Union Leader Says Farmers Are Constantly Denied Health Coverage

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson tells Talk Radio News in a phone interview Tuesday that farmers constantly face the likelihood of being denied health insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. "Folks that end up paying a lot of money for a single policy find out that the very illness or disease for which they are greatest at risk and in greatest need of coverage is excluded from in coverage," says Johnson. (0:39)

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Universal Healthcare Would Greatly Benefit Rural Farmers

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson tells Talk Radio News Service that "we have a system that we have long felt is broken." He says that his organization has long supported a universal health care system. (0:17)
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Farm Union Throws Support Behind Health Reform

In an interview with Talk Radio News Service, National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson says that the current health care system is corrupt, too expensive, and unaccessible. "We spend in the U.S. twice as much money on a per capita basis as any of the other major industrialized countries in the world," says Johnson. (0:31)
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