FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--February 7, 2005
Kim Becker, Director of Public Relations
Phone: (703) 620-6600, ext. 207
Email: prel@www.amsa.org
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MEDICAL STUDENTS EXPOSE DIFFERENCES WITHIN U.S. AND CANADIAN
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Soaring medical bills account for half of all U.S. bankruptcies
Friday, February 4th, 2005
A new study in the journal Health Affairs has found that half of all personal bankruptcies in the United States are now
A Healthy Choice(In These Times)
A Healthy Choice
A movement builds to take on Wal-Mart
By Hans Johnson January 25, 2005
In These Times
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Until last year, Wal-Mart, the global retail chain known for
Group pushes for national health insurance (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Thursday, February 03, 2005
By Christopher Snowbeck
If you think government bureaucracy is bad, Mike Stout thinks you should look at the current state of private health
Frist’s HSA Proposal a Nightmare for Patients
We dare not follow
Study finds most pulled into debt by illness have jobs, health insurance(Associated Press)
By Mark Jewell, AP
BOSTON (Feb. 2) - Costly illnesses trigger about half of all personal bankruptcies, and most of those who go bankrupt because of
Study ties bankruptcy to medical bills(NY Times)
By Reed Abelson
Sometimes, all it takes is one bad fall for a working person with health insurance to be pushed into bankruptcy.
Hundreds of thousands of
Bankrupted by illness(Newsday)
Bankrupted by illness
Researchers find that medical problems contributed to about half of all 2001 filings in the United States
February 2, 2005
Medical problems and their financial
Bankruptcy Study(Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report)
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Coverage & Access
Medical Conditions, Resulting Financial Issues Contributed to Half of Bankruptcies in 2001, Study Says
Middle-Class Workers With Health Coverage Represent Most Medical Bankruptcies In America(Health Affairs)
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Middle-Class Workers With Health Coverage Represent Most Medical Bankruptcies In America, Health Affairs Article Says
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Frist's HSA Proposal a Nightmare for Patients
We dare not follow
Canada cheapest for business
Low outlay for labour, benefits cited for ranking
Report analyzes cost of operating in 11 countries
Neco Cockburn
Business Reporter
Despite a rising dollar, Canada remains the cheapest industrialized