John Q and the health care cost crisis in pop culture
A look at how John Q portrays health care as a public crisis with costs insurance denials and hospital escalation. The piece links the film to TV plots and books critiquing drug firms and the industry. It notes industry pushback and a new campaign to redirect anger toward politicians and lawyers.
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New York
Hollywood
John Q
Denzel Washington
Robert Thompson
Popular Culture
Syracuse University
John le Carre
Constant Gardner
Kenya
Law and Order
Marcus Welby
American Association of Health Plans
Washington, D.C
Karen Ignagni
Nick Cassavetes
Cassavetes
INS moves to change handling of youth who are illegal immigrants
Four Tanzanian teenagers who vanished from a Virginia Boy Scout jamboree later surrendered to INS and remain in detention in Pennsylvania. The case sparks debate over how unaccompanied immigrant youths should be treated, with lawmakers proposing to separate custody from enforcement and to create a lawyer-referral system. A Senate Judiciary hearing is planned for Feb. 28 as advocates push for humane processing and faster relief.
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INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pennsylvania
United States
Chris Nugent
American Bar Association
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Andrew Morton
Washington
Tornador
Morton
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