11/29/2008 News For: Aetna Health Care For Senior CitizensHelp available for Medicare applicants The Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging is offering a program Tuesday that could prevent senior citizens from overpaying for medical costs. Health centers need, offer help Community Health Centers, Inc. is wishing for cash, children's books -- and a new parking lot. The health centers help provide medical care to the uninsured and others. Analysts fear end of Keiki Care Although Hawaii has a high rate of children with health insurance, this is the wrong time to think of dropping a program such as Hawaii's Keiki Care, designed to provide free insurance to all children, says Jennifer Sullivan, Families USA senior health policy analyst. Mentor to Present at the Piper Jaffray 20th Annual Health Care Conference SANTA BARBARA, Calif.----Mentor Corporation , a leading supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic market, today announced that Michael O���Neill, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Piper Jaffray 20th Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. Infinity to Present At Piper Jaffray 20th Annual Health Care Conference CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 26, 2008 -- Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , an innovative cancer drug discovery and development company, today announced that Adelene Q. Perkins, president & chief business officer, will be presenting a company overview at the Piper Jaffray 20th Annual Health Care Conference in New York. Leslie A. Margolin: Promoting healthier ways of reaching consensus The president of Anthem Blue Cross of California believes 'answers lie in trying to bring people with diverse backgrounds and diverse interests together and focus on what they have in common.' The gig: President of Woodland Hills-based Anthem Blue Cross of California, the state's largest for-profit health insurer, which serves more than 8 million members. Omak schools to seek health clinic OMAK - After agreeing that a medical clinic at Omak High School will not provide condoms or other birth control, the Omak School Board decided Tuesday to apply for grants to offer students primary-care services at school. Philips to cut 1,600 jobs at health care division Royal Philips Electronics NV said Tuesday it plans to cut 1,600 jobs at its health care division in response to a global economic slowdown. Spokesman Joon Knapen said the cuts fall mostly in the U.S., Germany and Netherlands, where its medical imaging operations are largest. The company will try to avoid forced layoffs but some were likely anyway, Knapen said. The jobs represent 5 percent ... SMMC thanks local seniors YORK COUNTY and#8212; Very often local senior citizens write to Southern Maine Medical Center to thank the doctors and nurses for the compassionate care they have received. For the last five years, SMMC has made it a tradition to show a group of local... 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. |




