Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’

Think Progress by Zaid Jilani | Oct. 21, 2009 (News Report)

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start.” The hearing examined medical bankruptcies in America, and witnesses included CAP fellow Elizabeth Edwards and Kerry Burns, a Rhode Island mother who was forced into “financial ruin” by her late son’s medical bills. One of the highlights of [...] Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 21, 2009 - 10:22 AM PDT
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 by Philippe Habib - Oct. 22, 2009

As the weeks crawl by while the details of health reform are worked out, there will be a lot of charges and rebuttals about the costs and impacts of each detail. This story and video show us one of these moments and let us see Sen Franken getting down to work after a long wait.

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 by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct. 21, 2009

Limited story but very interesting.

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