10/12/2008 News For: Care Plus Health PlanPa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Health care reform remains in limbo Rendell's fight for coverage of more uninsured adults yet to allay legislators' fear: how to pay for it. When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. More join state plan on health Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted. Inmate health-care issues make budgeting difficult Lauderdale County Sheriff Ronnie Willis quickly acknowledges that budgeting for inmate health care is a hit-or-miss process."You don't ever know from year to year what to expect," the sheriff said.Law enforcement and the courts never know what medical issues might surface in a criminal suspect or defendant once they're placed in jail. Hemet, Menifee Valley health care workers call one-day walkout Monday Health care workers at hospitals in Hemet and Menifee Valley will stage a one-day strike starting at 6 a.m. Monday to protest actions by the public hospital district that runs the facilities, according to a news release from SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West. Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone HARRISBURG, Pa. - It has been nearly two years since Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults. Elizabeth Edwards attacks McCain health plan Elizabeth Edwards on Tuesday said Republican presidential candidate John McCain's health care plan would allow insurers to cherry pick individuals they want to cover, leaving those with cancer, diabetes and other diseases without coverage. Children left behind on health care The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there. After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn't approved ? the result of ... Legislative inaction leaves Pa. health care group's future in question Left unsettled when the state Senate adjourned this week was the future of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, the independent watchdog agency that tracks the cost and quality of medical care offered by the state's hospitals and paid for by its insurers. Employees reject state health insurance plan Braintree employees have turned down the opportunity to participate in a state-run health insurance plan starting in the summer of 2009. |




