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June 2002
06/2002: State Legislative Update
Alabama Louisiana Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Texas Indiana Oregon Wisconsin ALABAMA Officials at the Centers ... (read more)
Alabama Louisiana Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Texas Indiana Oregon Wisconsin ALABAMA Officials at the Centers ... (read more)
06/2002: The Galen Report
Tax credits are on the front burner again with two new bills. The first, by Rep. Ernie Fletcher (R-Kentucky), offers $1,000 to individuals and $2,000 ... (read more)
Tax credits are on the front burner again with two new bills. The first, by Rep. Ernie Fletcher (R-Kentucky), offers $1,000 to individuals and $2,000 ... (read more)
06/2002: The Pulse
You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to HealthBenefitsReform-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. ... (read more)
You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to HealthBenefitsReform-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. ... (read more)
Ashcroft Rebuked in Oregon Court
According to U.S. District Judge Robert Jones of Portland, Oregon, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is not the nation’s health care cop. In an April ... (read more)
According to U.S. District Judge Robert Jones of Portland, Oregon, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is not the nation’s health care cop. In an April ... (read more)
Britain's Million-Year Wait
Britons were shocked recently by newspaper headlines saying there are now a million people on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists. The figure means ... (read more)
Britons were shocked recently by newspaper headlines saying there are now a million people on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists. The figure means ... (read more)
Bush Backs Federally Mandated Mental Health Insurance Parity
President George W. Bush broke ranks with free-market supporters, the small business community, and Republican leaders in the House, endorsing legislation ... (read more)
President George W. Bush broke ranks with free-market supporters, the small business community, and Republican leaders in the House, endorsing legislation ... (read more)
Cal. Parity Law Has Little Effect on Premiums or Coverage
A new report from Mathematica Policy Research Inc. concludes implementation of California’s mental health parity law has had, to date, no ill effect on ... (read more)
A new report from Mathematica Policy Research Inc. concludes implementation of California’s mental health parity law has had, to date, no ill effect on ... (read more)
Court Allows Social Security Disability Rules to Stand
On March 27, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to second-guess the Social Security Administration, deferring to the agency’s authority to work out the details ... (read more)
On March 27, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to second-guess the Social Security Administration, deferring to the agency’s authority to work out the details ... (read more)
Florida HMOs Bleeding Money
Florida’s health maintenance organizations (HMOs) had a painfully unprofitable year in 2001, losing a total of $52.8 million, according to preliminary figures ... (read more)
Florida’s health maintenance organizations (HMOs) had a painfully unprofitable year in 2001, losing a total of $52.8 million, according to preliminary figures ... (read more)
Grassroots Succeed in Rewriting Minnesota MEHPA
Minnesota citizens may soon experience medical martial law. During a declared public health emergency, the proposed Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act ... (read more)
Minnesota citizens may soon experience medical martial law. During a declared public health emergency, the proposed Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act ... (read more)
Health Care Fight Returns
The health care reform debate of the early 1990s didn’t end with the defeat of HillaryCare in 1993. It just went underground. Those looking to expand ... (read more)
The health care reform debate of the early 1990s didn’t end with the defeat of HillaryCare in 1993. It just went underground. Those looking to expand ... (read more)
Health Insurance Heartburn
Our health care system has a very bad case of regulatory indigestion. After years of an indulging regulatory diet cooked up in both Democratic and Republican ... (read more)
Our health care system has a very bad case of regulatory indigestion. After years of an indulging regulatory diet cooked up in both Democratic and Republican ... (read more)
June 2002 Health Care News (pdf)
According to Twila Brase and Conrad Meier, writing for the June 2002 issue of Health Care News, grassroots activism has made Minnesota and Missouri the ... (read more)
According to Twila Brase and Conrad Meier, writing for the June 2002 issue of Health Care News, grassroots activism has made Minnesota and Missouri the ... (read more)
Kennedy and Clinton Launch Campaign for Government-Run Health Care
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) plans to introduce new health care legislation that would be cosponsored by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York). Few ... (read more)
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) plans to introduce new health care legislation that would be cosponsored by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York). Few ... (read more)
Missouri Court Limits HMO Ability to Control Costs
There has always been tension among competing interests affected by managed care: for example, those interested in controlling health care costs, and those ... (read more)
There has always been tension among competing interests affected by managed care: for example, those interested in controlling health care costs, and those ... (read more)
Missouri Legislators Scale Back Health Powers Act
In wide-ranging, give-and-take floor debates, Missouri legislators have scaled back the Model Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA), a broad anti-terrorism ... (read more)
In wide-ranging, give-and-take floor debates, Missouri legislators have scaled back the Model Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA), a broad anti-terrorism ... (read more)
MSAs Better than COBRA
The U.S. Senate may soon debate Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) legislation that would provide health coverage for workers who lose their jobs due to ... (read more)
The U.S. Senate may soon debate Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) legislation that would provide health coverage for workers who lose their jobs due to ... (read more)
Real People, Real Coverage
Roughly 15 million Americans who are too young to qualify for Medicare and too affluent to qualify for Medicaid purchase individual (i.e., non-group) health ... (read more)
Roughly 15 million Americans who are too young to qualify for Medicare and too affluent to qualify for Medicaid purchase individual (i.e., non-group) health ... (read more)
Tennessee Doctors Sue HMOs
Alleging HMOs have created “shell games that avoid their contractual obligations,” the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) is suing Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield ... (read more)
Alleging HMOs have created “shell games that avoid their contractual obligations,” the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) is suing Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield ... (read more)
