Back-breaking bills/Uncovered medical expenses are leading to bankruptcies
By Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer
Jeannie Brewer is a physician married to a surgical resident. She and her
Costly medical bills can bury families under a mountain of debt
By Elizabeth Ziegler - Journal Writer
Two winters ago, Cheryl Alvarez received a phone call from her son telling her that he had been in a
Taming the Medicaid monster
By Robert Kuttner
AT DINNER, two sets of parents of college seniors are discussing their dreams for their soon-to-be newly minted graduates. Doctor? Lawyer? Scientist?
1,700 Doctors: “Bankruptcy Bill Threatens Patients”
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February 14, 2005
Contact: David Himmelstein, MD
Steffie Woolhandler, MD
(617) 497-1268
(617) 312-0970
Nicholas Skala (312) 781-6006
nick@pnhp.org
1,700 Doctors: "Bankruptcy Bill Threatens Patients"
Harvard Study Shows
1,700 Doctors: "Bankruptcy Bill Threatens Patients"
EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 a.m. EST
February 14, 2005
Contact: David Himmelstein, MD
Steffie Woolhandler, MD
(617) 497-1268
(617) 312-0970
Nicholas Skala (312) 781-6006
nick@pnhp.org
1,700 Doctors: "Bankruptcy Bill Threatens Patients"
Harvard Study Shows Legislation
Coalition seeks statewide insurance plan
By Winthrop Quigley Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer
A coalition of more than 75 organizations are asking the state Legislature to replace conventional health insurance with a
Medical bankruptcy(Kansas City Star Website)
Upon reading about Lisa Adams' bankruptcy (2/3, A-1, “Medical bankruptcies: Double dose of trouble”), we were reminded again of the grim prognosis of the current
U.S. firms losing health care battle, GM Chairman says
By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 11, 2005; Page E01
American manufacturers are losing their ability to compete in the global marketplace in large measure
New tack for health insurance(SF Chronicle)
By
David Lazarus
So we learned from President Bush's budget this week that the new-and-improved Medicare prescription drug benefit won't cost Americans less than $400 billion over
Democrats need new agenda – including single payer
Published on Thursday, February 10, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
Progressives and Democrats: Assert Your Brand!
by Thom Hartmann
Politics is all about branding. And brands are not about issues
Sick and Broke
By Elizabeth Warren
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Nobody's safe. That's the warning from the first large-scale study of medical bankruptcy.
Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans
System’s ills cost us
By Mike Sweet
Ask anyone to describe someone who files for personal bankruptcy and the description most likely fits an uncomplimentary stereotype.
It's someone who's