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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News According to a new report more Australian privately insured patients used the public hospital system last year than previously and there are concerns that encouraging people to take out private health insurance is doing small to decrease the burden on the public health system. |
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News Nearly one-fifth of all Californians under age 65 were without health insurance for all or some of 2007, according to a policy short released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. |
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News The United States can learn from the Dutch Health Insurance System model, according to an article by Pauline V. Rosenau, Ph.D., in the December issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) will release a new comprehensive health care reform offer that offers solutions to contain rising health care costs, enhance portability, provide affordable coverage options for little businesses, defend against medical bankruptcy, and more. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Child Health News Children of farm workers are 3 times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
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Healthcare News New research shows that the cost of health insurance for a usual family increases about $100 per month when state governments limit price adjustments based on factors like age, health or risky behaviors like smoking. |
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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Healthcare News Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) on Tuesday during a campaign event in Mehlville, Mo., said that Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz. |
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Healthcare News Massachusetts' largest private employer Partners HealthCare on Friday warned that the state could face a federal lawsuit if it implements a proposed rule to increase some companies' contributions to their workers' health coverage, the Boston Globereports. |
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Health insurers can offset the cost of laparoscopic or traditional bariatric surgery as a weight-loss treatment for obese patients within 2 to four years as a result of savings on other medical costs, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of... |
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008 |
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Healthcare News Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz. |
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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Healthcare News The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined the record of Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on health care and other issues as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and as governor of the state. |
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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Healthcare News Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Thursday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver accepted the presidential nomination and discussed his proposals for health care and other issues, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. |
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News USA Today on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing series about retirement issues in the 21st century, examined how many of the 1. |
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News The number and percentage of uninsured U.S. residents declined in 2007 to 45.7 million people, or 15.3% of the population, according to an yearly U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday, USA Today reports (Cauchon/Appleby, USA Today, 8/27). |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News The Democratic National Committee on Monday during the Democratic National Convention voted to adopt a non-binding party platform that includes language about health care, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports. |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News The U.S. Census Bureau released a report today that estimates that 45.7 million Americans were uninsured in 2007 compared to 47 million in 2006. |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News A number of newspapers have lately looked at the presidential candidates' positions on health and economic issues, and how new figures on the number of uninsured Americans may play in the campaign. Summaries of the articles appear below. |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News Advisers to the 2 major presidential candidates during an online debate on the Wall Street Journal Web site discussed the effect that their health care proposals would have on the employer-sponsored health insurance market, the Journal's"Health Blog" reports. |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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Child Health News Convenience and lower costs are driving even more parents to seek routine health care for their children - including vaccinations and physicals - at retail clinics in their communities. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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Healthcare News While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of info for the newest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a meaningful part of the media landscape, frequently presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to... |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday signed legislation (AB 1150) that prohibits health insurance companies from rewarding employees who cancel or limit an enrollee's coverage, the Los Angeles Times reports. |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News A promise from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill. |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Healthcare News One year after the deadline for Massachusetts residents to acquire health coverage under the state's health insurance rule, the percentage of uninsured has declined but the rule "still faces a enormous challenge: costs," USA Today reports. |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
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If private Medicare health insurance is to be continued proponents had better make better arguments than Scott Gottlieb made on Tuesday's Wall Street Journal op-ed page. Gottlieb is a former Bush Administration CMS official and is presently at the American Enterprise Institute. |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
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Bob Laszewski has a fine post from yesterday debunking the myth of Medicare Advantage and Medicare private fee for service. |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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Mississippi's Medicaid program "has a recent $90 million shortfall, but what the program actually requires is a fair, constant, sustainable funding solution for the long term," Gov. Haley Barbour (R) writes in a Jackson Clarion-Ledger conception piece. |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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"Public and Private Insurance: Stacking Up the Costs," Health Affairs: The Web special study -- by Leighton Ku, a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and Matthew Broaddus, a research analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities --... |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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The New York Times on Wednesday published an editorial and column that addressed a provision included in a Medicare bill (HR 6331) passed by the House that would delay for 18 months a competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment. |
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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The Akron Beacon Journal on Tuesday examined how lapses in health insurance, pre-existing conditions and chronic illnesses are contributing to Ohio's uninsured rate. According to the Beacon Journal, 1.4 million, or about one in eight, people in the state are uninsured. |
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