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
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
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 maxed out
Announcement from Missourians For Single Payer
Missourians For Single Payer (MoSP)
Presents
"WE WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN"
April 1, 2, 3
April 1 - April Fools' Day Street Theater Actions around the St. Louis Area
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
An impossibly complicated system causes medical bankruptcies(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
To the editor:
Regarding the Plain Dealers Feb. 2 lead article, Medical bills blamed in half of bankruptcies, a reference is made to Physicians for a
Job-based health plans declining
A new study finds fewer employees receive coverage as medical costs soar
By Aurelio Rojas
Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau
What was once a social compact - work, and
Medical Students Expose Differences Within U.S. And Canadian Health Care Systems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--February 7, 2005
Kim Becker, Director of Public Relations
Phone: (703) 620-6600, ext. 207
Email: prel@www.amsa.org
Web: www.amsa.org
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
