10/22/2008 News For: Low Cost Family Plan Health InsuranceImportant Information, You Can't Afford to Miss ... NBC 10 and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Invite Local ... Did you know that over 26,000 children in Greater Philadelphia are receiving FREE or low-cost health insurance through Children's Health Insurance Program ? NBC 10 and CHIP, Pennsylvania's program to provide health insurance to all uninsured children and teens, are teaming up to bring you an exciting free seminar. Comprehensive tax reform could play important role in creating health-care reform JAMA and Archives Journals A proposal to implement a value-added tax for universal health insurance vouchers would also provide for significant decreases in other taxes, according to the authors of a commentary in the Oct. 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. They add that this plan would create incentives for cost-containment and health-care quality. Value-added Tax Proposal To Reform US Health Care In an article published in the October 22/29 issue of JAMA, authors argue that incentives for cost-containment and health care quality could be created by implementing a value-added tax for universal health insurance vouchers. Samuel Y. Sessions, M.D., J.D. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif. and Philip R. Lee, M.D. Many Children Lack Health Insurance Many children don?t have health insurance, even if their parents do, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Legislators want health insurance for state farmers State legislators and farm groups are battling the federal government?s decision to deny an expansion of public health insurance to Minnesota farm families. Report: W.Va. paychecks increasingly consumed by health premiums Normal 0 West Virginia workers health insurance premiums increased four times faster than their wages during the past eight years, according to a report released today. For family health care cove... Family health fair planned in Loma Linda LOMA LINDA - Loma Linda University Medical Center will hold its annual Family Health Fair Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Loma Linda University Drayson Center, at 25040 Stewart St. in Loma Linda. Iowa Changes Health Insurance Choices DES MOINES - State workers in Iowa will have one choice, not two, when it comes to selecting health insurance carriers. The Executive Council, which consists of five state leaders, has approved a proposal to eliminate United HealthCare and keep Wellmark. Monday's vote was 3-2. Aetna CEO urges mandatory health care coverage Americans should be required to buy health insurance, bringing healthier people into plans that will help bring down costs, the chairman of one of the nation's largest private insurance companies told a Detroit audience Tuesday. Children and Health Coverage Studied More than two million children in the U.S. who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said. |

