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Public hearing on government-health-plan bill set Thursday   CHAMPAIGN �� Are you disgruntled about not being able to afford health insurance? Or not being able to afford medical care even when you do have insurance? Here's your chance to tell your legislators what you think of a proposal to provide health care for everyone in Illinois through a government-sponsored, single-payer insurance plan. A public hearing on the Health Care for All Illinois Act ...

Audience Votes Health Coverage Should Be Government's Responsibility in First Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate of the ...   Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford style debate series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation, announced the results of the first debate of its Fall 2008 season on the motion, "Universal health coverage should be the federal government's responsibility." A sold out audience at Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium, New York City voted 58% for the motion and 34% against at the ...

Hospital Settles Charges of Overbilling  Staten Island University Hospital has agreed to return $88.9 million that prosecutors say it fraudulently obtained from government health insurance programs.

leViv Unveils Chef-Inspired Meal Programs for People Managing Chronic Health Conditions and Those Seeking a Healthy ...   leViv, Inc. , a consumer health care company, today introduced breakthrough meal programs designed to allow people diagnosed with Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and prostate cancer to easily incorporate restaurant-style cuisine into their lives.

Free health cover for NREGA workers  After financial inclusion and life insurance cover, workers under the UPA's government flagship programme NREGA will get free health insurance cover.

Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's Amendatory Veto Could Jeopardize Bill That Would Grant Uninsured State Residents Discounts ...  Final passage of a bill that would give Illinois residents without health insurance a discount on hospital care could be jeopardized because of an amendatory veto by Gov. Rod Blagojevich D, the Chicago Tribune reports. The bill -- which would have guaranteed uninsured Illinoisans the "most generous discounts in the U.S.

Coalition pushes child-related programs  A coalition of children's service groups urged voters to start forcing politicians to discuss child-related programs such as health insurance and after-school programs at a State House rally Tuesday.

Health insurance co-pays imposed  WORCESTER - As part of City Manager Michael V. O'Brien's ongoing effort to reduce the city's health insurance costs, he is implementing some co-payment changes for those municipal employees who are members of Local 495, National Association of Government Employees.

Health Highlights: Sept. 17, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Medical journal slams Ottawa over public health safeguards  As the death toll rose Tuesday from the national listeriosis outbreak, an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal slammed the federal government for undermining public health safeguards.

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