A network of support for those dealing with crisis caused by health insurance or lack of insurance.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Is healthcare a luxury good?
"The history of health care spending in the US is consistent with the hypothesis that we view health care as a luxury good, one on which we spend more of our wealth as that wealth grows."
Sunday, March 25, 2012
The Root: health Reform good for African-Americans
Your Take: HHS Official on Health Care Reform http://wapo.st/
Friday, February 24, 2012
Health Insurance for Artists
AHIRC.org is an up-to-date, comprehensive and unbiased database of health care resources for artists, performers, freelancers and the self-employed.
Health Insurance for Dancers
The Actors Fund has received a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to create a Dancers Health Insurance Resource Center. The goal is to have every dancer - and dancer-s family - insured by 2014.
Visit the Artist Resources page on the Cultural Alliance Web site (http://culturalalliancefc.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Ui601wBzAOMAAAOiAAXkGw ) for more information.
AHIRC.org is an up-to-date, comprehensive and unbiased database of health care resources for artists, performers, freelancers and the self-employed.
Health Insurance for Dancers
The Actors Fund has received a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation to create a Dancers Health Insurance Resource Center. The goal is to have every dancer - and dancer-s family - insured by 2014.
Visit the Artist Resources page on the Cultural Alliance Web site (http://culturalalliancefc.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Ui601wBzAOMAAAOiAAXkGw ) for more information.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Other news links
Great article in The Nation by Wendell Potter, "ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare," (Aug 1-8, 2011) exposing the American Legistlative Exchange Council as part of the lobbying cabal that destroyed the chance for national healthcare.
Man Robbed Bank to Get Healthcare
I can't blame this man for looking at his options and trying to get to healthcare even at the expense of his freedom.
From CNN, 6/21/11:
The "suspect, James Verone, who is from Gaston County, North Carolina, told CNN affiliate WCNC that he robbed a bank for $1 for the sole reason of getting in jail so he could get free health care. He was not armed during the robbery. Verone, 59, told WCNC he doesn’t have health insurance, but has a host of medical problems: A growth on his chest, two ruptured disks and a problem with his left foot. Without a job and money, he reached the conclusion that going to jail would mean free medical care (although it's not free for taxpayers).
'I wanted to make it known that this wasn't for monetary reasons, but for medical reasons,' Verone said. His jailhouse interview with the station is above."
Verone's actions point out that without healthcare, the freedom we brag about as a nation isn't really much freedom at all. If you don't have life, then the liberty and pursuit of happiness are still non-issues.
From CNN, 6/21/11:
The "suspect, James Verone, who is from Gaston County, North Carolina, told CNN affiliate WCNC that he robbed a bank for $1 for the sole reason of getting in jail so he could get free health care. He was not armed during the robbery. Verone, 59, told WCNC he doesn’t have health insurance, but has a host of medical problems: A growth on his chest, two ruptured disks and a problem with his left foot. Without a job and money, he reached the conclusion that going to jail would mean free medical care (although it's not free for taxpayers).
'I wanted to make it known that this wasn't for monetary reasons, but for medical reasons,' Verone said. His jailhouse interview with the station is above."
Verone's actions point out that without healthcare, the freedom we brag about as a nation isn't really much freedom at all. If you don't have life, then the liberty and pursuit of happiness are still non-issues.
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