Good steps to affordable health care
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
This leaves some workers with the daunting choice of buying insurance on their own -- or go without. This is frightening, considering that half of Americans who file for bankruptcy do so at least partly because of medical costs, according to a study by Harvard University. Further, according to the Institute of Medicine, lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths each year in the United States.
2006-03-23
HIT THE STREETS FOR PEACE
Creative Loafing Atlanta, GA -
All who are concerned about the Bush administration's tactics in the relentless push toward war in Iraq, the unabated bloodshed and the nearly inexorable slide toward civil war and chaos there, and the blatant disregard for constitutional rights in the United States are encouraged to join the Southern Regional March for Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home on April 1. Contingents of marchers are coming from all over Georgia and beyond: Asheville, Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville and Orlando. Speakers include U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan; Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia; the Rev. Timothy McDonald, pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church; Mike Malloy of Air America; and Patricia Roberts of Lithonia, mother of Jamaal Addison, the first Georgian killed in Iraq. Organizational sponsors include Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, SCLC, Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta and Iraq Veterans Against the War. Join these patriotic Americans as they march from the King Center to a rally at Piedmont Park.
2006-03-20
Senate approves health insurance plan for small businesses
Pizza Marketplace.com -
On March 15, the HELP Committee passed S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005, by a vote of 11-9. According to a National Restaurant Association meeting, this legislation would allow small businesses to create fully insured Small-Business Health Plans (SBHPs) that would lower health-care costs and increase access by providing increased competition and choices for employers looking for affordable health coverage.
2006-03-19
OP-ED; Let's Expand MassHealth
International News Service, Australia -
2006-03-18
Hunger Coalition Plans Free Medical Clinic
Boone Mountain Times, USA -
Those eligible for the clinic’s services under that income structure would include a single person making $19,140 or less per year, a family of two making $25,660 or less per year, a family of three making $32,180 or less per year and a family of four making $38,700 or less per year. Larger families would have to make less than an additional $6,520 per year for each additional member to qualify for the clinic.
2006-03-17
UnitedHealthcare Forms Partnership to Offer Affordable, Quality
Finanzen.net, Germany -
"UnitedHealthcare is pleased to collaborate with North CarolinaMutual and AV International to offer African American Employee BenefitSolutions (AAEBS), an affordable health-enhancing benefits programdesigned specifically for historically black academic institutions,"said Reed Tuckson, M.D., senior vice president, Consumer Health andMedical Care Advancement at UnitedHealth Group and former president ofa minority academic health university. "We are especially excited bythis opportunity to combine our expertise in wellness and carefacilitation services with the special knowledge and experience ofAfrican American academic medical centers. Together we can make a realdifference in helping people make better health decisions and gettingthe care they need."
2006-03-16
Good steps to affordable health care
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
This leaves some workers with the daunting choice of buying insurance on their own -- or go without. This is frightening, considering that half of Americans who file for bankruptcy do so at least partly because of medical costs, according to a study by Harvard University. Further, according to the Institute of Medicine, lack of health insurance causes roughly 18,000 unnecessary deaths each year in the United States.
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