Word: medicale
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Cases involving consumer law, including debt relief and bakruptcy, make up the largest percentage of the clinic's case load, the director says. "The majority of our clients had jobs and incurred the usual consumer debts, then suddenly found themselves with staggering medical costs and no income," says Willoughby.
Estate cases, which are new to Harvard legal service programs, are often the most delicate, says Willoughby. "If a gay man is estranged from his family, the law assumes his family is the closest [to him] and has the ultimate decision over his medical care, what happens to his body...
Law enforcement, however, is only part of the answer. We must understand that clinical and medical assistance must be provided to help addicts free themselves from the drug's influence. We need to have compassion for those suffering from a serious, though curable, illness.
Businesses that produce medical supplies "for which there is no substitute" and those that provide replacement parts for existing city equipment are exempted from the resolution.
With the Federal Government straining under the budget deficit, it is unlikely that the U.S. can afford to continue spending $382 million to provide welfare and medical care for refugees, some 75,000 of whom arrived last year. Some experts believe the burden of caring for new residents could become...