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Road Rage Blamed On Layoff

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact

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

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Grand Junction Hospital To Lay Off Workers Due To 44% Increase In Uninsured Patients

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | AMY HAMILTON | Posted 12.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Grand Junction Hospital, Uninsured, Denver News

The numbers of layoffs haven't been announced, but positions will be eliminated in areas that do not include patient care, spokeswoman Becky Jessen sa...

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Man With No Health Insurance Mends Own Broken Ankle

Posted 12.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Insurance America, Locksmith, No Insurance, Uninsured, Health Care, Impact News

Lou Padilla calls himself a "lock expert." Having his own business means that he can work his way -- quickly and efficiently. The downside? He doesn...

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Three Reasons to Be Happy About the Reported Deal by Senate Democrats on Health Care

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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I have criticized the Democrats for failing to properly use the power of their majority in Congress and the mandate from an overwhelming victory last November, so it's only right I give them their props for finally taking charge.

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Family Turns To Online Community To Save Mother With Heart Transplant

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

Read More: Fort Lauderdale, Maureen Waters, Uninsured, Heart Transplant, Mendaheart, Mend a Heart, Help Mend a Heart, Maureen Pundik, Impact News

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...

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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...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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

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

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

Read More: Prosthetic Limbs, Benjamin French, For Profit Health Care, Prosthetic Arms, Health Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Insurance Coverage, Lifetime Maximum Benefit, Unemployment, Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Ben French, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, Prosthesis, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News

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...

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

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

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

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The Faces of Health Care Reform (Video)

Rep. Debbie Halvorson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Affordable Health Care for America Act, Health Care Reform, Breast Cancer, Uninsured, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, House Health Care Bill, Chicago News

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.

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Po' White South: Another Look At The Uninsured

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Southerners, Health Care Reform, Uninsured, Health Care, Health, Politics News

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).

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24-Year-Old Given Months To Live Without Insurance

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Drought, California Drought, Foreclosure Crisis, Uninsured, Joseph Riofrio, Urangoo Baatarkhuyag, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Bearing Witness 2.0, Health Insurance, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bearing Witness, Senior Community Service Employment Plan, Impact 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. Urangoo Baatarkhuyag, a ...

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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

Read More: Juan Ramirez, Uninsured, Undocumented Immigrants, Health Care, Chicago News

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...

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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

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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...

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Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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.

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

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Minnesota, Public Option, Tennessee, Washington, Health Care Reform, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon, Maine, Politics News

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.

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Covering the Uncovered

Christal Smith | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Insurance, Uninsured, Lisa Ling, Young, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Living News

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...

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Ali's Story: Uninsured in America

Mark Hoppus | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Mark Hoppus, Blink-182, Health Care, Ali Vatter, Politics News

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

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Dr. Oz's Free Clinics Help The Uninsured

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

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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...

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

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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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, ...

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Dr. Oz Puts a Face on the Uninsured

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: National Association of Free Clinics, Health Insurance, Uninsured, Dr. Oz Show, Free-Health-Clinics, Health Insurance Reform, Living News

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.

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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...

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

Andy Wilson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Public Option, Jesus, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Insurance, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

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.

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The Shame in Breaking Records

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

Read More: Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Mehmed Oz, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Living News

"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.

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Public Option Is Not Essential

Stan Dorn | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Health Care, Public Plan, Uninsured, Politics News

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.

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