Posts Tagged ‘Health Care System’

Rethinking emergency care at core of health law

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Nevertheless, big developments are in store this year under the Affordable Care Act, the national health-care reform act that President Obama signed into law in March 2010 and is scheduled to be fully in force in 2014. Whether it survives the year will …
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: Hypocrite on Medical Marijuana

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… famously “bucking the feds” on both immigration and health care reform and citing the 10th Amendment as justification for her actions. However, on the subject of Arizona's medical marijuana law, which was passed by voters in 2010, Gov. …
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Create Your Own "Death Panel"
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It will take many people to institute positive change, and we will need to act like a flock of birds shifting direction in unison to have the most impact. My focus this week is end of life decision making. How our health care system deals with the end …
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Despite 2 Floods, a Business Decides to Stay Put
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When Beth and I tried to renew our insurance, we were denied. Our insurance was dropped. Our insurance broker said this had nothing to do with our two losses but because we were becoming more like a bona fide medical facility because we were going into …
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Fordham Students Set Up "Rogue" Clinic To Get Birth Control
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A group of Fordham students who want better access to birth control are taking matters into their own hands, setting up an off-campus health clinic to combat the Catholic university's convoluted health care plan. Bridgette Dunlap, a member of the …
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Insurance exchanges: vital to reform
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The public health taskforce of MPIRG looks forward to working with student body to improve our health care system statewide and beyond. If you're interested in getting more involved, stop by our meetings on Tuesdays at 10 pm in Campus Center room 215.
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The health-care sky is not falling !
Filed under: health insurance program
Our roads are full of potholes, our kids can't do long division, and it's all the fault of a rapacious health-care system. Several reports have suggested that health spending will inexorably rise to 70 or even 80 per cent of provincial government … Read more on Toronto Star

A New American 11/11/11 Day: The Health Care Veterans Deserve
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Medical care for military personnel, military retirees, some members of reserve units and their dependents is administered through a government-created health insurance system called TRICARE. It was established in 1966 — originally under the name … Read more on ABC News

Medicaid changes to hit community centers first
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About 58% of their patients statewide are covered by Medicaid programs, according to the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association, which represents the community health centers. The centers also provide care to people without health insurance on a … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mitt Romney's Medicare Mythology
Filed under: private health insurance
Seniors in Medicare Part B would also face a 3 percent premium increase since younger and healthier enrollees would be routed out of Medicare and into private insurance. Beneficiaries in health care reform's exchanges would see a similar spike in … Read more on ThinkProgress

Vote 'Yes' on Issue 2
Filed under: private health insurance
It does mandate that all public employees pay at least 15 percent of their health insurance costs and 10 percent of their personal pension contributions. That brings them closer the realities of today's private sector workers, most who still pay far … Read more on Wooster Daily Record

CLASS dismissal leaves White House without a plan B
Filed under: whitehouse healthcare reform
Continue Reading Text Size – + reset POLITICO 44 But whether or not the CLASS Act comes off the books, the problem it was meant to address remains: A gap in the health care system is swallowing up the savings of a growing number of seniors and … Read more on Politico

Healthcare reform law's backers hope to reclaim 'ObamaCare' label
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By Sam Baker – 10/24/11 02:33 PM ET Supporters of the healthcare reform law launched a new campaign Monday to reclaim the term “ObamaCare” and highlight the law's benefits. Two Colorado-based groups created the website “thanks Obamacare,” which … Read more on The Hill (blog)