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Steelworker Steve Skvara on 'Oprah' Thursday!

"Skvara, who retired on a disability from LTV after 34 years, became a spokesman on the issue of national health care during the nationally televised AFL-CIO presidential debate at Soldier Field in Chicago last month.A crowd estimated to be between 12,000 and 15,000 gave Skvara a standing ovation after he told the Democratic presidential hopefuls that he hasn't been able to afford to pay for his wife's health insurance since LTV went bankrupt, which caused a two-thirds cut in his pension and the loss of his family's health care benefit. "What is wrong with America, and what will you do to change it?" Skvara asked the presidential candidates." Download entire story By Andrea Holecek / Northwest Indiana Times in PDF format.

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