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Health Care News
August 2008
A Health Care Revolution Is Underway ... No Thanks to Government 'Help'
Although presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) have wide differences in their positions on health care, it may not matter ... (read more)
Although presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) have wide differences in their positions on health care, it may not matter ... (read more)
AHIP Cedes Initiative to Government in Health Care Overhaul Proposal
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)
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)
Allowing Interstate Purchase Could Reduce the Number of Uninsured, Analysts Say
Analysts investigating why so many people are uninsured are increasingly concluding state regulations on the insurance market are one of the biggest causes ... (read more)
Analysts investigating why so many people are uninsured are increasingly concluding state regulations on the insurance market are one of the biggest causes ... (read more)
Arkansas Aims to Increase SCHIP Participation
An Arkansas-based advocacy group has kicked off a new initiative intended to increase enrollment of the state's children in ARKids First, the state's federally ... (read more)
An Arkansas-based advocacy group has kicked off a new initiative intended to increase enrollment of the state's children in ARKids First, the state's federally ... (read more)
August 2008 Health Care News (PDF)
The August 2008 issue of Health Care News highlights innovation in the health care industry. On page 1: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill ... (read more)
The August 2008 issue of Health Care News highlights innovation in the health care industry. On page 1: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill ... (read more)
Britain's NHS Denies Care for Patients Paying Privately for Drugs
British taxpayers suffering from life-threatening diseases are being denied many of the latest and most effective drugs because of a government policy disallowing ... (read more)
British taxpayers suffering from life-threatening diseases are being denied many of the latest and most effective drugs because of a government policy disallowing ... (read more)
Congressional Task Force Seeks to Regulate Health Care
U.S. Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) are creating a bipartisan task force of White House and Congressional officials that will meet through ... (read more)
U.S. Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) are creating a bipartisan task force of White House and Congressional officials that will meet through ... (read more)
Consumer-Oriented Government Policy Can Avert Dire Health Care Mega-Trends
One of the most innovative ideas that appeared in Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, a book I wrote in 1993 with Gerry ... (read more)
One of the most innovative ideas that appeared in Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, a book I wrote in 1993 with Gerry ... (read more)
Consumers Union Will Rate 'Aggressiveness' of Treatment
Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, has joined a growing list of organizations offering consumers information on hospitals and health care efficiency. The ... (read more)
Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, has joined a growing list of organizations offering consumers information on hospitals and health care efficiency. The ... (read more)
Florida Passes Model Legislation Allowing More Health Insurance Choice
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) has signed a bill allowing uninsured Floridians to purchase health insurance plans largely free of expensive, superfluous ... (read more)
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) has signed a bill allowing uninsured Floridians to purchase health insurance plans largely free of expensive, superfluous ... (read more)
Four Steps to Reforming Long-Term Care
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ... (read more)
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ... (read more)
HHS Devises Another Strategy for Health Information Technology
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)
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)
Kansas Legislature Rejects Big-Government Health Care
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) has signed into law a bill implementing several new health care initiatives, but most of the big-government provisions ... (read more)
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) has signed into law a bill implementing several new health care initiatives, but most of the big-government provisions ... (read more)
Kids' Obesity Rates Leveling Off
Childhood obesity rates in the United States have leveled off after decades of increases, according to a study published by the Journal of the American ... (read more)
Childhood obesity rates in the United States have leveled off after decades of increases, according to a study published by the Journal of the American ... (read more)
Massachusetts Businesses and Insurers Form Coalition to Fight Rising Health Care Costs
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)
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)
Medical Innovation Abounds--Except Under Single-Payer Systems
In late June, key members of Congress got another wake-up call about the serious threat rising government health spending poses to the future of our health ... (read more)
In late June, key members of Congress got another wake-up call about the serious threat rising government health spending poses to the future of our health ... (read more)
Obesity Has Many Causes ... and Wide-Ranging Market Solutions
The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do About It by Eric Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman John Wiley & Sons, ... (read more)
The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do About It by Eric Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman John Wiley & Sons, ... (read more)
Oregon Voters May Take Up Student Policies
Voters in Portland, Oregon may be asked to decide whether they and their fellow taxpayers will begin shouldering the financial burden for providing health ... (read more)
Voters in Portland, Oregon may be asked to decide whether they and their fellow taxpayers will begin shouldering the financial burden for providing health ... (read more)
Rhode Island Governor Offers Proposal for Consumer-Driven Medicaid Overhaul
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (R) has offered a proposal to save taxpayers $67 million by overhauling Rite Care, the state's Medicaid program. Under ... (read more)
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (R) has offered a proposal to save taxpayers $67 million by overhauling Rite Care, the state's Medicaid program. Under ... (read more)
Rhode Island Legislators Get Health Insurance Stipend
A new Rhode Island law may give the state's legislators a real advantage over their constituents when it comes to health insurance. The measure, sponsored ... (read more)
A new Rhode Island law may give the state's legislators a real advantage over their constituents when it comes to health insurance. The measure, sponsored ... (read more)
SCHIP Rules Get Mixed Reviews in States
A reform implemented by President George W. Bush and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) will tighten eligibility for the federally funded ... (read more)
A reform implemented by President George W. Bush and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) will tighten eligibility for the federally funded ... (read more)
Texas Governor Announces Trauma Research Grant
Initiating an intensive taxpayer-supported effort to support injury trauma research and awareness, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has awarded the University ... (read more)
Initiating an intensive taxpayer-supported effort to support injury trauma research and awareness, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has awarded the University ... (read more)
Wisconsin Insurance Providers Increase Cost Transparency
Insurance-providing members of the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans have pledged to make health care costs more transparent to enrollees. By September ... (read more)
Insurance-providing members of the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans have pledged to make health care costs more transparent to enrollees. By September ... (read more)
