Tragedy shapes a mother’s call for health insurance reform
Jeanette Osborne of Allan a testified to a Senate subcommittee on the cost of medical care and insurance. She spoke of losing three children to accident cancer and leukemia and of delaying care and medical debt she says stem from hospital bills and gaps in coverage. She described bills mounting from 1965 to 196? and the emotional toll of watching her family struggle while insurers and employers offered limited relief.
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Washington
UPI
Jeanette Osborne
Richard
Carol
Lynn
Tim
Osborne
Allanja
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
National Liberty Insurance Corp
Blissborne
Georgia
Insurance firm admits high profits prompt political scrutiny
National Liberty Corp of Valley Forge Pa. acknowledged substantial profits from health insurance, defending gains as tied to large new business with low claims due to two-year benefit restrictions. Senate antitrust subcommittee probed whether profits harmed policyholders, noting 1970 after tax margins far exceeding major firms. Robert Slater argued profits should shrink as the book matures.
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National Liberty Corp
Valley Forge Pa
Robert E. Slater
National Liberty
Slater
Senate
Antitrust
Dean Sharp
Subcommittee
American Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Chase
Wallace in Holy Cross ICU as insurance covers most costs
Wallace remains paralyzed from the waist down after four bullets and surgery in Laurel, Maryland. He receives intensive care at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, with daily room charges of 137 dollars and his wife Cornelia 81 dollars, all largely covered by Blue Cross of Alabama and other plans. Hospital officials note costs and security staffing tied to his visit, while Blue Cross confirms coverage excluding Mrs. Wallace’s room.
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Holy Cross Hospital
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Blue Cross
Alabama
Laurel
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Secret Service
Holy Cross
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