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When Donating A Kidney Becomes A Pre-Existing Condition

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Organ Donors, Preexisting Condition, Bankruptcy, Donna Luebke, Claudia Smith, Kidney Donations, Philip Knisely, Medical Bills, Jeff Beatrice, Elinor Beatrice, Robert Ennis, Jose Luis Vara Jr, Pre-Existing-Condition, Bearing Witness, Bearing Witness 2.0, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Some organ donors are imp...

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Uninsured Women Negotiates With Hospital, Pays Less Than She Would Have For COBRA

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Welding, Vincent Pierce, Cobra, Lisa Antonini, Mahoning County, Bearing Witness 2.0, Medical Bills, Property Taxes, Danite Pierce, Career-Advancement, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Leslie Caldera, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Tammy Compton of the Wayne...

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Relief Comes To Family's Medical Debt Only After Mother's Death

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Insurance, Debt, Medical Bills, Poverty, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Healthcare, Impact News

"We didn't have enough money to cremate her," Bob Wessenberg of Coppell, Texas, recalls, after being faced with his wife's catastrophic illness and th...

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Medical Bills Underlie 60 Percent Of U.S. Bankruptcies: Study

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Medical Bills, Personal Bankruptcies, Bankruptcy, Medical Bills Bankruptcies, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, an increase of 50 percent in just six years, ...

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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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