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Some states already poised to opt out of government-run public ...

2010-09-06
Some states already poised to opt out of government-run public health plan. At least 11 states intend to forge ahead in the coming months with bills and ballot questions designed to block some of the healthcare reforms Democrats are ...

How can a government run health insurance entity “compete” with ...

2010-09-04
It boggles my mind that the proponents of a government run health insurance entity would actual state that this entity would bring competition to the insurance.

Editorial: California, here comes Obamacare | health, government ...

2010-08-27
Opinion: Editorial: California, here comes Obamacare | health, government, market, care, exchange, coverage, obamacare, insurance, individuals, one.

Rx for health: Not just money or dole-outs but real reforms ...

2010-09-06
The support would include funds for the availability of contraceptives in government health centers. Ona also said that the government would support sex education, which had been strongly opposed by the local Roman Catholic Church ...

Wonk Room » 7 Of 22 States Suing Government Over Health Reform ...

2010-08-31
Earlier this month, 19 of the 22 states that are suing the federal government over the constitutionality of health reform applied for the rate review grants under the law, continuing the pattern of implementing the measure while also ...

Why Organized Labor Supports Government Health Care | The Heritage ...

2009-09-04
Unions strongly support health care reform and have made supportinga "public plan" that would lead to a government-run single-payersystem their top priority.

President Obama's Health Care Reform 2009: US Government Debates ...

2009-07-30
President Obama has drawn up a plan for major changes in the US health care system. The debate rages on in Washington. Is the dissension due to flaws or politics?

Health Care Reform Hypocrisy: States Suing Government Willing To ...

2010-08-31
WASHINGTON — More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law are also claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the ...

Health Minister says government will not fund MS therapy trial ...

2010-09-01
Report by expert panel unanimously rejected therapy proposed by Italian doctor.

Confirmed – ConDem government is bad for your health

2010-08-31
Labour's claims that Tory Government is bad for your health have already been verified in the early days of the Con/Lib Government. The news that Surrey Heath has the highest level of road accidents for children in Surrey comes with the ...

Government seeks to assess aid effectiveness

2010-09-06
THE GOVERNMENT has commissioned a study on the impact of aid on health services and rural development, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said in a statement yesterday.

Government health website 'out of date'

2010-09-03
The New South Wales Government has been accused of hiding disappointing health figures on its new Your Health Service website.

Call for health and safety 'tsar'

2010-09-06
Union leaders have pressed the Government to appoint a health and safety "tsar" after a new study showed that more than 20,000 people were killed prematurely by their work every year. Related Stories Officer 'will be hugely missed' Lib Dem voters switch to Labour Warning over poverty 'blind eye' Women 'would spend £50,000' on IVF Russell Brand 'becoming spiritual'

District health board elections questioned

2010-09-06
Waning interest in district health board elections may reflect a growing awareness DHB members are servants of the Government rather than the people, says University of Otago health policy specialist Associate Prof Robin Gauld. read more

Health trust under pressure is forced to raid £10m crisis fund

2010-09-06
HEALTH chiefs have been forced to plough £10m of contingency funding into budgets after hospital admissions in Sheffield rocketed. (06/09/2010 18:02:59)

Rx for health: Not just money or dole-outs but real reforms

2010-09-06
IN HIS message that accompanies the proposed government budget for next year, President Benigno C. Aquino III notes that the allocation for health is 13.6 percent higher than 2010’s P29.3 billion (According to the 2010 General Appropriations Act though, only P28.7 billion was allocated to the Health Department). Yet if one were to compare health’s share of the budget for this year and what the ...

Qld Health rejects funding falls short in Mackay

2010-09-06
Queensland Health (QH) says there is no funding shortfall for public hospitals in the Mackay region in north Queensland.

Government Steps In on Afghan Bank

2010-09-05
The Afghan government assumed a more active role in some operations of the troubled Kabul Bank, as perturbed crowds and security forces surrounded the main branch of the bank.

Health office: Insurance 'a must' to all Filipinos

2010-09-06
THE Department of Health (DOH) under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III is putting a premium on health insurance as a basic right of all Filipinos. read more

Private Health Insurers to Pay Less for Medicines, FT Deutschland Reports

2010-09-06
Private health insurers in Germany may have to pay less for new drugs in the future, crimping drugmakers’ profit margins, the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper reported, citing an accord by lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s ruling coalition.