One reason for the big push to overhaul our nation's healthcare system is to cover more people... Donnell Preskey finds out who those uninsured people are in North Dakota here's one woman's story... Who are the uninsured in North Dakota??? They make up 8% of our population or about the size of Bismarck... (Carmen) "I always thought I'd have a job where I could afford insurance." Meet Carmen... she's one of the 52,000 people in the state who does not have health insurance... She's a single woman... going back to school... and no extra time for a job... (Carmen) "I'm working 40 hours a week doing my practicum in addiction counseling. So trying to work on the weekends is almost impossible." It's not the way it's always been or will be in the future... She can't afford to get sick... And with Diabetes and Asthma everyday she's well is a blessing... (Carmen) "I filed bankruptcy in the past year. So going into the hospital would set me back before I can even get started." She takes seven different prescriptions... Luckily she gets the drugs she needs to stay healthy through a Prescription Assistance program... (Carmen) "My medications alone would run me $300-$400 a month." With healthcare reform being the hot topic these days she says she hears many opinions about what to do with the "uninsured".... (Carmen) "There's people like me out there that can't afford health insurance, what are we going to do about it? I hate listening to them, because they're so one tracked minded they don't think about those that can't afford it." But she knows... Carmen will be done with school in April. That's when she hopes to land a full time job be able to afford health coverage and not have to ever worry about scrapping by again... Here's a breakdown of the Uninsured in North Dakota... About 8.2% of North Dakotan's do not have coverage... Which is almost half of the rate of the unisured in the U.S. The uninsured tend to be more in the very rural areas. 72% of the uninsured adults are employed but work in firms with ten or fewer employe
Charity ball raises money for diabetes [www.clipsyndicate.com | WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo]
Hunter's Hope has reached a milestone. Friday, November 20th was the tenth annual Hunter's Hope Candlelight Ball. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNLO CW 23 Buffalo]
A night of dancing helped to raise money for juvenile diabetes. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNLO CW 23 Buffalo]
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November is Juvenile Diabetes Month, and pediatrician and YMCA board member Dr. Janice Pride-Boone joins FOX13 with more on the disease and what parents need to know. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WHBQ FOX 13 Memphis, TN]
Most children are on the fast track to diabetes and high blood pressure. In fact, doctors believe that children under 10 may be the first American generation to live shorter lives than their parents. One Mid-South woman is doing all she can to stop childhood obesity in its tracks. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WHBQ FOX 13 Memphis, TN]
November is Native American Cultural Awareness month and throughout this week, several Minot State students are hosting a celebration close to home. "Native American Cultural Awareness Week" is an opportunity to recognize various aspects and challenges within Native American culture. The student-led celebration is sponsored by MSU's Native American Cultural Awareness Club and this year's theme is "Health and Wellness." MSU Native American Student Counselor, Dennis Parisien PERSIAN says it's important to recognize several health issues, and they have several qualified speakers to provide some insight. (Dennis Parisien, Native American Student Counselor) "In Native American Communities, there are a lot of health issues, ranging from heart disease, diabetes, those types of things. We try to get our speakers in to talk about those kind of things, and it's creating awareness, education, so I think it's good for anybody that sits through it." Presentations will continue this Thursday afternoon at MSU. Perisien says the public is welcome to attend, and if you'd like to find out more, you can call 858-3365. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXMC CBS Bismarck North ]
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He's one of the NBA's top 50 players of all time whose glory days were spent with the Baltimore Bullets. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe visited FOX 5 to raise awareness about an important men's health issue...diabetes. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC]
local contestants square off to become Milwaukee's biggest loser [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
A 4-year-old girl from Waldorf, Maryland is being credited with saving her mother's life after making a 911 call when her mother went into diabetic shock. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC]
Atlanta Falcon Chauncey Davis talks about the current Falcons season to date and secondly, since November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, Davis will share his personal connection to the debilitating disease. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA ]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - New research presented to the American Heart Association shows not getting enough vitamin D dramatically increases your risk of many medical problems from diabetes to depression. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KTVX ABC 4 Salt Lake City]
The Kent County Health Department says in a news release that a 24-year-old woman who had the H1N1 flu has died. The victim, whose name is not being released, passed away Nov. 13. She also had multiple underlying health conditions. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids]
More than 15 hundred people joined forces with the American Diabetes Association to recognize World Diabetes Day. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KTBC FOX 7 Austin, TX]
The world will be bathed in blue lights during World Diabetes Day. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
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