March 12, 2010
The New York Times
By Kristina Shevory
Brief Summary:
According to a RAND Corporation study released last week, air pollution in California cost federal, state and private health insurers $193 million in hospital costs. California has failed to meet federal clean air quality standards, which this study shows, and in result hospital expenses have been increasing and increasing the impact on insurers.
Short Response:
This is extremely unsafe for the people living in California. The air pollution led to almost 30,000 cases in the hospital for asthma, pneumonia, and other respiratory and cardiovascular problems, and it is the states responsibility to meet the federal standards so that things like this don't happen and effect the health of so many people.
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