11/11/2008 News For: Ieee Canada Health InsuranceReport: 12 Percent of Kids Have No Health Insurance COLUMBIA, S.C. ?- A national health care advocacy group says more than 12 percent of South Carolina children have no health insurance. Rendell urges Senate to take up health-insurance expansion HARRISBURG - In June, Gov. Rendell called on Senate Republican leaders to strike a deal on expanding health insurance for the uninsured before the end of the budget season. Looking for Free or Low-cost Health Insurance? - It's no secret that accessing health care is a challenge for the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Lack of health insurance forces many Americans to choose the health care they receive based on what they can afford, not what they actually need. North Canton to review health insurance package NORTH CANTON City Council is expected to approve a health insurance package for city employees at this evening's meeting. Council members expect to renew the city's plan with AultCare. GCCC looks to revise health insurance options In an effort to save money after a 44-percent increase over the last two years in health insurance premiums, a Garden City Community College committee is recommending that GCCC revise its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to include high- and low-level usage options. Combining health with wealth The Governments move to allow top-up funding for drugs not available on the NHS could create a rival product to traditional private medical insurance. ... 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. No cost change with health reform, local experts say With the election decided and new health care options promised, two local medical professionals said sweeping reform of the nation?s medical system might not cost any more than what already goes into the system. LSUHSC public health contributes to estimate of HPV-related cancers Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Professor Vivien Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor Xiao Cheng Wu, M.D., Ph.D. and Assistant Professor Edward Peters, D.M.D., S.M., Sc.D., at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health contributed five papers to the largest most comprehensive assessment of the burden of human papillomavirus-associated cancers in the United ... Health care workers strike again on coast Seton Medical Center Coastside health care workers picketed in Moss Beach on Thursday, an exhibition of their collective frustration with management of the Daughters of Charity Health System. |


