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» CNN Money - 'Underinsured' Americans may raise all health care costs
   As the recession pushes more Americans into the ranks of the 'underinsured' on top of more uninsured households, experts warn that it's a double-whammy on all consumers.
   http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/05/news/economy/healthcare_underinsured/index.htm

» Chicago Tribune - Pray That You Have Insurance
   Journalist Georgie Anne Geyer describes her struggle to find alternative coverage after her health insurance was cancelled after fifty years, after her treatment for cancer.
   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0917geyersep17,0,386503.story

» Guernica - Last Temptation
   The former mouthpiece for insurance giant Cigna divulges his role in misleading the public, the emotional day that led to his whistle-blowing, and what should really scare people.
   http://www.guernicamag.com/spotlight/1207/the_last_temptation_of_wendell/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_content=357400770&utm_campaign=Guernica%20Magazine:%20August:%20Health%20Insurance%20Blues,%20White%20Canvas

» The New York Times - Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
   President Obama recently summoned aides to the Oval Office to discuss a magazine article investigating why the border town of McAllen, Tex., was the country’s most expensive place for health care. The article became required reading in the White House,
   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/us/politics/09health.html

» The New Yorker - McAllen, Texas and the High Cost of Health Care
   Writer contrasts the high-cost health-care system in McAllen, Texas, with the lower-cost systems at the Mayo Clinic and in Grand Junction, Colorado. McAllen, Texas is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. Only Miami spends more.
   http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all

» The New Yorker - The Moral-Hazard Myth
   Commentary about the 'moral-hazard' theory behind America's failed health-care system. Several years ago, 2 Harvard researchers, Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle, set out to interview people without health-care coverage for a book they were wri
   http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/29/050829fa_fact

» Washington Post - In Colorado, a Sizable Schism on Health-Care Reform
   At a town hall meeting in Colorado, citizens state their concerns about healthcare, current and future.
   http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/03/in_colorado_a_sizeable_schism.html