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- -08-08-07 Steelworker Takes Spotlight in Debate (CBS News)
"Every once in a while, a moment of truth breaks through during a political campaign event."
"It happened Tuesday night during the AFL-CIO debate when Steve Skvara, a 60-year-old retired steelworker from Union Township, Ind., asked a question to resounding applause:"
" 'Every day of my life, I sit at the kitchen table across from the woman who devoted 36 years of her life to my family and I can't afford to pay for her health care. What's wrong with America, and what will you do to change it?' " 08-07
- Health Care News (NPR News)
Provides news related to health care in the United States. 08-07
- Health Care or Healthcare (Wikipedia.org)
"Every once in a while, a moment of truth breaks through during a political campaign event."
"It happened Tuesday night during the AFL-CIO debate when Steve Skvara, a 60-year-old retired steelworker from Union Township, Ind., asked a question to resounding applause:"
" 'Every day of my life, I sit at the kitchen table across from the woman who devoted 36 years of her life to my family and I can't afford to pay for her health care. What's wrong with America, and what will you do to change it?' " 08-07
- Health Care or Healthcare (Wikipedia.org)
"Health care, or healthcare, is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions." 08-07
- Health Care or Healthcare Industry in the U.S. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
"About 545,000 establishments make up the health care industry; they vary greatly in terms of size, staffing patterns, and organizational structures. About 76 percent of health care establishments are offices of physicians, dentists, or other health practitioners. Although hospitals constitute only 2 percent of all health care establishments, they employ 40 percent of all workers (table 1)." 08-07
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