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judiciary.senate.gov - 10/20/2009
“Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?”
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October 13, 2009 NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts has scheduled a hearing on "Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?" for Tuesday, October 20 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the ...

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WIRE WATCH: Obama in NYC, Biden in Eastern Europe, Elizabeth Edwards on Capitol Hill, Jewish Democrats Convene in D.C., and the State of the Housing Market
WSJ.com: Washington Wire — ... Medical IOUs: Elizabeth Edwards will make an appearance on Capitol Hill this morning for an issue she doesn’t mind discussing publicly: the role of bankruptcy reform as it relates to medical debt. Edwards, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, will testify on the issue at a subcommittee hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...

Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
Think Progress — ... Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start.” The hearing examined medical bankruptcies in America, and witnesses included CAP fellow Elizabeth Edwards and Kerry Burns, a Rhode Island mother who was forced into “ ...

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