health care

New York Yankees win World Series
By John Mangano
November 5, 2009 - 2:45pm
New York claims its 27th title

The Yankees beat the Phillies last night 7-3 to win the World Series.  Hideki Matsui received the World Series MVP for his 6 RBI performance last night. New York has won 27 World Series titles, the most in the majors, but hadn't won the Series since their 2000 campaign.  This is captain Derek Jeter's 5th championship.  Manager Joe Girardi has won as a player and now as a manager.

My take: The fact that the World Series was decided last night, I figured it would be the lead.  Very...

Abortion regulation may postpone health-care legislation
By Alexandra Zuckerman
November 2, 2009 - 10:36pm
Democrats’ are showing concern over abortion legislation in proposed health-care bill.

The House is moving towards a vote this week on health-care legislation, reports the Washington Post. House leaders negotiated on Monday with Democrats concerned about abortion provisions on public funding of abortions.  The Washington Post reports that the talks over abortion could be critical in the outcome of the $894 billion health-care bill. 

The dispute over abortion centers on federal funding for people who cannot afford health-care coverage...

Schumer hopes to pass "Erin's Law" but similar law is being argued
By Nephtaly Rivera
October 26, 2009 - 5:11pm
Senator Schumer is hoping to pass legislation in memory of Erin Maxwell while a New York State Senator looks to do something similar.

Senator Charles Schumer formally announced today during a press conference his idea for a bill entitled "Erin's Law", according to Syracuse.com. It would provide $50 million in grants to help smaller and financially pressed cities and counties hire new child protective social workers. This is at the same time that State Senator John DeFrancisco is attempted to pass a new law by the same name that would toughen penalities from crimes against children and would redefine "child...

Local man survives 100-foot fall off Adirondack cliff
By Danny Fersh
October 21, 2009 - 1:30pm
The Pompey resident somehow suffered no life-threatening injuries.

Rescuers had to use chain saws and a helicopter to help a Pompey man who fell off a cliff on Bald Mountain Tuesday afternoon, according to Syracuse.com. 

Wesley Rennie, 67, was hiking with a friend in the Adirondack Mountains when he fell from about halfway down the mountain on a steep slope with many trees and large rocks. 

Rangers used chainsaws to navigate a path through thick forest to get to Rennie, who said he had hiked the mountain about 50 times with no prior...

Public opinion shifts in favor of health care overhaul
By Danny Fersh
October 7, 2009 - 1:43pm
New poll shows dramatic change in recent weeks

According to the latest Associated Press – GfK poll, the American public is split evenly – with 40% in favor and 40% opposed – on federal health care legislation. 

This comes just weeks after a September poll reported that 49% of Americans opposed congressional health care proposals while just 34% supported them.