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11/29/2008 News For: Aetna Group HealthAetna Stresses the Importance of Sharing Family Health Information to Help Physicians Personalize Medical Care HARTFORD, Conn.----Throughout this holiday season and into the new year, Aetna is encouraging its employees and health plan members to learn about their family���s medical history and share this information with their physicians. ABQ Health Partners unveils new signs ABQ Health Partners is replacing its old Lovelace signs in the City Different for its one-year anniversary of becoming an independant physician-owned medical group. Braintree seems increasingly unlikely to join state health insurance plan Braintree���s chance to join a state health insurance plan may finally be dead. The police union���s president, leading a group of several unions, said the town���s offer fell far short. But the mayor said Wednesday that he remains optimistic an agreement can be reached. Childrens health insurance priority for state WASHINGTON Wisconsin has the nations fourth-lowest rate of uninsured children, but the director of a health advocacy group said the state could cover more kids if Congress expands the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. Health Highlights: Nov. 28, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Health of Guantanamo prisoner in doubt, attorney says SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | The health of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike for more than three years has deteriorated sharply, his lawyer said in legal papers seeking an independent medical examination. Aetna, Microsoft Integrate Online Health Tools Aetna has made its PHR tool compatible with Microsoft HealthVault. State's children lack health coverage Nearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. 214,000 Ohio kids uninsured More than 300,000 children in Ohio and Kentucky are without health insurance, according to a report issued this week by Families USA. The advocacy group said the 214,000 uninsured Ohio children between 2005 and 2007 are the 11th most of any state, with 7.4 percent of children uninsured. Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. |




