A health care plan so flawed even some Democrats have
December 4, 2009 by Editor
From Salon.com
More than 1.5 million vets don’t have it, and 2,200 vets die every year because of it
It’s Veterans Day, and members of both parties compete to show service members the most respect. How about passing health insurance reform?
Two Harvard researchers chose today to release a study showing that 1.5 million American veterans have no health insurance, and more than 2,200 die every year because of it. Working-poor veterans are at particular risk — they earn too much money to qualify for certain Veterans Administration programs, but they work in jobs that don’t provide insurance and they don’t earn — [read more…]
by Joan Walsh | from salon.com | Posted: 11 Nov. 2009 |
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