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		<title>The ER is NOT the answer</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/10/12/the-er-is-not-the-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t stay away from the Civic Center yesterday. Mitt Romney was coming to speak and I had to be there to counter his &#8220;the emergency room works fine&#8221; lie. See, Mitt believes people can get the care they need at the emergency room and that they won&#8217;t get a bill. Wrong and wrong, Mitt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great migration</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/09/10/the-great-migration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WNC Health Advocates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m migrating my blog entries over to our new site, www.wnchealthadvocates.org, reading some of them as I go along.  It&#8217;s a long process, but it&#8217;s interesting to see how we have evolved from when we started by putting up this web site just six weeks after Mike died. We have educated, we have helped people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s about women&#8217;s health care</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/09/05/its-about-womens-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Charlotte yesterday with my friend, Sarah Skinner, to attend the Planned Parenthood Yes We Can rally just across the way from the DNC site. I didn&#8217;t go because of abortion; I went because millions of women get their health care through Planned Parenthood, and I don&#8217;t want to see health care access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting women&#8217;s health care</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/09/03/supporting-womens-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lifeomike.org/?p=2339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m heading to Charlotte tomorrow with my friend Sarah Skinner. Sarah and I have a lot in common &#8212; we&#8217;re a couple of old hippies who think access to health care is the most important issue of the day. We have been to Washington, DC, together four times, and now we will take the issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing our name</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/27/changing-our-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life o' Mike]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not always easy letting go of something with an emotional connection as strong as the one I have to Mike, but there comes a time when it becomes necessary. That time has come for our name. Life o&#8217; Mike has honored the memory of my son, who died because he couldn&#8217;t get access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A guide to affordable healthy eating</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/21/a-guide-to-affordable-healthy-eating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life o' Mike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have railed against fast food and processed food rather frequently on this blog (and in person), and people usually claim that low-income people can&#8217;t afford healthy food. Well, the Environmental Work Group has issued a new publication to debunk that myth. The booklet, &#8220;Good Food on a Tight Budget,&#8221; offers a wealth of information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about Obama&#8217;s &#8220;raid &#8221; on Medicare</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/20/the-truth-about-obamas-raid-on-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/20/the-truth-about-obamas-raid-on-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mammograms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t want to be political here, but I need to correct some falsehoods out there, especially the one about President Obama &#8220;stealing $716 billion from Medicare. Here&#8217;s the truth, as told by the New York Times (with my comments in italics): &#8220;In reality, the $716 billion is not a &#8216;cut&#8217; in benefits but rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying as a public health issue</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/15/bullying-as-a-public-health-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/15/bullying-as-a-public-health-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bullying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few years, physicians have begun to recognize various forms of violence as a public health issue. Certainly, with the number of people who are shot simply because they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, gun violence now is seen as a danger to health. The National Rifle Association and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More problems for a broken system</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/10/more-problems-for-a-broken-system/</link>
		<comments>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/10/more-problems-for-a-broken-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life o' Mike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developmental disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a board meeting for Western Highlands Area Program this morning, parents came forward to talk about how their children were being left to fend for themselves in a system where funds keep shrinking while the needs keep growing. Western Highlands manages the care for people with developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance abuse problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaps in care will improve under Obamacare</title>
		<link>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/09/gaps-in-care-will-improve-under-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://lifeomike.org/2012/08/09/gaps-in-care-will-improve-under-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life o' Mike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-existing condiotion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study by the Commonwealth Fund suggests that gaps in health coverage likely will be reduced once the Affordable Care Act kicks in fully in 2014. The study showed that more than one-third of Americans were uninsured for one month or longer between 2004 and 2007, and 23 million of them lost insurance more [...]]]></description>
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