12/26/2008 News For: Allince For Low Cost Health ServiceLow-cost clinic's financial health needs a booster shot Staff ?members at the Community Health Centers of Pinellas see evidence of the bad economy on a daily basis. More people are coming in who have lost their jobs and their health insurance. Kaiser donates $50,000 to Health Express for transportation to doctor appointments Kaiser Permanente recently donated $50,000 to Auburn-based Health Express to expand its free and low-cost transportation services for patients who don't have access to reliable and affordable transportation to and from their medical appointments. A project of the nonprofit Placer Collaborative Network and Seniors First, the Health Express program was launched late last year to serve western ... Clinics are health care success for Bush Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President George W. Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: He has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas. Community health clinics increased during Bush years President George W. Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: He has doubled U.S. financing for centers in medically underserved areas. News and Features for Lake Isabella, California Hospice. Just hearing the word elicits strong reactions. For most, the word conjures up images of fear, pain and sadness. That is unless the listener is one of the rapidly growing number of people who has had someone close to them utilize the unique medical service that hospice offers. In expanded clinics, a health care success Bush leaves office having enabled creation of nearly 1,300 facilities NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved ... Woman Thanks Clinic For Lifesaving Help Christmas came early this year for Donna Munoz. She lost her health insurance earlier this year, but workers at the free health clinic at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre diagnosed what was ailing her when she complained of arm and chest pain. Low risk to public health from Southdown fire Auckland Medical Officer of Health, Dr Denise Barnfather, says the risks to the public remain very low from the fire at the Southdown freezing works site. Community health centers see funding hurt As the economic downturn persists, people are increasingly turning to community health centers for inexpensive medical services. But now, the centers themselves are ailing. Report: China plans to issue new medical reform plan in January China's long-awaited medical reform plan, which aims at providing universal medical service to 1.3 billion people, is likely to be issued in January, Friday's 21st Century Business Herald reported. Five supplementary plans on medical insurance, basic medicine, grassroots medical service, public health service and public hospital reform will be issued at the same time, the newspaper quoted an ... |




