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Series focuses on problems facing American middle class

Today's story about the financial impact of health care on the middle class is the fourth installment in the Akron Beacon Journal's series The American Dream: Hanging by a Thread.

Others are appearing throughout the year, examining the anxiety in the middle class as the economy forces difficult changes.

The newspaper also is running a tandem solutions-oriented series, Reclaim the Dream, which offers tips on how to modify lifestyles to better survive the economic downturn. That series also asks readers to make a pledge to reduce debt or increase savings.

This project is an outgrowth of a study by David Knox, the Beacon Journal's specialist in computer research. In the first half of 2007, he participated in a Kiplinger Fellowship at Ohio State University, where he used university computers to analyze 51 million records spanning five decades of Census Bureau data, prepared by the University of Minnesota's Population Center.

In September 2007, the Beacon Journal published his findings, showing that successive generations of Americans are earning less than their parents.

After publication of that project, the Beacon Journal invited readers to participate in focus groups to discuss how they related to the trends in Knox's findings.

The seven sessions were facilitated by Alice Rodgers of Jemez Pueblo, N.M. Formerly a resident of Stark County, she has facilitated many discussions for the newspaper over 25 years.

Since then, the staff of the Beacon Journal has provided stories explaining the challenges facing the middle class and the potential solutions.

A note of disclosure regarding today's report comparing Ohio's health-care system with Ontario's: The Akron Beacon Journal is owned by Black Press, based in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

All of the stories in both series and the online pledge are available on the newspaper's Web site, http://www.ohio.com/news/16959911.html.

Today's story about the financial impact of health care on the middle class is the fourth installment in the Akron Beacon Journal's series The American Dream: Hanging by a Thread.

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