One Public Option

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:00:00

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Faith Coleman (Photo credit: Adam Alphin/CNN)

Faith Coleman is a nurse practitioner who doesn't have health insurance. Like many of her patients, her job does not offer an insurance option and she can't afford private insurance. Especially now: since Faith had kidney cancer, she is considered to have a pre-existing condition.

After her experience fighting cancer without insurance, Faith decided to open a free clinic offering premium treatment in Florida for anyone without health insurance who meets poverty guidelines. The Flager Country Free Clinic is still operating after five year of service. She talks to Dick Gordon about why her free clinic system works - and what models she sees for the national conversation about health care.

Learn more about the Flager County Free Clinic

WHAT TO DO WITH THE TREE

Karen Warner

Okay, the holidays are over. Is your tree still up? Karen Warner loves Christmas. She remembers one year when she had an especially beautiful tree that sat in the bay window of her fabulous San Francisco apartment. Karen loved it so much, that she left it up too long - well into April. Embarrassed by what her landlords would think, and scared that they might not like the fire hazard aspect, Karen came up with an innovative plan to discard of her Christmas tree.

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WHAT TO DO WITH THE TREE