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Money Dispute Stopping Needed Help For Haiti
ecthompsonmd January 30, 2010

A dispute over who will pay the bill has stopped the airlift of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims to Florida. These folks cannot get the help they need in Haiti. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has written a letter asking the federal government to pay some of the costs of treating these patients in Florida. Other states have also received a smaller number of these patients and those flights have stopped for the moment as well. This dispute could not have been resolved while the flights continued? Some say it is the military that is halting the flights. The military says some hospitals are denying the

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Help, I'm drowning in debt
ecthompsonmd December 26, 2007

Americans have debt piled on top of debt. A combination of deregulation, greedy lenders and wishful burrowers equaled the perfect storm. I have written about the sub prime mortgage problem but this is a variation on that. Credit card debt. There is not a day that goes by without at least credit card offer coming in the mail. They offer you Low, LOW, LOW introductory rates. Then they the real rate which usually considerably higher. On top of that they hit you with late fees where in the interest rate can climb to loan shark rates. Don’t forget the marketing these

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

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