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New, life-savings treatments simply won't get developed.
David Mixner: HIV/AIDS: We Need A Seat At The Table In Health Care Debate David Mixner 2011
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The faking of injectable drugs is particularly worrisome to health-care providers because they tend to be life-savings medications for conditions such as cancer, rather than so-called lifestyle drugs, such as Viagra.
Fakes Infiltrate Injectable Drugs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2012
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New, life-savings treatments simply won't get developed.
David Mixner: HIV/AIDS: We Need A Seat At The Table In Health Care Debate David Mixner 2011
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Corporate rule is here and we gain nothing and risk losing everything we have (including our health), our life-savings, our freedoms and more.
Think Progress » Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted 2010
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When a courageous person sees an opportunity to do something brave or courageous that fits within their value system -- it could be life or career or life-savings threatening, or put her at the risk of embarrassment -- then that person doesn't have a choice.
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When a courageous person sees an opportunity to do something brave or courageous that fits within their value system -- it could be life or career or life-savings threatening, or put her at the risk of embarrassment -- then that person doesn't have a choice.
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When a courageous person sees an opportunity to do something brave or courageous that fits within their value system -- it could be life or career or life-savings threatening, or put her at the risk of embarrassment -- then that person doesn't have a choice.
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He is "all in", and has put his entire life-savings of career, reputation, integrity, and yes ... even his seven homes on the line.
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Give these politicos the opportunity to experience what it feels like to risk your life-savings on a business venture; to do without so your employees will be paid; to work 24/7 with no guarantee there be anything to show for your efforts; to be unable to access the capital you need to grow; and to pioneer innovations that give the U.S. a global competitive advantage.
Susan Wilson Solovic: Unions and Small Business Are Like Oil and Water 2010
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The article points to long waiting lists for life-savings anti-AIDS drugs and reports that clinics across Africa are turning people away.
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