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Article: HEALTH CARE: CRISIS HITS HOME.(Virginia Beach Beacon)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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By Rita Frankenberry
The Virginian-Pilot
Health care is the top concern of Hampton Roads residents, according to a survey of 22,000 people by the Virginia Organizing Project.
Virginia Beach residents are taking their health care struggles to the streets, some of them joining protests for the first time in their lives.
Mary Kablach is struggling to pay $1,200 a month in insurance premiums. Linda Pallette relied on donations to get cancer treatment. Tim McCarthy has struggled to offer employee coverage at his counseling practice in Virginia Beach.
Kablach, Pallette and McCarthy recently protested on Bonney Road, near the ...