Michelle Obama's Hospital Shuns Uninsured Poor People

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newsbusters.org - 8/24/2008

Michelle Obama's Hospital Shuns Uninsured Poor People

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Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has positioned himself as the champion of the poor and all those that can't afford health insurance. Maybe he should direct his efforts to the hospital his wife Michelle works for, as it appears the University of Chicago Medical Center " steers patients who don't have private insurance -- primarily poor, black people -- to other ...

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