10/22/2008 News For: Low Cost Florida Health InsuranceAlthough mom, dad have health insurance through work, kids may go without Oregon Health & Science University New research at Oregon Health & Science University reveals millions of children from low- to middle-income families are going without health insurance, even when at least one parent has private health insurance through his or her employer. High number of children and teens in US uninsured despite having a parent with health insurance JAMA and Archives Journals Approximately 4 percent of US children and adolescents have a gap in health insurance coverage at some point during the year, even though they have at least one parent who is insured, according to a study in the Oct. 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. Comprehensive Tax Reform Could Play Important Role In Creating Health Care Reform 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 October 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. Many uninsured kids have parents with insurance More than 2 million children in the United States who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said on Tuesday. Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system. State to alter workers? health insurance choices Iowa leaders agreed Monday to eliminate one of two health insurance carriers for state employees, despite criticism that thousands of workers will be left with fewer options and that the state will see only "phantom savings." Lingle defends halting universal child health care HONOLULU _ Governor Lingle is standing by her decision to eliminate Hawaii's universal health insurance program for children. She says although its cost is small, it and other diminutive cuts will help the state reduce a projected budged deficit. UC cuts health care costs for low-wage workers Almost one-third of the workers who get health insurance from the University of California will see a decrease in health care costs in 2009. Health funds may be hit by crisis THE private health insurance regulator cannot guarantee Australian funds are free from exposure to institutions crippled by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis. Nigeria: Doctors Tackle Challenges Facing Health Insurance Scheme Medical Directors of privately owned hospitals across the country are converging in Lagos to assess the challenges militating against successful implementation of the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS, with a view to proffering solutions to them. |

