Greek Doctors Aid Victims of Austerity

Amid Cutbacks, Greek Doctors Offer Message to Poor You Are Not Alone by Liz Alderman.  The New York Times.  October 24, 2012.

Now about one half of the 1.2 million long term Greek unemployed lack health insurance, a number that is certain to rise with an unemployment rate of 25 percent.  Before  the agreement with international lenders to stave off financial collapse Greeks had access to universal care.  This article puts a human face on these figures with doctors forming an underground movement to take care of the uninsured.  A doctor emphasized the crisis:  "In Greece now, to be unemployed means death."  This is especially the case with cancer care, a major emphasis of this article.