| Search 1) News For: Afordable Health Care In Ohio Ohio Bill Would Ban Public Funding For Health Care Services To Undocumented Immigrants A bill pending in the Ohio Legislature would ban the use of tax revenue for routine medical care of undocumented immigrants, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Under the bill, health care clinics receiving public funding would be required to check the immigration status of any patient older than age 14 and decline to provide care to those who are undocumented. CIGNA Offers Assistance In Texas To People Impacted By Hurricane Ike CIGNA NYSE:CI announced that it is temporarily lifting certain medical and pharmacy restrictions in order to aid Texas individuals impacted by Hurricane Ike. People insured by CIGNA in the impacted counties in the state of Texas can refill prescriptions early without prior approval and access care at any health care professional in-network or out-of-network at in-network rates. Lawmakers running out of time to deal with 3 key health care issues HARRISBURG -- The state Legislature will return this week for three of its final nine days of work in 2008, and conflict over a Democratic plan to expand health insurance is endangering an ... It���s time to get real about health care in the U.S. Unless you���ve been living in the Himalayas, you know that huge numbers of Americans ��� 46 million last year ��� lack health insurance. By impressive majorities, Americans regard this as a moral stain. Teacher health care changes, not ends during strike Despite rumors to the contrary, no members of the Souderton Area Education Association SAEA have lost or will lose their health insurance coverage during the current work stoppage, school district negotiator Jeffrey Sultanik said Thursday. Health care solutions can come with own ailments Two years ago, the good people in my native Massachusetts came up with a solution to the health insurance crunch. Every adult in the commonwealth must have health insurance ��� or face legal penalties. Residents now can choose from a panoply of new, cheap policies ��� some as low as $250 a month. Udall, Schaffer talk health care Senate candidates Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer agreed Saturday on the need for better access to affordable health insurance but supported different ways to reach that goal. Dehen chosen as one of 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders in state [Brainerd Lakes Health, the health care system which includes St. Joseph's Medical Center and Brainerd Medical Center, announced Dr. James Dehen, surgeon, was recently selected as one of Minnesota's 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders by Minnesota Physician magazine. HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency For Louisiana Following Hurricane Ike's Landfall HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP in Louisiana, continue to receive their health care items and services. The declaration follows one made on Thursday to cover Texas. Better Health Through Your Cell Phone In many Third World and developing countries, the distance between people in need of health care and the facilities capable of providing it constitutes a major obstacle to improving health. One solution involves creating medical diagnostic applications small enough to fit into objects already in common use, such as cell phones - in effect, bringing the hospital to the patient. |

