Dying for Coverage

March 21, 2008

A new study estimates that five working-age Nevadans die each week because they lack health care coverage. We take a look at how state leaders are responding to the report and what they're doing about it. 

KNPR/KUNR State of the Nation: PLAN Executive Director Bob Fulkerson says avoidable deaths are just that - avoidable.

Dying for Coverage

followed by

Preserving LV Heritage

03/21/08: A new study estimates that five working-age Nevadans die each week because they lack health care coverage. We take a look at how state leaders are responding to the report and what they're doing about it. Squires and Bahouth host.
       Then: We talk with Heather Macintosh, President of Preservation America. She was in town this week to meet with local preservationists about how to raise awareness of the issue in Las Vegas. Squires hosts.

Dying for Coverage in NV

Ron Pollack, Exec Dir, Families USA
Bob Fulkerson, Exec Dir, Progressive Leadership Alliance of NV
Annette Amdal, Admin Asst, NLV's Women's Research Inst
... on the reasons behind a new report's findings that five Nevadans die each week because they're underinsured. 

Hear the original radio broadcast here. 
 
[ Back ]