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City facing health care cost increases  Altoona City Council members Wednesday grew ill-humored upon learning that the city faces a 17.2 percent health care cost hike, or $540,000. That prediction is behind the original projection of a 10.5 percent increase in Blue Cross-Blue Shield costs. Last year, the city budgeted $3.14 million for health insurance in a $22 million spending plan.

W.Va. workers take hit on health-care premiums  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia workers health insurance premiums increased four times faster than their wages during the past eight years, according to a report released Wednesday. For family health-care coverage, an employees portion of health insuranc...

Low-cost screenings to be offered at Dade County health expo  Bolivar-area residents can take advantage of low-cost health screenings and education at the Dade County Family Medical Center expo Saturday in Greenfield.

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.

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. Samuel Y. Sessions, M.D., J.D.

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.

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Coverage Of Recent Developments Related To Health Care In The ...  Summaries of several recent developments related to health care issues in the presidential election appear below.Economic Policy Institute report: The health care proposal announced by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain Ariz. would prompt many employers to drop health insurance for employees, according to a report released recently by EPI, the Charleston Gazette reports.

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.

Issue of the Week: Health Care Reform  Plus Heroes and Jerks of the Week Health care reform continues to be a major issue in the presidential campaign even as economic problems dominate the headlines. Voters want a better and more secure system of health insurance. The interesting fact is that the health care debate is no longer between those who want to reform the system and those...

Hawaii Lawmakers React To Recent Decision To End State Universal Health Care Program For Children  Hawaii state legislators and Hawaii Medical Service Association officials last week criticized actions by Gov. Linda Lingle's R administration last week to end funding for Keiki Care, the state's universal health care program for children, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports Altonn, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10/17. Beginning Nov.

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