Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Features Recent Developments Related To...Medical News Today: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 04:06 PMSummaries of several recent developments related to health care issues in the presidential election appear below.Health care as election issue: The Washington Times on Tuesday examined how "voters seem to be focused on the general state of the economy rather than improving health coverage" in the presidential election.
Judge: Blagojevich must halt health care expansion ...Daily Herald: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 04:05 PMA judge on Wednesday renewed an order banning state officials from making payments under Gov. Rod Blagojevich's expanded health care program, and said it's time for the state to explain how it will comply.
Families' health care costs grow faster than earnings ...The Sacramento Bee: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:59 PMHealth care premiums rose five times faster than earnings in California since 2000 - another sign of the spiraling cost of medical insurance, a national advocacy group says.
Health Care Agency's Future Still Uncertain ...WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:18 PMHARRISBURG, Pa. -- There's a new push to save the state agency that works to save Pennsylvanians money on health care. Funding for the Pennsylvania health care cost containment council ran out in June and the state legislature failed to reauthorize the money.
WellPoint, X Prize Launch $10M Health Care Contest ...Indiana's NewsCenter: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:18 PMINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint is joining with the X Prize Foundation to establish a $10 million competition to find ways to lower the cost and improve the quality of health care.
Minnesota Health Officials Urge Public And Health Care Providers To "get Smart"...Medical News Today: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 12:09 PMA coalition of public health officials and health care providers is urging physicians to "get smart" about when it's helpful - and when it's harmful - to prescribe antibiotics. Despite previous efforts to educate physicians and the public, patients are still too often given antibiotics for viral infections, including the flu, chest colds, runny noses, coughs, and most sore throats.
WellPoint, X Prize launch $10M health care contest ...Lexington Herald-Leader: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:03 AMIt may not involve rocket science, but a new X Prize Foundation competition for health care reform could pose the institute's most daunting challenge yet. The California-based foundation, which helped launch the first private manned space flight in 2004, is teaming with the insurer WellPoint Inc. to try to fix the U.S. health care system. The companies have announced an open competition to ...
WEB CHAT: GM RETIREE HEALTH CARE: Our experts answer Medicare questions ...Detroit Free Press: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10:29 AMThe Free Press today hosted a Web chat for the 100,000 General Motors salaried retirees and their dependents making the transition to buying their own health benefits. Our experts answered dozens of your questions. The panelists were: ? Julie Monahan, manager, health care training, General Motors. ? Brian Tenner, senior vice president, Extend Health, a consulting company hired by GM to help ...
Hinkle plans to focus on health care this term, but still faces uphill battle...Yakima Herald-Republic: 1 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 01:05 AMRep. Bill Hinkle has made health care a top issue since he began serving the 13th District in 2003. But he's had to be content to represent the minority position on most legislation as majority Democrats have pushed their agenda for expanding state control over health insurance.
Health Care, Iraq Top Womenâ?™s Lists ...The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register: 1 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 01:01 AMST. CLAIRSVILLE - Better health care for Americans and an end to the war in Iraq are priorities for local women who turned out Tuesday in support of Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for vice president.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 05:57 PMShares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.82 or 1.1 percent, to $74.82.
Health care giant Johnson & Johnson third quarter profit rises, tops views ...The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 05:35 PMTRENTON, N.J. - Health care giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday posted a 30 per cent jump in third-quarter profit and beat Wall Street expectations, mainly because the year-ago results were weighed down by a US$745 million restructuring charge.
Unequal Health-Care Systems Hurt Poor Worldwide ...Scoop.co.nz: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 05:10 PM14 October 2008 ? People in different countries and even within the same State or city face strikingly different health outcomes because of vast inequalities in both access to health care and the amount they have to pay for that care, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for an overhaul of the way such assistance is provided worldwide.
WHO Report Highlights Disparities In Global Health Care ...Nasdaq: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 03:44 PM(RTTNews) - The World Health Report 2008 released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday highlighted the disparities in the health care systems across the globe and called for the implementation wide ranging reforms to counter the present inequalities in the system.
World Health Report Calls For Return To Primary Health Care Approach ...Medical News Today: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 02:06 PMThe World Health Report 2008, launched today, critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world. The WHO report documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populations, both within and between countries, dangerously out of balance.
Candidates' health care plans at a glance ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 01:12 PMA look at the presidential candidates' health-care proposals: John McCain: $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable.
Baucus appoints health care advisory council ...Billings Gazette: 1 views since Monday, October 13, 2008 at 04:22 PMBILLINGS - . Max Baucus has appointed 29 people to an advisory council to make recommendations for improving the nation's health care system. Baucus is asking the panel to hold meetings and conference calls and submit five recommendations to him for i ...