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Ex-surgeon general: Attitude change needed for health care  The United States has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, cutting edge technology and medical research, but the country must undergo an ��attitudinal change�� if it wants to deliver quality, preventive health care to its residents, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders said Wednesday.

Universal Health Care Supporters Rally  ELMIRA -- Advocates for universal health care are asking New York lawmakers in Washington, "Whose side are you on?" The group Citizen Action of New York held a rally in front of the Excellus Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Elmira Wednesday.

QF��s Sidra a shot in the arm for regional health care system  By Bonnie James QATAR Foundation��s upcoming $7.9bn Sidra Medical and Research Center, described as the Middle East��s first North American style facility of its kind, will offer scholarships to promote careers in health care.

AMA president urges broadened health care  WASHINGTON -- The Buffalo physician who heads the American Medical Association came to the capital Tuesday to reignite the debate on universal health care at a time of great sickness in the American economy.

Study notes health care disparities in Minnesota  Minnesota medical groups are providing better quality care to patients with private health insurance than those covered through public programs, according to a report released Wednesday.

Aetna Makes Health Care Cost Information Available to More Members with the Expansion of Aetna's Industry-Leading ...  Americans are taking on more financial responsibility for their health care and, as a result, need access to a robust suite of tools and information in order to make informed decisions. To support and encourage members to be informed health care consumers, Aetna NYSE:AET today announced the expansion of its health care transparency initiatives to additional markets including Connecticut; ...

Rising health care costs hitting Iowans hard  Health insurance premiums in Iowa rose nearly four times as fast as wages from 2000 to 2007, according to a new report.Affordability of health insurance is diminishing rapidly in Iowa, according to the data from Families USA, a national organization for health care consumers.Average family health insurance premiums both the employee and employer share climbed 72.6 percent, or $4,707, to ...

Health care costs take bigger bite from paychecks Many workers get less from plans  WASHINGTON �� Premiums for job-based health insurance are up 5 percent in 2008 and have more than doubled since 1999, a growth rate that far outpaces inflation and the increase in workers' wages over the same period, according to an annual survey of employers.

Health-Care Costs for U.S. Employers Rise 5 Percent, Study Says  Sept. 24 -- Employer-sponsored health insurance for a family cost an average of $12,680 this year, a 5 percent increase from 2007, a survey of U.S. businesses found.

East Providence workers' new contract hikes health-care contributions  EAST PROVIDENCE �� The city��s clerks, janitors and other members of the local steel workers union entered into a multi-year contract recently that doesn��t raise their salaries this coming year, but increases their health insurance contributions.

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