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New health department opens - SunHerald.com
New health department opensSunHerald.com, MS - 1 hour ago… the day after the anniversary of Katrina, and it was gauze rather than a ribbon-cutting that officially opened the East Jackson County Health Department on … CDC Foundation Marks Katrina Anniversary With Celebration of … Yahoo! News (press release)all 5 news articles
Senator says health plan rates too high (Boston Globe)
The state wants to charge low-income residents too much for health insurance coverage, says state Senator Richard T. Moore , a key architect of the healthcare overhaul law.
Lawrence Hospital offers same-sex health coverage, too (Boston Globe)
Lawrence General Hospital noted with interest your article about provisions of employee family health benefits to same-sex couples. (“ Nurse alleges anti gay bias at hospital in Haverhill ,” Globe NorthWest, Aug. 17).
UNINSURED IN MICHIGAN: 11% lack health care coverage in 2005 (Detroit Free Press)
Susan Squire filed for bankruptcy when the phone calls and threats became unbearable as hospitals tried to collect on the $92,000 debt she racked up in medical bills from a 2005 heart attack and triple bypass surgery. The 57-year-old Warren resident didn’t have health insurance and didn’t see any other option.
Clinics struggle to fill in gaps in health care (Detroit Free Press)
Alonzo Lacy has been living with asthma for most of his 15 years. For years, his mother, Malisa, has been taking him to a health clinic a few miles from their Inkster apartment where he sees whichever doctor is available. Every two to three weeks, Alonzo has an asthma attack that sends him to a 24-hour urgent care center or emergency department, where he sees more doctors.
1.3 million more say they have no health insurance, census says (The Plain Dealer)
More Americans joined the ranks of the uninsured in 2005, alarming advocates who see the number of employee-based health insurance plans dropping while government programs buckle under the stress.
Americans Without Health Benefits May Have Set Record in 2005 (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — The number of Americans without health insurance probably rose to a record in 2005 as medical costs increased three times as fast as wages, according to forecasts for a Census Bureau report today.
Health Minister accuses AMA of playing politics over RHH - ABC Online
Health Minister accuses AMA of playing politics over RHHABC Online, Australia - 1 hour agoTasmanian Health Minister Lara Giddings has called on the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to stop playing politics by criticising management at the Royal … Tas Auditor-General, AMA criticise Health Department ABC OnlineDoctors demand specific plan for Royal Hobart ABC Onlineall 6 news articles
Health law task may ease as more get insurance (Boston Globe)
The number of Massachusetts residents without health insurance has plummeted 19 percent over the past two years, according to state survey results released yesterday.
Health execs asked to look into death of body in Guimaras (INQ7.net)
GUIMARAS — The Provincial Health Office is asked to look into the cause of death of a two-year-old boy living near the shore on the Naoway Island in the Sibunag, San Isidro, Guimaras who died Monday morning.