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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.

Group urges better health-care access  Hundreds of thousands of Americans are in danger of dying of cancer because of lack of insurance and access to care, warn American Cancer Society leaders.

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.

Health-care revolution needed, group says  A reformation of the nation's health-care system is all fine and good, but a revolution is what it will take, say a group of top-tier executives, medical school administrators and leading academics who began a two-day summit here Monday.

Forum at TMH tackles health-care issues  With the goal of airing and tackling child health-care issues, more than 25 members of the North Florida medical community gathered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday for the North Florida Children's Health Forum.

Health care coverage in state dropping, report says   Nearly half of all North Carolina children are not covered by health insurance. And more children statewide are expected to become uninsured in this economic downturn. That bleak assessment was part of a national report delivered Thursday afternoon by the non-profit group, Economic Policy Institute, which is based in Washington, D.C. The report ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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