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		<title>The 2012 Elections and the Issue of Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/19/2012-elections-issue-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 17, 2012 During both the 2008 and 2010 elections, the issue of reforming the American healthcare system was the focus of overwhelming amounts of misinformation and disinformation. Remember the email about Senior Death Panels?  It explained that the healthcare reform bill would allow Medicare to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out Those Health Charities Before You Donate</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/12/08/check-out-those-health-charities-before-you-donate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard December 6, 2011 It’s that time of year again.  The holidays, of course. But also the end of the tax year, when charities, including groups like cancer societies or hospital foundations, are pleading for donations. Each year in December my husband and I make contributions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Open Enrollment – Time to Figure It Out</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/10/27/medicare-open-enrollment-%e2%80%93-time-to-figure-it-out/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/10/27/medicare-open-enrollment-%e2%80%93-time-to-figure-it-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard October 25, 2011 ……………………………….. If you’ve watched TV, read the newspaper, or logged on to any health-related website recently, then you may already know that it’s Medicare Open Enrollment time. Open Enrollment means you have the opportunity to make choices that affect both your access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Business&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/01/24/back-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About.com]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[You Bet Your Life!]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When last I wrote, I&#8217;d been catching up after a whirlwind Fall travel season.  And here I find myself catching up after another crazy six weeks&#8230; I don&#8217;t just bow out completely, even if it seems so.  I&#8217;m blogging in other places, like About.com and the AdvoConnection blog, plus I have been promoting my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The AMA, Healthcare Reform &#8211; And a Good Chuckle</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/07/the-ama-healthcare-reform-and-a-good-chuckle/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/07/the-ama-healthcare-reform-and-a-good-chuckle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forwarded to me by a dear friend (thanks Dot!)&#8230; so I share it with you. Wish I could attribute it, but I have no idea where it came from. If you know, let me know, too. Credit where credit is due. The American Medical Association Weighs in on Healthcare Reform The Allergists voted to scratch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform: Which Comes First &#8211; Lives or Money?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/29/healthcare-reform-which-comes-first-lives-or-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congress continues to struggle with healthcare reform, I suggest that there is one way to look at it that might make the arguments simpler than they currently are. I see only two points of view. No matter who you are or what your interest in reform is, you fall into one of these categories: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu and Chicken Little &#8211; Too Much Hype?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/05/02/swine-flu-and-chicken-little-too-much-hype/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/05/02/swine-flu-and-chicken-little-too-much-hype/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a week of hearing that the sky is falling because swine flu was going to take us all down, there&#8217;s a lot of second guessing about whether government(s) and the media have over-hyped the potential for a pandemic, and whether we have all over-reacted to the fear. I say &#8211; we have not overreacted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Cranky Bloggers to Peanut Butter: Week in Review</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/31/from-cranky-bloggers-to-peanut-butter-week-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/31/from-cranky-bloggers-to-peanut-butter-week-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About.com]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update on my Every Patient&#8217;s Advocate activities for the week of January 25 to 31: See this icon?  It means this link includes an opportunity for you to participate, beyond just a comment.  However, please remember that your comments to any article or post are always welcome. This icon indicates a piece that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Google Strong-Arming the Feds to Allow Sale of Health Information?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/27/is-google-strong-arming-the-feds-to-allow-sale-of-health-information/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/27/is-google-strong-arming-the-feds-to-allow-sale-of-health-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guerrilla Patient]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years now, I&#8217;ve sounded the warning bells &#8212; stay away from those websites that allow you to put your own health records online for free&#8230;. You can&#8217;t imagine how much grief I&#8217;ve taken for that statement.  Especially when I point out that organizations like the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Daschle Really Interested in Our Ideas for Healthcare Reform?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/18/is-daschle-really-interested-in-our-ideas-for-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/12/18/is-daschle-really-interested-in-our-ideas-for-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was excited to hear that the new secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, was reaching out to the American people for input on what a reformed healthcare system would look like. Imagine &#8212; asking the people who must participate. What a unique and exciting concept! That was&#8230; until I actually went to [...]]]></description>
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