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Newsroom: Families USA in the News


Media Contacts: 

David Lemmon
Director of Communications
202-628-3030
dlemmon@familiesusa.org 

Geraldine Henrich-Koenis
Deputy Director of Communications
202-628-3030
ghenrich@familiesusa.org

Robert Meissner
Press Secretary
202-628-3030
bmeissner@familiesusa.org

Airrion Andrews
Communications Associate 
202-628-3030
andrews@familiesusa.org

Emily Goldman
Communications
Associate
202-628-3030
egoldman@familiesusa.org

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Press, television, and radio coverage featuring Families USA publications, statements, and events

Recent Press Coverage:

Uninsured People Die Sooner, Consumer Group Says
The Kansas City Star, March 20, 2008

Deadly—210 people a year
Charleston Gazette, WV, March 20, 2008

Report: Thousands Die From Lack Of Insurance
News-Leader, Springfield, MO, March 20, 2008, By Kathleen O'Dell
 
Lack of Health Insurance Fatal For 10 A Week in Virginia, Group Says
The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, VA, March 20, 2008, By Nancy Young

Berry Wants Better Health Care
Arkansas Leader, AR, March 20, 2008, By John Hofheimer

Brown Discuss Health Care
Ironton Tribune, OH, March 19, 2008, By Benita Heath

750 Uninsured Ohioans Died Unnecessarily in 2006, Families USA Says
The Plain Dealer, OH, March 19, 2008, By Joan Mazzolini

Lack of Coverage Hurts
News-Herald, Willoughby, OH, March 19, 2008, By John Arthur Hutchison

210 Die Each Year Because They Lack Health Coverage, Report Says
Charleston Gazette, WV, March 19, 2008, By Eric Eyre

Lack of Insurance Is Killing Ohioans, Group Says
The Columbus Dispatch, OH, March 19, 2008, By Jonathan Riskind

Group Links Deaths to A Lack Of Health Insurance
Kentucky Post, KY, March 18, 2008

Lack of Coverage Kills 2 A Day
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH, March 18, 2008, By Peggy O’Farrell

Report: No health insurance kills 2 Ohioans daily
Akron Beacon Journal, OH, By Beacon Journal staff, March 18, 2008

Deadline nears on Medicare
Florida Today, Brevard, FL, March 17, 2008, By Susan Jenks

Unreasonable Charges?
U.S. News & World Report, March 17, 2008, By Michelle Andrews

Covering the Uninsured – Life-and-death vote
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2008

A Sick Plan
Philadelphia Daily News, PA, March 17, 2008

Lack of Insurance Hits Us All
The Washington Post, March 16, 2008, By Michelle Singletary

2 of state's uninsured die each day, group says
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, March 16, 2008, By David Wenner

N.J. deaths linked to lack of health insurance
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA, March 15, 2008

Lack of insurance proves deadly
The Associated Press, NH, March 15, 2008, By Joe Magruder

The uninsured
Cadillac News, MI, March 14, 2008, By Tanya Berkebile

Lack of Insurance Led To Premature Deaths, Group Says
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA, March 14, 2008

Families USA Says No Health Insurance Leads to Deaths
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, March 14, 2008, By David Wenner

Uninsured Arkansans Die Early
Fort Smith Times Record, AR, March 14, 2008, By Aaron Sadler

Group Estimates 70 Per Year Die For Lack Of Insurance In N.H.
The Associated Press, NH, March 14, 2008

Lack of Insurance Causing Death?
Toledo Blade, OH, March 14, 2008, By Julie M. Mckinnon

Berry: Lack Of Health Insurance Has Grave Consequences For Too Many Arkansans
States News Service, March 13, 2008

Report: 2 Deaths Per Day Among Michigan's Uninsured
The Associated Press, MI, March 13, 2008

Report: One Oregonian Dies Each Day Due To Lack of Insurance
Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, March 13, 2008

More than 600 uninsured die prematurely each year
Detroit Free Press, March 13, 2008, By Patricia Anstett

Report: One death every day due to no health insurance
The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, March 13, 2008, By Tim Christie

Study: 350 Oregonians Die Each Year Due To No Insurance, Bend Bulletin, OR, March 13, 2008, By Betsy Q. Cliff

Study: One Oregonian Dies Each Day Due To Lack of Health Insurance
The Associated Press, March 12, 2008, By Sarah Skidmore

Regional Experience May Signal No National Health Care Reform Next Year,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 12, 2008, By Mary Jo Feldstein

Kagen seeks health reform
Appleton Post-Crescent, WI, March 10, 2008, By Ellyn Ferguson

In Oregon, healthcare for the lucky
Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2008, By Stuart Glascock

Washington State To Hold Insurance Companies Accountable
Progressive States Network, March 7, 2008

Mandatory health coverage bills move
Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anchorage, AK, March 7 2008, By Tim Bradner

Governor Rendell's Health Care Reform Cabinet Says Providing Access to Health Care for Pennsylvania's Uninsured is Within Reach
PR Newswire
, NY, March 5, 2008

FWD: Incremental Approaches to Health Care Reform
Blog for Iowa, March 4, 2008, By Sam Garchik

Medical conditions can limit access to health insurance
The Telegraph Forum, Bucyrus, OH, March 3, 2008

Health-Care-for-All on the Installment Plan
Progressive States Network, March 3, 2008

Advocate optimistic about health care reform
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 28, 2008, By Joe Fahy

