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Do The Presidential Candidates Know What Healthcare Professionals Think?

Senator McCain believes it to be a responsibility; Senator Obama, a right. While both candidates believe that healthcare reform is a high precedence, they disagree on the methods essential to fix that problem. But do they know which plan physicians support? A new study from DoctorDirectory of m…

Who Will Voters Pick To Tackle Nation’s Health Care Problems?

Health care cost and coverage has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks main up to the Nov. 4 election. But which candidate has a plan that likely voters believe will compose the biggest affect on the toughest health care problems facing the nati…

Brief Examines State Efforts To Expand Coverage To Children

“Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace,” National Health Policy Forum: The issue brief examines state efforts to expand health coverage, particularly to children, in the absence of a national solution.Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

Washington Post Examines Mental Health Parity Law

The Washington Post on Friday examined how mental health parity legislation, which was included in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms that President Bush final week signed into law, is “a culmination of a decade of lobbying and negotiating among advocates for the mentally ill, the insur…

Who Will Voters Choose To Tackle Nation’s Health Care Problems? USA

Health care - cost and coverage - has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks main up to the Nov. 4 election. But which candidate has a plan that likely voters believe will invent the biggest affect on the toughest health care problems facing the na…

Pennsylvania Proposal To Extend Coverage For Uninsured Fails

The Pennsylvania Legislature on Wednesday floped to reach a compromise on legislation that would have expanded health coverage to more than 118,000 adults on a waiting list for Pennsylvania’s adultBasic insurance program, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.Original post by Women’s Health / Gynec…

Philadelphia Inquirer Examines Health Care Issues In New Jersey Congressional Races

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday examined the health care proposals of some congressional candidates in New Jersey. In a Senate race, incumbent Democratic candidate Sen. Frank Lautenberg has sought to reduce health care costs through the promotion of disease prevention and early treatment, a…

General Motors Retirees Lose Company Health Care Coverage, Will get $300 Monthly To Purchase Coverage

General Motors on Jan. 1, 2009, will cease to supply health care coverage for more than 100,000 retirees and their dependents and instead will add $300 to their monthly pension checks to purchase insurance, the Detroit Free Press reports. The move is an effort to reduce spending by GM, which spent…

McClatchy Examines McCain’s Health Care Proposal

McClatchy/St. Paul Pioneer Press on Friday examined the health care proposal of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).According to a recent analysis by the Tax Policy Center, the average U.S.Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

More Arizona Hispanics Uninsured In 2005 Than Whites, New Census Analysis Finds

In 2005, 34.6% of Hispanics in Arizona were uninsured, compared with 12.7% of whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday, Cronkite News/Arizona Republic reports (Konopken, Cronkite News/Arizona Republic, 10/10).Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical…

Maryland DHMH Secretary Encourages Maryland Families To Enroll In New Health Care Initiatives

In an effort to spread the word about benefits made possible through Governor Martin O’Malley’s Working Families and Small commerce Coverage Act, division of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) Secretary John M. Colmers today met with local government officials and members of the community. “Maryland…

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