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Last Updated: 02/04/2005
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Consumer reporter Trudy
Lieberman visits W&L By Christina Kolock Magazine journalist Trudy Lieberman sees health care as a basic need that is becoming a luxury because of the pressures of politics and the marketplace. Her investigative reporting in this area was the subject of a lecture, "Health for Sale," that Lieberman gave at Washington & Lee University on Wednesday. She focused in particular on the lack of available medical resources for low-income people and families. While conducting research for a new book, Lieberman found a number of people she sees as falling through the cracks in American Healthcare. She interviewed one woman with urinary incontinence who could not afford treatment. The woman lost her healthcare from her employer when she quit working, she was too young for Medicare, and she could not afford to pay for health insurance on her own. Lieberman classified that woman as "delayed care" because her original health issue, left untreated, resulted in bladder surgery to remove stones in her urethra. Lieberman believes the delay in care-giving both caused the woman unnecessary physical pain and suffering and hit the system harder financially. Lieberman has worked as a consumer reporter for more than 30 years and has written five books dealing with consumer issues. She currently teaches media ethics at NYU and works as a contributing editor for the Columbia Journalism Review and a contributor to the Nation.
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Video: Trudy Lieberman speaks out on healthcare
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