Newsroom: Families USA in the News
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
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