Friday, April 4, 2008
None by Ann Johnson
Midday Utah begins after the 9 a.m. news
A nationwide survey of more than 26,000 people shows that, despite most of them being employed and insured, one in three skip medical care because of the cost. Sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America, the survey is one of the largest opinion polls available on health care, and includes 7,500 personal stories. Here to discuss the details is Heather Booth, Health Care Campaign Director for the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C.
As the nation prepares for the 2008 presidential election, a new report reveals that states across the nation are failing to register low-income voters in public assistance agencies as required by the National Voter Registration Act. Scott Novakowski says that the performance of public assistance agencies in Utah is among the poorest in the country. Scott Novakowski is a senior policy analyst at Demos, a national think tank headquartered in New York City. The report was prepared by Demos and Project Vote, two non-partisan voting rights organizations.
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1. Jeffrey Nielsen said:
The guest in this story mentioned healthcare costs were so bad one man had to join the military just for the health coverage for his wife. The reporter later made a comment that went something like: "It's a bad sign of the state of this country when people have to make decisions that are not for the best interest of the country like holding onto a job they don't want or joining the military..."
Since when is joining the military a decision that is bad for the country? perhaps the reporter misspoke. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt that she is not saying that people joining the armed forces is somehow detrimental to our nation. WHatever one's views on the war, I think it's insulting to people in the armed forces to imply that there service in whatever capacity is harmful to the nation. Hopefully she knows she mispoke and will make herself more clear.
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