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A WIFE OF A DIABETIC
WHO MIGHT LOSE ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER
My husband is a diabetic and has recently been laid off. His
unemployment insurance ran out and so did his health insurance.
His health is not good at all right now and I am so scared...click
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ARE HONORS FOR PHYSICIANS THE NEW POLITICAL
DIPLOMA MILL?
by Brian Ross (ABC News chief investigative correspondent) April 5,
2005 — The good news reached the Jamestown, N.Y., office of Dr.
Rudolph Mueller in a fax from a congressman in Washington. Mueller
had been named 2004 Physician of the Year.
"My secretary came running in and said, 'Dr. Rudy, look at what you've
won, you're Physician of the Year,' " said Mueller, an internist.
But to receive the award in person at a special two-day workshop in
Washington last month, Mueller found out that he would have to make
a $1,250 contribution to the National Republican Congressional
Committee. It was a disturbing discovery, he said.
"To actually buy your award and it's not from your peers or from your
patients or from the community that you serve, it's really
deceptive," said Mueller, author of "As Sick As It Gets: The
Shocking Reality of America's Healthcare, A Diagnosis and Treatment
Plan." "It's not being honest, it's just not right."
3min - 1.8meg winmedia
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In his book "As Sick as it Gets"
Dr. Mueller
explains the economic, political, medical and
moral necessity of a universal
healthcare system for the
United States.
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The only advanced, industrialized
nation, that does not have a national
healthcare system is the
United States.
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Americans pay 40% more for health care
than the next highest-paying country.
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The Pharmaceutical
industry is the most profitable business in the
U.S.
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Drug companies alone made $36 billion
in profits in 2002, that's
nearly 18% profits after taxes.
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The World Health Organization rates
American healthcare 37th in the world.
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There are 42,000,000 people who have
NO insurance and another 45 million underinsured in
America..
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"Have you noticed that the health-care system is not working? In fact, it's falling apart. A book by Dr. Rudolph Mueller, "As Sick As It Gets" lays out the problems as well as any I've read."
(full review)
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Molly Ivins
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“This very readable and informative account should provide lay audiences and advocates with an excellent understanding of what really has gone wrong with our health system and what we can do about it.”
Dr. Don McCanne, President Physicians for a National Health Program
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“Written for the American public, this book is the moral authority for a change in our healthcare system to universal care”
Tim Fuller
Executive Director, The Gray Panthers, Washington, DC
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“A coherent and compelling argument
for national health insurance. Dr. Mueller
eloquently presents not only a humanitarian argument but also a
solid economic case for universal coverage with a single-payer
system."
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Robert LeBow, MD, MPH
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STORIES OF THE
UNINSURED |
2006
A CRY FOR HELP
She was a single mother of 3 children. Her ex-husband of 15 yrs
had been so abusive that when she was finally able to escape
him, going after him for child support would have been suicide.
The state Medicaid program and AFDC program insisted that she
give them his name and identifying information before they would
help her and her children. Fearing for her life, she refused.
They refused her assistance. (more) |
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A LANDSCAPER, GOES BROKE FROM A BROKEN LEG!
My name is Mike and I am a single 37 years old male living in New York. In 1997 I was in Puerto Rico on a karate seminar and had an accident, seriously breaking my leg. At the time, I was employed as a landscaper, and was earning a poverty level income. I had no personal health insurance. After being treated at a local emergency room in Puerto Rico, I returned to New York city, where I sought care at an
orthopedic office near where I lived. I went to them because in the mid 1970's my mother had had back
surgery through this office. (more)
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UNINSURED FOR OVER TEN YEARS
Emily came to the emergency room seriously ill. She had no
insurance for over ten years and had no personal physician.
Her abdominal pain had become too unbearable for her. To the
treating physicians she looked like a former concentration
camp victim but instead they found Emily had a large abdominal
mass and advanced cervical cancer. (more)
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“Universal healthcare is the human rights issue of the 21st century.”
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