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Health Care Crisis

Woman Blames Bank Of America For Husband's Death

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Darleen Burbridge, John Durbridge, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Kassy Fatooh, Bearing Witness 2.0, Gary Huffenberge, Bearing Witness, Andrew Lanza, Health Care Crisis, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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Alzheimer's Disease: Our Biggest Long-Term Health Challenge

Fred Hassan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Health Care, Health Care Crisis, Politics News
Fred Hassan

We must address this crisis. We must begin by putting Alzheimer's into the center of our national dialogue about reforming health care.

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A Message for Labor Day

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Families, Labor Day, Health Care Crisis, Civil Rights, Congress, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Labor Unions, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

This Labor Day, let's recommit ourselves to helping workers organize and fight for their rights. Let's work together to win meaningful reforms that ensure access to quality, affordable health care.

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Don't Worry, Get Angry: Hillary's Health Care Travesty

Linda Keenan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baldie's Blog, Cancer, Medical Bankruptcy, Hillary St. Pierre, President Obama, Lymphoma, Obama's Mother, Politics News, Health Care Debate, Denial of Care, Cobra, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Insurance, New York Times, Universal Health Care, Health Care Reform, Nicholas Kristof, Crohn's Disease, Health Care Crisis, Politics News
Linda Keenan

Seventy-eight percent of the people who had to file for medical-related bankruptcy actually had health insurance. Hillary St. Pierre, a spunky 27-year-old mother, is a case in point.

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What's Worse, Health Care or Cancer?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Cancer Screenings, Prevention, Health Care Crisis, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

The final fact is that American health care needs prevention more than anything else.

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Sam Stein

Crisis: Nearly Five Million Adults Have Lost Insurance Since Sept. '08

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Crisis, Uninsured, Survey Health Care, Uninsured Coverage, Gallup Survey, Insurance Coverage, Politics News

As President Barack Obama prepares to address the nation tonight, a new survey provides a boost to his claim that the health care system is at a peril...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Increased Interest Renders Couple Unable to Make Payments

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eyesandears, Huffposters, Home Forclosure, Dispatches From the Displaced, Health Care Crisis, Housing Crisis, Forclosure, Offthebus, Home Foreclosure, Politics News

Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Housing Crisis Is Healthcare Crisis For Many

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huffposters, Eyesandears, Home Forclosure, Dispatches From the Displaced, Forclosure, Housing Crisis, Health Care Crisis, Offthebus, Home Foreclosure, Politics News

This is our third installment of Dispatches from the Displaced, in which just one of the 10,000 people who lose the their house each weekday shares hi...

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A Presidential Rx to Improve Health in the New Year

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Nih, Telemedicine, Pepfar, Health Care Plan, U.S. Commissioned Corps, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, E-Prescribing, Prevention, Health, Hurricane Gustav, Health Care Budget, Federal Health Initiatives, Doctors, Medical Bills, Global Health, Medicare, Health Care Crisis, Aids, Surgeon General, Health Care, Medicine, Usaid, National Institutes of Healh, Electronic Medical Records, Ostp, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country faces significant health challenges including skyrocketing costs, declining funding for scientific research, and lack of innovation in the government's response to emerging threats.

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America's Looming Health Care Disaster: Rising Unemployment

ABC News | DAN CHILDS | Posted 12.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Crisis, American Health Care Crisis, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Crisis, Home News

Last year at this time, health coverage may well have been among the last things on Terri Rushing's mind. Her husband, David, was 55 years old and wo...

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Why Not a "Bailout" That Restructures Health Care to Benefit All?

Michele Swenson | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Crisis, Framing Issues, Comprehensive Health Care Reform, Single-Payer Health Care, Financial Crisis, Medicare for All, "Free-Market" Health Care, Health Care Crisis, Prescription Drug Reform, Medicare Advantage Plans, Wall Street Crash, Barack Obama Health Care Policy, Barack Obama Health Care, Congressional Bailout Package, Subprime Mortgages, Congressional Bailout, Business News
Michele Swenson

"Free-market" health care is as perverse an incentive as free-market police and fire protection would be, leaving everyone vulnerable, at the mercy of the marketplace.

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