Remembering Casualties of US Health Care

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Mon, 05/26/2014 - 12:00am
Remembering the dead from lack of access to medical care.

On Memorial Day, we remember the dead, and in this two-part segment, Old Moles Frann Michele and Jan Haaken remember those who have died from the lack of adequate and timely health care in our profit-driven medical system.  First, as today's Well-read Red, Frann points out that over 500 people in Oregon alone have died from lack of medical insurance, and reminds of us the continuing battle for single-payer health care going on across the country.  (You can read Frann's comments on her blog.)  Then Frann and Jan discuss the current controversy about Veterans Administration hospitals, reminding us that in spite of recent problems, the public health care of veterans compares very favorably with the private care received by non-veterans.  

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