Archive for the ‘Health Insurance’ Category
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D) on Monday proposed four measures that would increase state residents' access to health insurance and lower coverage costs, the Des Moines Register reports. Under Culver's plan, insurers would be required to provide coverage for individuals who have qualified for group coverage, even if they have ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
In an editorial about U.S. automakers' "woes" in competing with foreign automakers, the New York Times writes that problems with health care costs for General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Group "underscore the need for a government-backed system of universal health care." According to the editorial, GM last week offered ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
A large study of 12 types of cancer in over 3.5 million American cancer patients has found that compared with patients on private medical insurance, patients who are uninsured or with Medicaid (the government programme for the poor), are significantly more likely to present with advanced stage cancer, as are ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Summaries of health care reform developments in Colorado and New Mexico appear below.
* Colorado: Gov. Bill Ritter (D) on Wednesday announced a series of health care proposals that would expand coverage to an additional 200,000 uninsured state residents, the AP/Denver Post reports (Paulson, AP/Denver Post, 2/13). ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
More than 21,000 Indiana residents have applied for the Healthy Indiana Plan, which was launched Jan. 1, but only about 6,000 of those applications have been processed by the state Family and Social Services Administration, the Indianapolis Star reports. FSSA Secretary Mitch Roob said the volume of applicants was unexpected ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Texas injured workers should have an easier time finding and receiving care from a physician, thanks to new rules proposed by the Texas Department of Insurance's Division of Workers' Compensation.
"These proposed rules are a big step in the right direction for getting appropriate access to needed health care for injured ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt next month will travel to Switzerland and the Netherlands to examine their health care systems, the New York Times reports. Under the systems, all residents must obtain health insurance or pay a fine. Employers do not have to offer health insurance to employees, and private health ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Massachusetts health care officials this month are boosting efforts to enroll low-income residents in subsidized health insurance plans as the state approaches the Dec. 31 deadline for all residents to obtain coverage or face tax penalties, the Boston Globe reports.
According to the Globe, more than 100,000 eligible residents have signed ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Summaries of recent developments in the presidential campaign related to health care appear below.
* Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.): Biden on Friday at a Manchester, N.H., forum sponsored by Divided We Fail, a campaign launched by AARP and other groups that seeks to focus the 2008 presidential ...
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