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Prof. Kenneth E. Thorpe Ph.D.


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June 2006: Other research has come to similar conclusions across the country. Unpaid hospital bills, largely for the uninsured, are costing about $45 billion nationally a year and adding about 8.5 percent to the cost of health insurance for those who do pay, said Kenneth E. Thorpe, a health care economist at Emory University.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/business/01health.html

April 2006: "...Ken Thorpe, a professor of health policy at Emory University in Atlanta."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041202037.html

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Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Emory University Organization Apr 28, 2006

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QUOTE: “It’s fair to say we have been less in-your-face,” said David Nassar, the executive director of Wal-Mart Watch, which had hammered the company in stinging newspaper advertisements and provocative reports with titles like “Shameless: How Wal-Mart Bullies Its Way Into Communities Across America.”

 New York Times
Jun 01, 2006 Low Payments by U.S. Raise Medical Bills Billions a Year

QUOTE: Employers and consumers are paying billions of dollars more a year for medical care to compensate for imbalances in the nation's health care system resulting from tight Medicare and Medicaid budgets...

 New York Times
Apr 13, 2006 Mass. Marks Health-Care Milestone: Insurance Required Of All Residents, but Funding Isn't Final

QUOTE: Gov. Mitt Romney (R) signed a bill Wednesday requiring all Massachusetts residents to purchase health insurance -- portraying the measure as a historic solution to health-care costs, even as questions emerge about whether the state can afford it.

 Washington Post