News For: Un Ited Health care Insurance CoStudies 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 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. Corzine asks Congress for universal health care New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine urged the federal government Thursday to create a system in which all Americans have health insurance, equating universal health care to a moral responsibility for lawmakers. 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. 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 Insurance choices for jobless Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Bi-Partisan Burgess Health Care Bills Headed To House Floor, USA Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. R-TX announced that two bi-partisan bills he helped write to improve health care passed out of committee and now head to the House floor. Votes are expected by the full House of Representatives in the next few weeks. The first bill, the Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act H.R. Children's Health Care Coverage Awareness With school back in session cold and flu germs spread like wildfire. A doctor visit is often needed for sick kids but if the parents don't have health insurance that treatment is often missed. But LeAnn Wallace reports health care for kids is obtained more easily than many parents know. Working together for better health HIXNY helps desparate medical groups share valued information The Clifton Park-based Healthcare Information Xchange New York was founded nine years ago with the purpose of developing ways for its member organizations to more efficiently share medical information at the point of care.Known as HIXNY HICKS-nee, the consortium has members in 16 upstate counties and includes hospitals, health ... 'Medical home' concept would bring new kind of health care A coalition of insurers, health care providers and employers are designing a pilot program to launch the "medical home" concept in doctors' offices around the state. |