Health Insurers Address Issue Of Nixed Policies to Counter Negative Publicity
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2008, By Rhonda L. Rundle

Cuomo: Over 12,000 In Suffolk Were 'Defrauded'
Suffolk Life Newspapers, Suffolk, NY, Feb. 27, 2008, By George Wallace

Nassau to Offer Prescriptions Discount Card
Florida Times-Union, Feb. 26, 2008, By Wendi Zongker

States becoming ‘Petri dishes’ for health care reform
Asbury Park Press, NJ, Feb. 24, 2008, By Bob Cullinane

In 2007, people without insurance cost local hospitals $330 million
Palm Beach Post, FL, Feb. 24, 2008

Bush Announces New $350 Million Initiative to Combat Tropical Diseases
CQ Healthbeat News, Feb. 20, 2008, By Emily P. Walker

Consumer Guide to State Health Reform
Hull House NC, NC, Feb. 13, 2008, By Betsy MacMichael, State Director, First In Families of NC

Open Records? Thanks, But Health Care Is The Real Concern
Philadelphia Daily News, Feb. 18, 2008, By John Baer

Pelosi Outlines Health Objectives at Families USA Conference
Inside CMS, Feb. 7, 2008

Local U.S. Rep. Offers Hope to Uninsured
The Good Five-Cent Cigar, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Feb. 13, 2008

Lawmakers Talk to Duluth about Plans to Fix Health Care
Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN, By Jane Brissett, Feb. 8, 2008

Clinton Urges Bigger Role For Nonphysicians
Clinical Psychiatry News, Rockville, MD, February 2008, By Joyce Frieden

Candidate Health Care Plans
Paging Dr. Gupta Blog, By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jan. 31, 2008

Bush's SCHIP Measure Called Overdue and Underfunded
Medill Reports, Washington, DC, By Farah Khan, Feb. 06, 2008

Julia's Musings: A Conversation with Ron Pollack
The Arc of North Carolina Policy Blog, NC, Jan. 29, 2008, By Julia Leggett

Health Care Panel Lays Out Map for Uninsured
Rocky Mountain Times, Denver, CO, Jan. 31, 2008, By Joyzelle Davis

Families USA Health Action 2008: Tom Daschle on Health Care Reform
The Doctor Weighs In, Jan. 28, 2008, By Brian Klepper

Families USA Health Action 2008: Berwick on Everything Health Care
The Doctor Weighs In, Jan. 28, 2008, By Brian Klepper

Families USA Health Action 2008: An Alternative Plan
The Health Care Blog, Jan. 28, 2008, By Brian Klepper

Statehouse debate slated to begin on reform ideas
The Denver Post, CO,Jan. 27, 2008,By Katy Human

Across The Big Sky: Caferro honored by family group
Great Falls Tribune, MT, Jan. 27, 2008

Sick and Sicker
The Texas Observer, Austin TX, Jan. 25, 2008, By Jim Hightower

Wal-Mart Chief Offers a Social Manifesto
New York Times, Jan. 24, 2008, By Michael Barbaro

Deal Struck on Economic Stimulus
Dow Jones Newswire, Jan. 24, 2008

Congress, treasury secretary announce economic stimulus deal
The Associated Press, Jan. 24, 2008, By Andrew Taylor

House should back SCHIP for children's sake
The Arizona Daily Star, Jan. 22, 2008

Plan for covering the uninsured banks on federal dollars
Blogger, Jan. 22, 2008, By Fawn Johnson

Hard Truths and Half Truths on Health Care
The Plank, DC, Jan. 21, 2008, By Jonathan Cohn

Texans trying to survive without health insurance
Austin American-Statesman, TX, Jan. 20, 2008, By Corrie MacLaggan

U.S. families struggle for health care
Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT, Jan. 20, 2008, By Peter Urban

Families USA skeptical about Insure Missouri plan
The Kansas City Star, MO, Jan. 18, 2008, By Jason Noble

Two states are digging in the right place
The Denver Post, Denver, CO, Jan. 17, 2008, By David Sirota

A summary of quotes from and about the State of the State
The Associated Press, MO, Jan. 16, 2008

Blunt seeks spending boost, boasts of change
The Associated Press, MO, Jan. 15, 2008, By David A. Lieb

Families USA Presents Health Care Report
KBIA News, Columbia, MO, Jan. 15, 2008, By Andrea Chalfin

Editorial: State's health-care stats are sickening
Wallowa County Chiefton, Enterprise, OR, Jan. 10, 2009

Even for the insured, health care costs add up
Detroit Lakes Tribune, MN, Jan. 2, 2008

Healthcare costs topped $2 trillion in 2006
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 8, 2008, By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Beat the High Cost of Health Insurance
The Citizen, Auburn, NY, Jan. 8, 2008

more . . .

Recent Radio and TV Coverage:

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WIOD-AM, Miami, FL

WORT-FM, Madison, WI

Wisconsin Public Radio

KDNK-FM, Carbondale, CO

KUNC-FM, Greeley, CO

KRDO-AM, Colorado Springs, CO

KNPR-FM, Las Vegas, NV

WHBC-AM, Canton, OH

WHSV-TV, Harrisonburg, VA

WLNS-TV, Lansing, MI

KXL, Portland, OR

WWJ-AM, Detroit, MI

Metro News, Detroit, MI

WHYY-FM, Philadelphia, PA

KPAM-AM, Portland, OR


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