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Between the Lines; Injured worker seeks publicity to pay the bills.(News)(post-September 11th mental health claims lower)(poll says Americans most afraid of losing health insurance)(Wired magazine ranks employee privacy)
Business Insurance, September, 2003 by Wojcik, Joanne
Byline: Compiled by Joanne Wojcik An uninsured electrician who accidentally drove a drill bit through his head has hired a public relations firm and is appearing on TV talk shows with his X-ray, trying to scare up funds to pay his medical bills. Switchback Public Relations & Marketing has even programmed a Web site, www.ronhuntmedicalfund.com, to accept donations online.
"We've had everybody from Ripley's Believe It or Not to the National Enquirer calling us,'' said Brinn Wellise, president of the firm hired by Ron Hunt of Truckee, Calif., to solicit media attention to help him raise the "hundreds of thousands of dollars'' needed to pay the costs of removing the bit and obtaining a prosthetic eye. Mr. Hunt lost his right eye and suffered permanent nerve...
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