David U. Himmelstein

Harvard study reveals taxing job-based health benefits would hit working families hardest

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As the debate over health care reform continues to unfold in town hall meetings and on Capitol Hill, a new study by two Harvard researchers has found that taxing job-based health benefits would heavily penalize insured, working families.

Over 60 percent of all US bankruptcies attributable to medical problems

New York, NY, June 4, 2009 -- In 2007, before the current economic downturn, an American family filed for bankruptcy in the aftermath of illness every 90 seconds; three-quarters of them were insured. Over 60% of all bankruptcies in the United States in 2007 were driven by medical incidents.

Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks: NEJM article

More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks -- prompting calls upon them to divest -- the insurance industry has yet to kick the habit, they say.

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David U. Himmelstein

Harvard study reveals taxing job-based health benefits would hit working families hardest

Over 60 percent of all US bankruptcies attributable to medical problems

Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks: NEJM article

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