Huge increase in Sonoma County residents without health insurance One in eight Sonoma County residents lacked health insurance in 2009, a 44 percent increase in two years. Most of those would be eligbe for coverage in 2014 under the federal health care overhaul. Read more on The Santa Rosa Press Democrat House GOP takes on [...]
New health plan available to local small businesses A new health insurance program that aims to reduce employee benefits and workers’ compensation costs is now available to Western Slope small businesses with five or more employees. Read more on Glenwood Springs Post Independent Patrick Health Care Reform 2.0: Make It More Affordable Gov. Patrick says [...]
SF health officials urge use of female condoms The Associated Press The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco health officials are stepping up the fight against spread of sexually transmitted diseases by urging the use of a more comfortable, redesigned female condom. The city is the nation’s first to encourage use of the new FC2 [...]
Health Care Rally for a Public Option in front of Senator Bill Nelson´s Office Image by leoncillo sabino A group of people convoked by the organization Move-on, equal rights and others gather in front of the office of Senator Bill Nelosn to fight for President Obama´s health care plan with a strong public health insurance [...]
by Kevin Labianco Federal Although the House vote to repeal health care reform is symbolic only (given the Democratic Senate and White House), it is a necessary first step leading to committee by committee action over the coming months on discrete provisions of health care. One such item, medical malpractice liability reform, got a hearing last week [...]
by paul:74 Pennsylvania on Monday became the latest state to consider a bill to shield itself from a key portion of the new federal health care law that will require most Americans to buy health insurance or face potential fines starting in 2014. The Republican-sponsored bill passed the House Health Committee on a party line [...]
by Okinawa Soba (On the Road for a While) The employment status of a worker can be a veritable minefield for an employer if the wrong decision is made. Should an employer decide the status of a worker is self employed and treat that worker as self employed rather than deducting tax and national insurance [...]
Elements Of Health Care Legislation Help Farmers Through the years as we have talked to farmers about their health care coverage, we find that they fall into four groups. A large number of farmers have a spouse who works in town and has access to health insurance through an employer-paid group insurance program. When asked, [...]
State Roundup: Setting up health insurance exchanges; Community-based clinics cuts; Autism legislation; End-of-life care The board of the Health Benefit Exchange is going to be small and mighty. … This exchange will concentrate the health insurance buying power of millions of Californians, and will be the central force in implementing national health care reform in [...]
Nelson working on health care alternatives Omaha World-Herald WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on Monday defended a coming mandate that all Americans obtain health insurance, but said she’s aware Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., is working on alternatives. Read more on North Platte Telegraph Dr. Milton Paul: Health care law [...]
