economichardship http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/13318/all en Another Recession Indicator: NBC Blames Drop in Medical Services on Economy http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/another-recession-indicator-nbc-blames-drop-medical-services-economy <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >NBC found yet another indicator of the troubled economy on Dec. 29.</p> <br /> <p >“Nightly News” detected a drop in certain medical services and blamed it on economic hardship – citing examples from <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Kansas</st1:state> and <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:state> where people have foregone medical care or prescriptions because they could no longer afford to pay for it – all because of the economy of course. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/another-recession-indicator-nbc-blames-drop-medical-services-economy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles Business AAFP AP DavidWyss economichardship emergencyroomvisits healthcare healthcarestocks JamesKing JeffRossen LesterHolt medicalservices NBC NightlyNews Recession Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:22:54 +0000 admin 25683 at http://archive2.mrc.org