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White House Health Care Summit Part II
Congressional Democrats and Republicans gathered at Blair House for
a discussion on health care legislation with President Obama. He
first announced the idea for this event during a Super Bowl Sunday
interview with CBS news Anchor Katie Couric. Since then, the
President has released a health care plan drawing largely from two
bills passed by [...]
Why the AMA Wants to Muzzle Your Doctor
The American Medical Association (AMA) trying to silence doctors
who oppose Obama’s health care package. After a
Florida urologist placed a sign in his door indicating that
patients who voted for President Obama should seek care elsewhere,
the AMA issued the following statement: "[P]hysicians might reflect
on how to properly balance their obligations as members of the
medical profession with their rights as individual citizens who
will be affected by reform. In particular, physicians may wonder
whether it is appropriate to express political views to patients or
their families." Many doctors believe that this as an attempt to
keep them from sharing their thoughts about health care reform with
their patients. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Hal Scherz
says: “... the AMA ... wants to...
Medicaid news: Early expansion unlikely in Ohio, Florida disputes managed care
"A tight state budget will make an expansion of health care
coverage for the poor and disabled unlikely in Ohio this year, an
option given to states under President Barack Obama's health care
overhaul, the state's Medicaid chief said Thursday. ... it's
unclear how many will use Medicaid to fill coverage gaps before
2014, when most of the health care provisions take effect. So far,
only Connecticut and the District of Columbia submitted such
proposals to the federal government."
Trends In Health Care Spending For Immigrants In The United States [Web First]
The suspected burden that undocumented immigrants may place on the
U.S. health care system has been a flashpoint in health care and
immigration reform debates. An examination of health care spending
during 1999–2006 for adult naturalized citizens and immigrant
noncitizens (which includes some undocumented immigrants) finds
that the cost of providing health care to immigrants is lower than
that of providing care to U.S. natives and that immigrants are not
contributing disproportionately to high health care costs in public
programs such as Medicaid. However, noncitizen immigrants were
found to be more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care
visit classified as uncompensated care.
Health Care Protesters Shouting Down Debate
Health Care Protesters Shouting Down Debate
It’s getting ugly out there for Democrats. As
President Obama attempts to keep his campaign pledge of reforming
health care, well-heeled GOP operatives and big insurance are
pouring millions of dollars into a plan to stop reform dead in its
tracks. Read more on Fairfield County Weekly
