Health Insurance
Treatment Of Patients With Heart Blockage Guided By New Appropriate Use Criteria
If you’re committed to fitness, the decision to climb a couple of flights of stairs rather than take the elevator is clear. But if you develop chest pain on the way up, deciding how to treat the symptoms of clogged arteries in your heart is much more complicated.
Early Childhood Monitoring Imperative, Canada
Universal, affordable access to early childhood programs is essential to help young children develop their potential. Equally important are measurement systems to help determine what supports are needed for children. The components of a high quality measurement system exist in Canada but need to be coordinated and applied consistently across the […]
California Law Requiring Private Health Plans To Cover Interpretation Services Takes Effect
A law requiring California health, dental and specialty insurers to provide members with interpreters took effect Jan. 1, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address Issues Related To Overhauling U.S. Health Care System
Summaries of several recent editorials and opinion pieces that address issues related to health care reform appear below. Editorials
Enrollment Increases By 73% In Massachusetts Premium-Assistance Program For Laid-Off Workers
Enrollment in a Massachusetts program designed to help unemployed state residents pay health insurance premiums has increased by 73% in the past year, the Boston Globe reports. The state
Bailout Agreement For Big Three Automakers Could Put VEBA Funding At Risk
The $17.4 billion automaker bailout agreement reached in December 2008, if upheld by the incoming Obama administration, could put health benefits for retired autoworkers at high risk, according to labor experts, the Detroit Free Press reports. Under the agreement, General Motors and
Drafting Economic Stimulus Bill Could Take Six More Weeks, Democrats Say
Congressional leaders had hoped to have an economic stimulus package that includes funds for health care programs for President-elect Barack Obama to sign after he takes office on Jan. 20, but that “looks increasingly doubtful as the legislation grows in complexity and size,” the Washington Post reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.
San Francisco Challenges Calif. Law Allowing Women To Be Charged More For Health Coverage
The city of San Francisco is challenging a California state law allowing “gender rating,” a practice that permits insurance companies to charge women higher rates than men for policies in the individual health insurance market, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
HHS Secretary-Nominee Daschle Attends Community Meetings To Discuss Health Reform With U.S. Residents
President-elect Barack Obama’s HHS secretary nominee, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), attended a community meeting in Dublin, Ind., on Dec. 29, 2008, where he spoke with residents about their health care concerns, the New York Times reports (Driehaus, New York Times, 12/30/08).
Obama Considers Major Expansion in Aid to Jobless
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are considering major expansions of government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment compensation as they begin intensive work this week on a two-year economic recovery package.
One proposal, as described by Democratic advisers, would extend unemployment compensation to …