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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: uninsured

uninsured stories: 15 news summaries

 Lack of Health 
 Insurance Kills 
  2K Veterans 
 a Year 

2,266 died last year, a study finds

Nov 11, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 2,266 US veterans under 65 died last year because they didn't have health insurance, a team from Harvard Medical School estimates. Although most vets get medical care through the VA, there are about a million and a half, under 65, who were not wounded and are "too... More »

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health care • veterans • health insurance • uninsured • Veterans Day • Veterans Administration

 GOP Health Plan 
 Would Leave 
 52M Uninsured 

Bill saves some money, expands coverage by only 3M

Nov 5, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The GOP health care bill has no chance of passing—but if it did, most people who already have coverage would see their premiums drop, while 52 million Americans currently uninsured would stay that way. So says a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which largely confirms Dems' claims... More »

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health care • health care costs • Congressional Budget Office • health care reform • uninsured • House Republicans

Opinion

If Congress Can't Pass Health Reform, Yank Their Coverage

Pols should be punished for 'longstanding and grievous breach of responsibility: Kristof

Oct 8, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof has a modest proposal for lawmakers who vote down health care reform. If universal coverage is defeated, he writes, let’s take away the insurance of 15% of Congress, at random, and cut benefits to an inadequate level for another 8%. “I wouldn’t wish the trauma... More »

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Congress • government spending • health care reform • uninsured • Nicholas Kristof

Young Adults Will Pay Steep Price for Health Reform 

Insurance will be cheaper, but not cheap, and  they'll be forced to buy it

Sep 16, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young adults are the demographic most firmly behind President Obama and health care reform, but they may also end up funding a disproportionate share of it, the Washington Post reports. Requiring young adults to sign up for health insurance is a key part of reform plans, as it will ensure... More »

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health insurance • youth • health care reform • uninsured • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The number of uninsured Americans rose to 46.3 million last year, up from 45.7 million in 2007, as the poverty rate hit an 11-year high, the Census Bureau announced today. The poverty rate was 13.2% for 2008, up from 12.5% in 2007, the largest annual jump... More »

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poverty • poverty rate • health care reform • uninsured • Obama administration

Rural States Would Gain Most From Health Reform...

...but their vehement residents want it least

Sep 2, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - With some of the highest percentages of uninsured citizens, rural states like Wyoming and Iowa stand to benefit the most from health care reform—but they’re also home to its most vocal detractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. Such states tend to have lower personal incomes, more small businesses... More »

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health care • Medicare • Medicaid • health care reform • uninsured • town hall meeting • rural America

Young Adults Biggest Fans
of Health Care Reform 

Also top supporters of public option: survey

Sep 2, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Making up 30% of the uninsured population, young adults are the biggest supporters of health reform and the public option, a poll finds—but they're also among the quietest. Only 53% of working young adults qualify for employer-based insurance, and they usually can’t afford to take out their own... More »

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health insurance • young adult • health care reform • uninsured • survey • demographic trends • supporters • Jay-ZTV

Obama to Recast Health Reform as Moral Issue

Focus on legislative details has bogged down debate, supporters worry

Aug 19, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is about to start focusing more on the moral aspects of health care reform, stressing the need to provide secure coverage to all Americans, the Wall Street Journal reports. The shift may reflect the concerns of some supporters that Obama has spent too much time talking about the... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • universal health care • health care reform • uninsured • morality • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Health Care Works Great—
for Congress

Taxpayers spend $15B to offer 8.5M federal workers primo benefits

Aug 2, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - As members of Congress tear into each other over health care reform, they do so assured that a top shelf taxpayer-funded smorgasboard of health plans are there to respond to their slightest sniffle, Mark Barabak and Faye Fiore note in the Los Angeles Times. Last year, taxpayers spent about $15... More »

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health care • Congress • health care reform • uninsured • federal employees • public option

OPINION

 6 Steps 
 to Reform 
 Health Care 
 Now: Kennedy 

Senator lists needed steps for system overhaul

May 4, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - This is the year to end an “American tragedy” and overhaul health care, Sen. Ted Kennedy writes in Politico. The Census Bureau said last year that 46 million Americans had no health insurance--and the economic crisis has added another 4 million to the ranks of the uninsured. It’s... More »

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health care • health insurance • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • uninsured

 At the Mall? Pick Up 
 Some Health Care 

Blue Cross sells coverage from a Fla. storefront

Mar 5, 09 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The nation's largest health provider is trying a new tack: selling insurance from a stripmall storefront. The suburban Florida Blue Cross shop hopes to attract some of the state's 4 million uninsured residents, and it's part of an "overall retail transformation" of the industry, a spokesman tells NPR. Consumers... More »

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Florida • health care • health care industry • uninsured • Blue Cross • Bill Maher Grid

As Money Woes Rise, Drivers Let Insurance Lapse

Jobless Americans can't afford insurance

Dec 16, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - As the unemployment rate climbs, so, too, does the number of drivers letting their car insurance lapse, the Wall Street Journal reports. One industry group says several hundred thousand drivers dropped their insurance in the last year alone. A study two years ago pegged the percentage of uninsured drivers at... More »

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uninsured • auto insurance • Allstate • Insurance.com • Insurance Research Council • consumer price index • Insurance Information Institute • State Farm • uninsured drivers

 Hillary Dumps Another Tall Tale 

Hospital contradicts her health care horror story

Apr 7, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another story Hillary Clinton has told repeatedly on the campaign trail turns out to be untrue, CNN reports. This one is about a pregnant woman from Ohio who dies after being turned away from a hospital because she has no health insurance. A spokesman for the hospital has denied the... More »

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health care • Hillary Clinton • Ohio • uninsured • stump speech • O'Bleness Memorial Hospital • Rick Castrop • Athens, Ohio • Bryan Holman

 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated 

Study finds parents 'not being able to really care' for newborns

Apr 3, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not... More »

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parenting • health insurance • drug addiction • medical costs • child abuse • abuse • infant • child neglect • new parents • newborn • uninsured • medical care

Oregonians Enter Lottery
for Health Insurance

Coverage will extend to small fraction of state's 600K uninsured

Mar 4, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Oregonians are flocking to sign up for a state-sponsored lottery with a high-stakes prize: health insurance. The state will begin drawing names this week to award health insurance plans to uninsured residents, the AP reports. More than 83,000 have signed up since January to have a shot at about... More »

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health care • health insurance • universal health care • Medicaid • Oregon • lottery • health care reform • uninsured • Oregon Health Plan

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