Borrowing to Stay Healthy: How Credit Card Debt Is Related to Medical Expenses
By Cindy Zeldin and Mark Rukavina
Demos
The Access Project
January 16, 2007
The cost of health
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Borrowing to Stay Healthy: How Credit Card Debt Is Related to Medical Expenses
By Cindy Zeldin and Mark Rukavina
Demos
The Access Project
January 16, 2007
The cost of health
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Borrowing to Stay Healthy: How Credit Card Debt Is Related to Medical Expenses
By Cindy Zeldin and Mark Rukavina
Demos
The Access Project
January 16, 2007
The cost of health
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2006 National Healthcare Disparities Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
December 2006
Multivariate analyses suggest that uninsurance is an important
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Realtors, Other Small-Business People Face Health Care Crisis
National Association of Realtors
January 10, 2007
Small business employers and the self-employed, including real estate firms and agents, are
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Health Care for America
A proposal for guaranteed, affordable health care for all Americans building on Medicare and employment-based insurance
by Jacob S. Hacker
The Economic Policy Institute
EPI
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Health Care for America
A proposal for guaranteed, affordable health care for all Americans building on Medicare and employment-based insurance
by Jacob S. Hacker
The Economic Policy Institute
EPI
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HSA Funding: Are Health Care Consumers Leaving Money on the Table?
By Thomas Cochrane, CFA
A Vimo Research Group Report
January 4, 2007
[T]he report exposes HSAs for what
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California Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Care Proposal
The Governor's vision for health reform is an accessible, efficient, and affordable health care system that promotes a healthier California
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California Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Care Proposal
The Governor's vision for health reform is an accessible, efficient, and affordable health care system that promotes a healthier California
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Health insurers deny policies in some jobs
Common medications also can be deemed too risky in California.
By Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
January 8, 2007
Health insurers in California
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Make health insurers play fair
Any plan to reform healthcare must tackle the biggest obstacle to insuring everyone -- private insurers.
By Jamie Court and Judy Dugan
Los
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Insurance is enough to make you sick
Private health insurance is a drag on the economy the government must fix.
By Patt Morrison
Los Angeles Times
January 4, 2007
It's