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Professor Quigley Comments on Health Care Costs for IBJ Article
09/23/2019
A September 20 story in the Indianapolis Business Journal detailing how workers are feeling the “sting” from high-deductible health coverage included comments from Fran Quigley, Clinical Professor of Law and director of the Health and Human Rights Clinic at IU McKinney.
One in six Americans who get insurance through their jobs say they've had to make difficult sacrifices to pay for health care, including cutting back on food, moving in with friends or family or taking extra jobs, according to the poll. And one in five say health care costs have eaten up all or most of their savings.
"I bet most of us know family, friends or neighbors who skip filling prescriptions or postpone doctor visits because of the large deductible that they have to meet," Professor Quigley said.
Professor Quigley is the author of several academic journal articles on social justice and human rights, multiple mass media articles and columns, and four books, including most recently Prescription for the People: An Activist's Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All (Cornell University Press, 2017).
Previous to his work at the law school, he served as the first Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Julia Carson and as the executive director of ACLU of Indiana. He edits the weekly newsletter Faith in Healthcare.
