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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.

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.

More Than 2 Million Children With Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low Or Middle Income  Some 2.3 million children a year, mostly from low- to middle-income families, have no health care coverage to pay for preventive or other medical needs, even though at least one of their parents is insured, according to a new study supported by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Research Resources, part of HHS' National Institutes of Health.

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.

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.

Although 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.

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.

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