Clark Newhall MD JD

My Heart is Breaking Again Today

CHICAGO – You’d think I’d get over it already. After reading so many patient horror stories and knowing how many people are hurting for healthcare, you’d think I’d have thicker skin. But I sat alone again this morning in the dark and cried. And I cried because this recession – this depression – is going to mean more and more people will have less access to healthcare both through insurance and through other means.

ABC ran a piece this morning that described the ghost town-like atmosphere in some communities where foreclosures are growing and people are just up and leaving their homes and many of their personal belongings. Trash collectors come through and empty out the homes of the food, the dishes, the clothes, the TVs, the microwaves and the toys left behind. One of the young workers wondered when it might be his own family, his own kid’s doll...

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