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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:38 +0100


Canadian Health Insurance Not Good Enough For Premier

Canadians receive health insurance through their national government, which is paid for through their taxes. They have the famous socialized medicine often maligned in America. Yet, it turns that some of their politicians choose traveling to USA for surgery.

Supporters of healthcare reform have pointed to our neighbors to the north, Canada, as an alternate system.

Source: 
VitalOne Health Plans Direct, LLC.

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:45:11 +0000

Health Insurance Legislation Intends Creating Competing Marketplace

The reform to make health insurance premiums affordable for the American public has been a very difficult task that has been tackled by nearly most of the presidents of the past several decades. None of them have succeeded in making serious progress. Now, our lawmakers are very close, yet very far from agreeing on a comprehensive health care reform that will make medical care and insurance premiums accessible and affordable for the public.

The reform to make health insurance premiums affordable for the American public has been a very difficult task that has been tackled by nearly most of the presidents of the past several decades.

Source: 
Armen Hareyan, Washington Post, Evanston Review

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:05:07 +0000

National Survey Shows Children's Health Insurance Lacking

Nearly 7 million children in the United States do not have health insurance, according to a new federal survey, and about 25 percent of children who do have health insurance have inadequate coverage.

Nearly 7 million children in the United States do not have health insurance, according to a new federal survey, and about 25 percent of children who do have health insurance have inadequate coverage.

Source: 
Oregon Health & Science University press release, Jan. 10, 2010

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:52:39 +0000

Obama Wants National Health Insurance Exchange

President Barack Obama has voiced favor of a US House plan to develop a nationwide health insurance exchange that reportedly will allow people to buy affordable health insurance. Obama’s desire for a national insurance exchange echoes his endorsement of the concept that he made during his 2008 presidential campaign.

President Barack Obama has voiced favor of a US House plan to develop a nationwide health insurance exchange that reportedly will allow people to buy affordable

Source: 
Deborah Mitchell

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:21:56 +0000

Obama promises immediate results from health care reform

In an address on Saturday morning, President Obama promises America immediate results from the health care reform bill including insurance companies being required to provide free preventive care and providing care to those with pre-existing conditions. He urges Congress to complete the final bill.

As the House and the Senate work to compromise on the final revisions of the health care reform bill, President Obama spoke to America Saturday morning, promising immediate results from health care re

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Washington Post, Reuter's, ABC News, New York Times

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:34:14 +0000

 




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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:39 +0100


Study Reveals 1 In 10 Canadians Cannot Afford Prescription Drugs
One in ten Canadians cannot afford to take their prescription drugs as directed, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. The study, published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is the first to examine the relationship between drug insurance and the use of prescription drugs in Canada...
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST

In Hospital In-Patient Setting, Uninsured Receive Same Quantity, Value Of Imaging Services As Insured
Insurance status doesn't affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Approximately 51 million Americans, or 16.7 percent of the population, were without health insurance for some or all of 2009...
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Continuous Health Coverage Essential For Patients Managing Diabetes
When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health - insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true even when patients receive free or reduced-cost medical care at federally funded safety net clinics...
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Medicare And Private Insurance Spending Similar Throughout Texas
Variations in health care spending by Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) are similar throughout the state despite previous research, which found significant spending differences between the private and commercial sector in McAllen, Texas...
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST

Health Reform - Individual States Given More Flexibility And Freedom, USA
US states are being given more freedom and flexibility in the implementation of health reform as stipulated in the Affordable Care Act, which aims to make sure all US citizens have access to affordable, quality health insurance, according to a bulletin released by the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services)...
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST

Not All NJ Youngsters Are Equal When It Comes To Use Of Dental Services
When it comes to receiving dental care, New Jersey has its share of underserved children, according to a Rutgers study. In 2009, more than one-fifth of the state's children between 3 and 18 received no dental care within the previous year...
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST

First-Of-Its-Kind Study Finds Public Health Insurance Coverage For Infants Is More Comprehensive And Costs Less Than Private Plans
In the fierce national debate over a new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, it's widely assumed that private health insurance can do a better job than the public insurance funded by the U.S. government. But a first-of-its-kind analysis of newly available government data found just the opposite when it comes to infants covered by insurance...
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

Children With Special Health Care Needs
The first federally funded report to compare children with special health care needs to children without reveals 14 percent to 19 percent of children in the United States have a special health care need and their insurance is inadequate to cover the greater scope of care they require for optimal health...
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST

New Government Efforts Increase Chinese Health Coverage
Health care coverage increased dramatically in parts of China between 1997 and 2006, a period when government interventions were implemented to improve access to health care, with particularly striking upswings in rural areas, according to new research by Brown University sociologist Susan E. Short and Hongwei Xu of the University of Michigan...
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

High Level Of Waste In Health Spending, Says Medicare And Medicaid Boss
Dr. Donald M. Berwick, head of Medicare and Medicaid until last Thursday, stated that up to 30% of spending on health is wasted with absolutely no benefit to beneficiaries (patients). He added that his agency's cumbersome and archaic regulations are partly to blame...
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

 


 

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