Actually, Wellmark Rate Hike Review Paid Off The Des Moines Register
State lawmakers who questioned Wellmark and the state insurance commissioner realized the actuarial insider baseball is virtually impossible for average people to understand. More transparency is needed (4/14).
Gov. Chris Christie Must Privatize Health Benefits The (N.J.) Star-Ledger
Millions more could be saved over time by changing [...]
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Today’s Opinions And Editorials: The Benefit Of Reviewing Insurance Increases; Privatizing State Employee Health Funds; A Doctor’s Compassion
Posted by admin on Nisan 16th, 2010
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No Comments »North Carolina Lawmakers Consider Medical Tax; Georgia Insurance Commission Says State Should Reject High-Insurance Pools
Posted by admin on Nisan 15th, 2010
The Associated Press/Bloomberg BusinessWeek: The North Carolina legislature “socked it to retail customers, smokers, drinkers and big earners with higher taxes last year to help close a budget gap calculated by Democrats at more than $4 billion. Could hospitals or doctors’ offices be next? Legislative leaders are returning to Raleigh [...]
Top State Health Officials Confused Over National Reform’s Effects On States
Posted by admin on Nisan 12th, 2010
Stateline.org reports on confusion over health care reform at a quarterly meeting with top state health officials in Washington, D.C.: “The session exemplifies the overwhelming sense of confusion among state lawmakers and health care officials around the country as they scramble to figure out what exactly health care reform means [...]
New York Attorney General: Some College Health Plans Violate State Regulations
Posted by admin on Nisan 12th, 2010
The New York Times: An investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office into health insurance plans offered to college students found that most plans “pay out far less in benefits than they collect in premiums,” sometimes in violation of state regulations. “Many plans also do not cover common situations [...]
Statement From American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown On The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Report “State Cigarette Excise Taxes, 2009
Posted by admin on Nisan 10th, 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report confirms that our work to increase the price of tobacco is making a difference in breaking a deadly cycle but it’s too soon to call it quits. Studies have shown that one of the most effective tools to keeping cigarettes out of [...]
Cardinal Health Foundation, The Ohio State University College Of Pharmacy Launch Online Toolkit To Empower Pharmacists, Community To Fight Rx Abuse
Posted by admin on Nisan 10th, 2010
Today, prescription medication abuse is a significant societal health issue, with more Americans abusing prescription drugs than cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants combined1 and one in five teens abusing a prescription medication at least once in their lifetime2.
A new online toolkit, developed by The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy with [...]
Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund Awards Health Research Program Grants
Posted by admin on Nisan 9th, 2010
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has announced nearly $15 million in program grant awards to support collaborative research initiatives spearheaded by three Washington state life sciences organizations.
The programs will utilize diverse approaches to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other major diseases.
One program, led by Stephen Friend of Sage [...]
Blogs Comment On State Abortion-Coverage Bills, ‘Personhood’ Measures, Other Topics
he following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries.
~ “Abortion, Health Insurance and the States,” Nick Baumann, Mother Jones‘ “Mojo”: There has “been a bit of confusion over what, exactly, health care reform has allowed states to do in terms of regulating health insurance coverage,” assistant editor Baumann writes. He notes that [...]