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RED INK!

by Open-Publishing - Sunday 19 July 2009
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  • a little short for an article no ?

    • It’s for my good friends on the American right... every time they carp on the fact that President Obama is going to spend $1 trillion dollars over ten years in an attempt to reform our corrupt for profit health care system.

      Now this: When Michelle was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she had excellent coverage through her husband’s insurance. But when her husband lost his job, she lost her insurance.

      Not old enough for Medicare, she started a consulting business and eventually found an insurance plan – as exorbitant as it is... the “sum of her work is to pay for medical insurance."

      Johnathan described how his premiums and co-pays take 50 percent of his net income. Johnathan asks how millions of working Americans like him are supposed to stay healthy and get ahead if half of their income goes to medical bills.