Uninsured

Family Turns To Online Community To Save Mother With Heart Transplant

HuffPost | Victoria Fine and Jonathan Harris | Posted 12.03.2009 | Impact


Maureen Waters was a perfectly healthy 52-year-old from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has three children and an eight-month-old grandson named Noah. Af...

As COBRA Subsidies Expire, Unemployed Fear High Insurance Costs

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.02.2009 | Impact


As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. Federal...

Ryan Grim

Senate Dems Close In On Reform: Details Of Health Care Bill Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Read the bill (PDF). Senate Democrats have posted the legislation on their web site. --------- Senate Democrats made a big step toward comprehensive...

Insurance Runs Out For 12-Year-Old Boy Without Arm

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Benjamin French was born with his right arm missing below the elbow. In his 12 years, he has been fitted with seven prostheses. His most recent replac...

Uninsured Patients Twice As Likely To Die In The ER: Study

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


CHICAGO — Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the h...

The Faces of Health Care Reform (Video)

Rep. Debbie Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago


Rep. Debbie Halvorson

I'm so grateful my constituents shared their personal stories with me. They are the face of the health care crisis. We put together a video of these stories to show why reform is so necessary.

Po' White South: Another Look At The Uninsured

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


D. Brad Wright

The po' white south makes up most of the uninsured. Chew on that for a while. Then ask yourself where the strongest opposition to health reform comes from (hint: it's red states).

24-Year-Old Given Months To Live Without Insurance

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact


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. Urangoo Baatarkhuyag, a ...

A Life In Limbo: Unidentified, Uninsured Immigrant Lingers In Hospital That Can't Keep Him

Medill News Service | Sean Cooley | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago


By the time Juan Ramirez was discovered on Aug. 27, 2008, the damage had already been done. Ramirez, 42, an immigrant living without a known address o...

Steve King Doesn't Know Number Of Uninsured In His District: "My District Wants Freedom" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was pressed earlier this week on whether he knew how many constituents in his district were uninsured. The conservative congr...

Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Aaron E. Carroll

We will get the incremental health care reforms we were promised. Things will likely get better in the short term. Then, since we didn't contain costs, we'll need to enact real reform. Or, things will go right back to the status quo.

Covering the Uncovered

Christal Smith | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Christal Smith

Remember when you were just starting out and it was all you could do to cover the monthly expenses you HAD to pay-like rent and utilities-and paying...

Ali's Story: Uninsured in America

Mark Hoppus | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Mark Hoppus

How do we as a nation provide quality health care to all citizens? It seems like a simple enough question. And yet, every day too many Americans go about their lives without proper coverage

Dr. Oz's Free Clinics Help The Uninsured

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact


On Saturday, September 26, television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted a free clinic in Houston, one that attracted over 1,700 people. It was the larg...

American Values Network Makes Religious Case For Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


A new television ad released by the American Values Network makes a religious appeal for health care reform in a new ad. The progressive faith group, ...

Dr. Oz Puts a Face on the Uninsured

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living


Dr. Jon LaPook

Who exactly are these uninsured people we keep hearing about? They're not what many people expect. The vast majority of the uninsured -- 81 percent -- come from working families with low incomes.

Experts: Even With Reform, Health Care Insurers Will Likely Discriminate

The Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Any health-care overhaul that Congress and President Obama enact is likely to have as its centerpiece a fundamental reform: Insurers would not be allo...

Losing Sight of the Real Issues of the Health Care Debate: People

Andy Wilson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Andy Wilson

The moral of my story is that, contrary to right-wing myth, it's not who's paying for the medical care that affects its quality.

The Shame in Breaking Records

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living


Mehmet Oz, M.D.

"Uninsured" is a word that refers to people in the abstract. I want to show America who these people really are: their struggles, their fears, and their true challenges.

Public Option Is Not Essential

Stan Dorn | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Stan Dorn

Should Progressives in Congress kill any health care legislation that doesn't have public insurance option? It all depends. Remember that nearly 50 million people in this country lack health insurance.

Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Tumors: Get "An Existing Government Program Or Find Charity"

Think Progress | Lee Fang | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


At the Richmond Times-Dispatch "public square" forum yesterday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) fielded open questions from his constituents on the health ref...

Why the Insured Should Support Health Care Reform: Employer Sponsored Health Insurance is an Endangered Species

Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Anne Mai Bertelsen

Employer-sponsored insurance is an endangered species. Without health care reform, including a public option, many more Americans will join the ranks of the uninsured. Including, potentially, my family.

GOP Plan: If Uninsured Die Fast Enough, They Won't Need Coverage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Rep. Boehner said that the sooner the uninsured die, "the sooner they will be relieved of the stress and anxiety caused by not having health coverage."

A Death Every 12 Minutes: The Price of Not Having Medicare for All

John Geyman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


John Geyman

In 2002, that more than 18,000 Americans between the ages of 19 and 64 were dying each year as a result of being uninsured. The new number is two and a half times that figure.