10/23/2008 News For: Vermont Health Plan Single PersonHearing set on Illinois universal health care bill GRANITE CITY - The public is invited to offer comments at a public hearing Thursday on pending state legislation that would establish a statewide single-payer health insurance plan that would cover all Illinois residents. Health district launches 5-year growth plan Recognizing that Curry County has one of the oldest populations in the country and recognizing that many of its patients will not have commercial health insurance, but rather Medicare and Medicaid, the Curry Health District has put together a draft of a 5-year strategic plan. Group says McCain health plan bad for kids Republican presidential candidate John McCain's healthcare plan could leave millions of U.S. children uninsured, an advocacy group said Tuesday.First Focus released a report comparing the impact of the plans put forth by McCain and his Democratic rival, Barack Obama. First Focus is a lobbying group on children's issues.McCain's plan aims to make the market for health insurance and healthcare ... Town could still join health insurance plan If the Legislature approves a bill proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick, Braintree would have another opportunity to participate in a state-administered health insurance plan beginning in the summer of 2009. Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system. Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Coverage Of Recent Developments Related To Health Care In The ... Summaries of several recent developments related to health care issues in the presidential election appear below.Economic Policy Institute report: The health care proposal announced by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain Ariz. would prompt many employers to drop health insurance for employees, according to a report released recently by EPI, the Charleston Gazette reports. Texas' Cornyn backs away from McCain health plan AUSTIN ? Sen. John Cornyn has retreated from earlier support of John McCain's proposal to move Americans away from health insurance provided in the workplace. Comprehensive Tax Reform Could Play Important Role In Creating Health Care Reform A proposal to implement a value-added tax for universal health insurance vouchers would also provide for significant decreases in other taxes, according to the authors of a commentary in the October 22/29 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on the Health of the Nation. They add that this plan would create incentives for cost-containment and health care quality. Samuel Y. Sessions, M.D., J.D. University System of Georgia cuts money for health care Thousands of employees either will pay more or change ... More than 11,000 University System of Georgia employees are reconsidering their top-notch health care plans now that the Board of Regents has pulled $20 million from the system?s health insurance program. Aetna to offer records in Microsoft HealthVault Health insurer Aetna Inc. is becoming the first health insurer to team with Microsoft Corp. to give its customers an Internet-based vault for storing medical records they can access even if they change jobs or leave their health plan. |




