News For: Oxford health care Usa PlanEnglish proposes new health-care plan U.S. Rep. Phil English is touting a new health-care plan that promises to be as portable as a 401k. The Healthy Americans Bill would allow most Americans to choose his or her own health plan instead of health insurance from an employer. 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 ... John Schwarz: McCain's Health Care Plan Would Limit State Regulatory Authority, Leaving People Vulnerable McCain's proposals would allow health insurers to offer the same health plans throughout the nation without any or little state oversight. Health-care costs to rise in '09 Get ready to add ''health care'' to the list of things that probably will cost you more next year. A national survey released Wednesday reveals that 40 percent of companies say they're ''very likely'' or ''somewhat likely'' to increase the amount employees pay for their health insurance in 2009. Study: Iowa's Health Care Costs Rose Higher than Wages Mason City, IA- A new study claims Iowa's health care costs are rising faster than its wages. Over the past eight years, Family USA has kept track of family health insurance premiums and what people make. The group found that premiums rose nearly four percent faster than earnings. Protesters target health care Providers of medical insurance are more concerned about dollars than people, claims a coalition of labor and other organizations that wants the federal government to take a bigger role in health care financing. 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. 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. |


