging the Affordable Care Act has a lot in it to think about. Much of the public debate and the stories in the press are about the requirement that everyone have insurance – the individual responsibility requirement. But there also is a challenge to the Medicaid expansion. Remember that Medicaid is to be the underpinning for the new<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3114/medicaid-and-the-supreme-court-case/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Main Street Alliance Video:  Foxes Guarding the Hen House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Main Street Alliance has a great new video highlighting the dominating role insurance companies are playing in state health insurance policy.   &#8220;Foxes Guarding the Hen House&#8221;  is part of MSA&#8217;s ongoing campaign to ensure that the health insurance exchanges that are created in each state work for small businesses.  The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a landmark moment<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3055/new-main-street-alliance-video-foxes-guarding-the-hen-house/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Affiliate Highlight:  The Montana Organizing Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Huntress</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society affiliate The Montana Organizing Project (MOP) is a collaboration of diverse community, civic, labor, faith groups, and community members.  Located in Missoula and Billings, MOP works on economic, racial and social justice issues, with the mission of promoting the dignity and empowerment of people with low and middle incomes who voices haven’t been heard in<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2952/affiliate-highlight-the-montana-organizing-project/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care 2011:  Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2903/health-care-2011-year-in-review/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-care-2011-year-in-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danisha Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election in November of 2010 shifted the political ground both in D.C. and in many state legislatures. These political changes brought efforts to repeal the ACA and to reduce the national commitment both to Medicaid and to critical programs funded as a part of reform. The efforts by the political right to reset the national agenda challenge every gain<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2903/health-care-2011-year-in-review/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Owners Bring Main Street Voices to Washington, DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 20, an all-star team of small business leaders from across the Main Street Alliance network made the trek to Washington, DC to represent the voice of Main Street small businesses in the nation’s capital. Business owners came from Montana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington to participate in meetings on Capitol Hill. In a day and a<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2723/small-business-owners-bring-main-street-voices-to-washington-dc/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Affordable Care Act Help Eliminate Disparities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many provisions of the Affordable Care Act are designed to overcome health outcome disparities caused by social factors associated with race, ethnicity, language, and culture. Will they work? There is a growing sense that the promising provisions of this Act either are not being implemented or are being seriously undermined by deficit reduction efforts. Furthermore, if we can succeed in<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2660/will-the-affordable-care-act-help-eliminate-disparities/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Distasteful Politics of Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danisha Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How, what, and where we eat everyday is strongly influenced by the federal government, in partnership with major food corporations, through a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. Many of the social determinates of health that impact our communities find their roots in the Farm Bill a massive piece of legislation up for renewal in 2012. We need to<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2643/the-distasteful-politics-of-food/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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