Services on chopping block - Santa Maria Times
California’s most vulnerable population has its services on the chopping block again in the latest round of proposed state budget cuts. While the cuts add up to an estimated savings of $5.5 billion over the next two fiscal years, the number of
BestHealthcareRates.com Asks, “Will Reform Bring Affordable Health - Market Wire
ARROYO GRANDE, CA–(Marketwire - May 27, 2009) - BestHealthcareRates.com agrees with most Americans that the health care reform must include affordable health coverage for everyone. One option for affordable medical insurance , introduced in a
Ellen Linderman, Carrington, N.D., column: How to make health - Grand Forks Herald
CARRINGTON, N.D. — While the current health care debate is like a giant puzzle, we can all agree that everyone should have access to affordable health care. This means that all must have access to some kind of insurance because there is no access
Illinois to offer expanded health coverage for young adults June 1 - WQAD
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois parents will be able to continue using their health insurance to cover older dependent children beginning June 1. State insurance officials say the new law will allow adding children up to age 26. It’ll also allow
150 protest against private health insurers - Louisville Courier-Journal
“At my past jobs, signing up for health insurance means cutting my paycheck in half,” said Humes, who is currently unemployed. He was among about 150 people who gathered yesterday across from Humana’s downtown Louisville headquarters to protest
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. needs European model of health care - Delaware County Daily Times
The health-insurance industry is a for-profit industry that wastes a huge percentage of our health dollars. Most European countries have nationalized health care, which is provided to all their citizens at low cost. I lived abroad for many years and
Health Buzz: Insurance 'Tax' and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
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Health Buzz: Insurance 'Tax' and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report, DC A "hidden health tax" has families paying $1017 more in health insurance premiums in 2009; according to Families USA, a healthcare advocacy group. Individuals pay an additional $368, the group says. According to Reuters, a report released Thursday by … Group Tallies Families' 'Hidden Health Tax' Health costs rise as more go uninsured Report: Health Insurance Premiums Carry 'Hidden Tax' |
Health bill would fix what's broken - Boston Globe
Health bill would fix what's broken
Boston Globe, United States But if you don't have health insurance or don't like the insurance you have, our bill will give you new, more affordable options. Our proposal establishes new gateways to better health across America. You can contact the gateways online, by phone, … Remembering the victims of Health Insurance New Healthcare Video Game Promotes Single-Payer Reforms |
Antitrust Laws a Hurdle to Health Care Overhaul - New York Times
Antitrust Laws a Hurdle to Health Care Overhaul
New York Times, United States Already, some leaders of the health care industry who appeared at the White House on May 11 say the president may have overstated their cost-control commitment. Three days after the gathering, hospital executives said that they had agreed to help save … Pledges To Reduce Health Care Costs, Spending Growth Could Violate … |
Billions in new cuts loom for California — including eliminating - San Jose Mercury News
Faced with a ballooning deficit and a clear signal that voters won’t pay more to fix it, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a budget plan Tuesday that would eliminate welfare, drop 1 million poor children from health insurance, cut off
California looks for federal help with getting loans - Asbury Park Press
In a move with only one modern-day precedent, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration and members of Congress for federal loan guarantees to help the state out of a desperate, multibillion
leading candidate - Politico.com
BREAKING 1 – Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to Chris Cuomo on ABC’s “Good Morning America” (Chyron: “OBAMA’S FIRST TEST?”): “North Korea’s recent actions – the nuclear test of yesterday, and the launching of
health briefs - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A CPR course for health care providers will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, in auditorium rooms D and E at The Finley Hospital. The cost is $35. Participants will learn infant, child and adult CPR, the use of an automated external defibrillator
Op-Ed: Speak out on health-care reforms - JTA
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The crisis of health care in America is one that should serve as a call to action for the Jewish community. For more than 47 million Americans, health care is something they simply cannot afford, and this obstacle — just one part