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Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Experts debate shape of health reform  Use tax credits to pay for health insurance policies? Cover everyone one way or another, including through insurance that federal employees get? Can there be any common agreement about how to reform healthcare in America?

Health insurer reenters R.I. market  Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health insurer, announced yesterday that it is returning to Rhode Island to challenge the two insurers dominating the market.

Health insurer reenters R.I. market  Tufts Health Plan, which left the state in 1999 following a price war, has gained approval to begin offering medical insurance to Rhode Island residents.

Sexual Health Experts Call For Earlier Diagnosis Of HIV - UK  With nearly a third of HIV cases in the UK going undiagnosed, the Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health MedFASH, has produced a booklet to help healthcare professionals to view HIV testing as part of routine screening when diagnosing their patients.

Self-Reported Health Scores In Year After Head And Neck Cancer May Predict Long-Term Survival  Self-Reported Health Scores In Year After Head And Neck Cancer May Predict Long-Term Survival After being diagnosed with head and neck cancer, changes in the physical health status of patients appear to predict survival at five years, according to a report released on September 15, 2008 in Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Rising health insurance costs outpace income  WASHINGTON Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much.

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.

Early funds appropriation sought for vets' health care  As the veterans' health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nation's veterans.

AMA Launches New Health Care Ad Blitz  The American Medical Association unveiled new print and television ads Thursday, promoting health-care coverage��for the country��s 46 million uninsured. In a press conference at the Capitol, AMA president Nancy Nielsen thanked Sens. Ron Wyden D-Ore. and Bob Bennett R-Utah and Rep. Michael Burgess R-Texas for tackling the issue in a bi-partisan fashion. The two new AMA television ads are ...

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