Articles By Author Dr. Sanjit Bagchi
Articles by Dr. Sanjit Bagchi
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
Employer-provided health plans provide more generous benefits to seniors than Medicare does, according to an analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation ...(read more)
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
Members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee are debating the merits of enacting tax breaks for individuals who buy private insurance, which ...(read more)
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
The dramatic increase in the insured population that followed Massachusetts’s imposition of an individual health insurance mandate has caused an increase ...(read more)
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
Several states are offering aid to universities in an effort to address the current shortage of professional nurses.
Experts say the shortage is being ...(read more)
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
As many as 72 million working-age Americans either have “medical bill problems” or are paying off medical debt, according to a survey conducted ...(read more)
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
The head of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has appointed a Medicaid Reform Committee to help guide the agency in implementing a statewide ...(read more)
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
A legislative panel has stripped from the House version of a Massachusetts bill regulating health care a proposed ban on gifts from pharmaceutical company ...(read more)
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released ...(read more)
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association representing more than 1,300 health insurance providers, has offered a proposal it says could ...(read more)
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
Massachusetts businesses have joined several of the state's health insurers to form a new consumer advocacy group, the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, ...(read more)
07/01/2008 12:00 AM
A new report by the Washington-based National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation suggests approximately one in four Americans who have ...(read more)
07/01/2008 12:00 AM
People who buy their own health insurance experienced an average increase of 18 percent on their premiums between 2002 and 2005, according to a report issued ...(read more)
07/01/2008 12:00 AM
As many as 90,000 eligible children in Maryland are not enrolled in the state's subsidized health insurance program, according to state estimates, despite ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
Health officials in Maryland are working with state Comptroller Peter Franchot to identify children eligible for, but not enrolled in, the State Children's ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
The American Medical Association (AMA) has been promoting a reform plan in the state of New Hampshire that it says would help improve the state's health ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excessive waits for health care services endured by Canadian patients have imposed huge costs on the nation's citizens. That's the conclusion of a study ...(read more)
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
Although the number of state initiatives intended to improve access to affordable health care has been rising, it is not clear what effect the proposed ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
As part of his 2008 health care reform push, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) has signed into law a measure that will make it more difficult for insurance ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
A coalition of Massachusetts community organizations, nonprofits, insurers, and health care providers is asking the state government to regulate the marketing ...(read more)
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., a $54 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is moving into consumer-driven health care.
The ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
The Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based advocacy group, has released a report claiming government-mandated health insurance, combined with personal health ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
The Colorado Legislature's Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform has approved a package of recommendations for comprehensive reform of the state's ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds states that use the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to cover adults are more prone ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) has launched a free Web site enabling consumers to review charge, payment, and quality information about ...(read more)
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
Penalties went into effect this year for Massachusetts residents who do not have health insurance.
The penalties, assessed in the form of monetary fines, ...(read more)
