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Q.A on health care with U.S. Senate candidates   Question: What should Congress do to increase the availability of health insurance coverage to the uninsured? Should government take a larger role in providing health coverage, should it be left to the private sector, or a combination? Sen. Mitch McConnell: "There are a number of common-sense steps Congress should take to lower health care costs and improve access to health insurance for ...

Bakken gives health care in Hawaii a strong pulse  In retirement on the Big Island of Hawaii, a Minnesota medical engineering legend is experimenting with health care.

Who Will Voters Pick to Tackle Nation's Health Care Problems?  The U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds the majority of likely voters believe Barack Obama can best handle the country's biggest health care issues, including the high cost of health insurance, and the millions of U.S. adults and children without insurance.

Cost of care  In your Oct. 8 article, "Study: Health costs increase 81 percent" Associated Press, it was pointed out that family health insurance premiums jumped from about $7,000 to over $13,000. This makes more families join the 400,000 residents in Connecticut who already don't have insurance.

The small business owner?s guide to the Presidential election: Health care  John McCain and Barack Obama would go in opposite directions when it comes to the employer?s role in providing health insurance.

Candidates' health plans compared  DURING A discussion on health care in last week's presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama described health insurance as a "right" while Sen. John McCain called it a "responsibility."

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 ...

Major health care reform likely, says Kaiser's CEO   George Halvorson, CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, recently talked with the Portland Business Journal about health reform. The vertically integrated health system operates the second-largest health insurance plan in Oregon, with 468,603 members at the end of the second quarter, in addition to running Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas and myriad outpatient clinics ...

Health minister to visit Kazakhstan  Iran - Kazakhstan - Confab Iran's Minister of Health and Medical Education Kamran Baqeri Lankarani, heading a delegation, will visit Kazakhstan from October 14-15, to participate in a conference celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata at the International Conference on Primary Health Care.

Employers Look To Raise Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Employee Health Plans, Rather Than Increase Premiums  With the open enrollment period for health insurance beginning and employee wages remaining static, many employers are hesitant to significantly increase health care premiums and instead are opting to increase the amount employees pay for out-of-pocket items such as deductibles and copayments, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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