11/13/2008 News For: Key Health discountBaucus unveils health-care reform plans UPDATED 12:30 p.m. : HELENA - A new "health insurance exchange" that offers subsidized insurance for those who don���t have it, expanded Medicare and Medicaid, and more primary-care doctors are key components of proposed health-care reforms unveiled today by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. Obama health plan to cost $75 billion: analysis President-elect Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system would cost the federal government $75 billion the first year but would provide health insurance for 95 percent of Americans, consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers said on Wednesday. 2nd UPDATE: Sen Baucus Unveils Universal Health Insur Plan WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus urged quick action on his plan to provide health insurance for all Americans through a new pooling arrangement intended to reduce health-care costs and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid. Senator Takes Initiative on Health Care Without waiting for Barack Obama, Senator Max Baucus will unveil a blueprint to guarantee health insurance for all Americans. UPDATE: Sen Baucus Unveils Plan For Universal Health Coverage WASHINGTON -Dow Jones- Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus urged quick action on his plan to provide health insurance for all Americans through a new pooling arrangement intended to reduce health-care costs and expand access to Medicare and Medicaid. Former Eastern Health lab machine A-OK, new owner says A key piece of lab equipment that was much discussed at Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer inquiry is working fine, its current owner says, even after plenty of suggestions that the machine was somehow responsible for bungled cancer tests. 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. Solomons official 'comfortable' with Iran financing health Health officials in the Solomon Islands say they are happy to use money from Iran to help medical students if it increases doctor numbers in the Pacific nation. Ailing Medco Health Services (MHS) Needs a Checkup Medical services company Medco Health Services MHS was recently highlighted in Investors' Business Daily's MHS: sentiment, chart, options "Daily Stock Analysis" video, with the publication offering up a bullish look at the company... Read More US 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. |

