News For: Medicade In Louisiana Health InsuranceAMA head raps lack of health insurance Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the Buffalo physician and University at Buffalo Medical School senior associate dean who became the president of the American Medical Association in June, told UB medical students and alumni Friday that it was ���unconscionable��� that 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. McConnell Center: Partners in Health helps family when child is ill Imagine being a parent of a child diagnosed with cancer, spina bifida, epilepsy, diabetes, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy or another chronic health condition. Imagine being a parent struggling to cope with all the implications of a serious, sometimes life threatening disease. Vallejo Chamber offers health insurance help The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben-E-Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low-cost, high-deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present Shreveport raising workers' health insurance costs Most Shreveport's 2,500 city workers and many retirees will see their health insurance costs go up by the end of the year. Nine carriers bid to offer Cover Florida health insurance Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday the receipt of nine bid proposals by private health care insurance providers seeking to offer Cover Florida health insurance policies to Florida���s 3.8 million uninsured individuals. Baucus pledges push on health insurance costs Sen. Max Baucus pledged a renewed push for medical reform Wednesday on the heels of a report showing that the cost of health insurance premiums in Montana rose 5 1/2 times faster than income since 2000. Studies Look At Hispanics' Access To U.S. Health Care System Three studies published online on Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health look at how poverty, language and health insurance coverage affect access to care among foreign-born U.S. residents, particularly Hispanics, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports. In the first study, C. Annette DuBard of University of North Carolina's Cecil G. AMA board member pushes for insurance reform WATERLOO --- A member of the American Medical Association board of trustees gave his prescription for what he says is an ailing health care system that leaves millions of American uninsured. Professor Co-Authors Critique of McCain Health Insurance Plan Results of Senator John McCain's proposed health insurance reforms will "tend to raise costs, reduce the generosity of benefits, and leave people with fewer consumer protections." HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency For Louisiana Following Hurricane Ike's Landfall HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP in Louisiana, continue to receive their health care items and services. The declaration follows one made on Thursday to cover Texas. |

