11/10/2008 News For: Health care Insurance MissouriUS Rep Stark: Health Care Agenda Begins With SCHIP WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- Congress should begin work on its health care agenda by expanding the state health insurance program for children with an eye toward broader health care reforms next year, a key House Democrat said Monday. U.S. Medical Students Call On President-Elect Obama To Deliver Accessible Health Care System The American Medical Student Association AMSA, the nation's oldest and largest, independent association for physicians-in-training, congratulates President-elect Barack Obama and urges him to move the country toward a health care system that delivers accessible, affordable, high-quality health care to all Americans. "The country is in a state of crisis," says Dr. The Fraser Institute: Canadian Health Care System Riddled With Aging and Outdated Medical Technology Canadian patients are enduring greater risks because the country's health care system regularly employs aging and outdated medical technology, concludes a new report from independent research organization the Fraser Institute. Health Net Less Than Robust The result was characterized by a sharp increase in health care costs as reflected in a higher medical loss ratios. Even with mandate, Obama faces health care pain President-elect Barack Obama has promised broad changes to U.S. health care, pledging to bring health insurance to millions of Americans and to spend $50 billion to take American health records electronic, but he will struggle to find the money to do it. Seneca council members vote selves onto city?s health plan Seneca City Council members voted to add themselves to the city's health insurance program. We're lucky to live in an age of medical miracles. What we desperately need now is a health care service to match A medical miracle: a statin drug designed to cut cholesterol in the blood has been found to reduce the rate of heart attacks by 54 per cent, strokes by 48 per cent What the candidates say about health care coverage WOODSTOCK ? Christine Contreras works daily with patients who do not have health insurance. As a phlebotomist at a McHenry County medical office, she often encounters patients who change their mind about having recommended blood tests when they learn how much they will cost. Ill economy breeds health risk, Inland doctors say An increasing number of Americans have had trouble meeting medical needs for themselves or a relative within the last six months, according to a recent health care survey. Racial health gap draws experts to Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. - National experts gather in Prior Lake this week to focus on a stubborn racial health gap in one of the nation's healthiest states. Minorities in Minnesota face greater odds of dying from violence, diabetes and heart disease and less chance of having health insurance. |


