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Why are fans paying medical bills for world-class skier Sarah Burke? msnbc.com table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGPOSuvuSvKNMuFBcx7rAcJvDG4pwamp;url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/01/10291483-why-are-fans-paying-medical-bills-for-world-class-skier-sarah-burkeimg src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/UZ6CmkyIel_lUM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2msnbc.com/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGPOSuvuSvKNMuFBcx7rAcJvDG4pwamp;url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/01/10291483-why-are-fans-paying-medical-bills-for-world-class-skier-sarah-burkebWhy are fans paying bmedical/b bills for world-class skier Sarah Burke?/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fmsnbc.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1As a number of readers pointed out, the story raises a question: Why was a professional skier with corporate sponsors not covered by binsurance/b? Because Burke was bCanadian/b, wouldn#39;t she have been covered by bCanada#39;s/b universal bhealth/b care system?/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=diT8G6X3XEvHgcMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Insurance gender bias Kansas City Star (blog) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFE-I7Q9h5KOjK2bikIJOKsYYa7LQamp;url=http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2012/02/insurance-gender-bias.htmlbbInsurance/b gender bias/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fKansas City Star (blog)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that he would not “go back to the days when bhealth insurance/b companies had unchecked power to…charge women more than men.” I believe that few citizens realize that the health care insurance b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dMfRnY-HPggs10Mnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Gains for Healthcare, Despite Obama Bay Area Indymedia table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEdFEi8X2cBQgKi6GlekeUlVtCt6Aamp;url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/01/18706348.phpimg src=//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/VkoDEdgGBauIdM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Bay Area Indymedia/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEdFEi8X2cBQgKi6GlekeUlVtCt6Aamp;url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/01/18706348.phpbGains for bHealthcare/b, Despite Obama/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBay Area Indymedia/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bCanada/b, like Cuba, has a higher life expectancy than the United States. In 2004 the life expectancy of bCanada/b hit 80.2 years (Statistics bCanada/b, 2004). With bCanada#39;s/b socialized bhealth insurance/b system, like Cuba#39;s socialized medical system, b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d8L5CQs--vRjA2Mnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Canadians are unable to afford prescription drugs rabble.ca (blog) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE6swnz0pa1CzXMPHI204DXfnnNYQamp;url=http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/council-canadians/2012/02/canadians-are-unable-afford-prescription-drugsbbCanadians/b are unable to afford prescription drugs/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6frabble.ca (blog)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The people in bCanada/b who are the most unlikely to adhere to prescription medication due to cost are: those who do not have drug binsurance/b (public or private), those who earn the lowest income ($20000 or less), and those who are in the poorest bhealth/b or b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dcyyuRF54Z9nkSMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Rick Santorum Tells Sick Kid Market Should Should Set Drug Prices ABC News (blog) table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNExDi_NDSb5eBvpIBNaVdg75aRkmQamp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorum-tells-sick-kid-market-should-should-set-drug-prices/img src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/MHwoA8gOO9jrKM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2ABC News (blog)/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNExDi_NDSb5eBvpIBNaVdg75aRkmQamp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rick-santorum-tells-sick-kid-market-should-should-set-drug-prices/bRick Santorum Tells Sick Kid Market Should Should Set Drug Prices/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fABC News (blog)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1If the government and bhealth insurance/b didn#39;t pay for medicine——-the prices would drop so most people could afford them. (btw, the drug cost on paper isn#39;t the true cost. Insurance companies and hospitals have contractual agreements to charge b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d4HQcA5zZ_hGePMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
