Posted by Johnny | on February 24, 2009
in category: Health Care, News
A new report has shown that health spending in the U.S. this year will be $2.5 trillion, taking up a whopping 17.6% of the American economy.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are forecasting the amount of money for health spending and care to jump a full percentage point from last year’s spending. Although [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on February 3, 2009
in category: Health Care, Health Tips
Every day employers are letting people go and that means no money coming into thousands of households as well as scrimping on health care.
If you find yourself without health insurance, here are some good tips to take care of yourself and your family’s health.
If your spouse is on a separate health insurance plan, act quickly in [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 30, 2009
in category: Health Care, News
The battle over prison medical facilities continues as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks to eliminate $8 billion that was planned for medical facilities in prisons.
Gov. Schwarzenegger claims that the prison medical plan is illegal and too expensive to continue in a state that is already suffering more than its due in the current economic times.
Schwarzenegger [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 13, 2009
in category: Children's Health, Health Care, News
Congress stands at the ready to approve President Elect Barack Obama’s bill to give millions of low-income children access to health insurance.
Maryland Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the House Democratic leader revealed that this bill, scheduled for a House vote later this week, is very similar to legislation that has twice been vetoed by President Bush.
The [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on December 4, 2008
in category: Health Care
According to survey of state-by-state research on the nation’s health, Florida is slipping into a poor state of health.
With a high rate of infectious diseases as well as a higher number of uninsured residents, Florida has dropped to the bottom of the list of 50 states where the nation’s health is concerned.
Only five states are [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on November 18, 2008
in category: Health Care
Battling brain cancer has not stopped the formidable Senator Ted Kennedy from his focus on health care reform.
Monday the Massachusetts democrat made his first appearance on Capitol Hill since he showed up in July to support a Medicare bill.
While the Senator did not stay long, he did say that he is proceeding with his plan [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on November 4, 2008
in category: Health Care
Today the nation will decide who will be in charge of leading out country’s present and future. A lot hangs in the balance of this decision, as health care is the number one concern for many Americans.
Presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama certainly differ in their approach to health care, as we have [...]
Posted by Paul Short | on October 9, 2008
in category: Health Care
I would be hard pressed to think of two such starkly differing approaches to reforming health care than that of presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain.
Since the latest presidential debate Tuesday at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, I have been thinking about how different McCain and Obama’s approaches to health care truly are. [...]
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