10/13/2008 News For: The Local Choice Health care PlanWho Will Voters Pick to Tackle Nation's Health Care Problems? The U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds the majority of likely voters believe Barack Obama can best handle the country's biggest health care issues, including the high cost of health insurance, and the millions of U.S. adults and children without insurance. Q.A on health care with U.S. Senate candidates Question: What should Congress do to increase the availability of health insurance coverage to the uninsured? Should government take a larger role in providing health coverage, should it be left to the private sector, or a combination? Sen. Mitch McConnell: "There are a number of common-sense steps Congress should take to lower health care costs and improve access to health insurance for ... More join state plan on health Nine communities and other municipal groups, including some in this area, have decided to join the state group health insurance plan this month, bringing to 23 the number that have taken the option in the two years since it was permitted. D.C. rejects CareFirst?s latest plan for charity care D.C. lawmakers have rejected CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield?s latest proposal to solve a years-long battle over contributions that the region?s largest health insurer must make to community health care programs in the District. Major health care reform likely, says Kaiser's CEO George Halvorson, CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, recently talked with the Portland Business Journal about health reform. The vertically integrated health system operates the second-largest health insurance plan in Oregon, with 468,603 members at the end of the second quarter, in addition to running Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas and myriad outpatient clinics ... Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Health minister to visit Kazakhstan Iran - Kazakhstan - Confab Iran's Minister of Health and Medical Education Kamran Baqeri Lankarani, heading a delegation, will visit Kazakhstan from October 14-15, to participate in a conference celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata at the International Conference on Primary Health Care. Health care reform remains in limbo Rendell's fight for coverage of more uninsured adults yet to allay legislators' fear: how to pay for it. When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Bakken gives health care in Hawaii a strong pulse In retirement on the Big Island of Hawaii, a Minnesota medical engineering legend is experimenting with health care. The small business owner?s guide to the Presidential election: Health care John McCain and Barack Obama would go in opposite directions when it comes to the employer?s role in providing health insurance. |


