Health Care Policy News

Roy Blunt isn't one for small fights. The seven-term congressman, now a candidate for Senate, is leading Republican efforts in Congress to stave off the far-reaching changes in national health care policy that President Barack Obama and Democrats have in mind.

From the beginning, President Barack Obama and his top advisers have sought to portray health care reform not just as another costly entitlement for the poor, but as part of a larger effort to ease the burden of mounting medical costs for the middle class.

With the nation sharply split over how to fix the ailing health care system, groups of Jewish activists are trying to paint Israel's system as a model for America.

June 29, 2009 812 words Dental benefits utilization holds up despite recession's toll on workers LOUISE KERTESZ The U.S. recession's effect on the usage of dental insurance ranges from slight rises to small declines, with little change in the cost and design of the benefit, experts and benefit managers say.

The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.

No concessions can cost congressional support, but too many concessions can cost public support.

Legislation to create smokefree public places has been named as the most important policy implemented by the Scottish Parliament in the 10 years since devolution, according to a survey of Scottish doctors conducted by BMA Scotland.

Washington, June 26 : Total knee replacement surgery can significantly improve physical functioning and motor skills of older patients with osteoarthritis, according to Duke researchers.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has revised an earlier study detailing severe shortages of dentists in several California counties.

The 2009-2010 class of White House Fellows represents a diverse cross-section of professions including medicine, business, media, education, non-profit and state government, as well as two branches of the US military, the White House announced Thursday.

According to a new study from researchers at Duke University, total knee arthroplasty procedures performed in older patients with osteoarthritis of the knee result in long-term, significant improvement of physical functioning and motor skills when compared to patients who do not receive TKA.

What are medical students taught about health policy? When Daniel Henderson was a first-year medical student at the University of Connecticut, he wanted to take a class on health care policy.

Maybe the health-care debate needs a sex scandal. Based on the prime-time ratings race, the debate over doctor visits on ABC's "Primetime: Prescription for America" made viewers' eyes glaze over, while the eye-popping hypocrisy of South Carolina Gov.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 - 3:00 PDT A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy challenges the notion that fraud is a problem only in public health insurance markets and finds that ...

The emergence of global health initiatives , eg, The Global Fund and PEPFAR, has resulted in a striking expansion of key health interventions in recent years, from which millions have benefited.

In pushing for health care reform, President Barack Obama has said problems with the current health care system are a big cause of our economic troubles.

A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save $1.8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said on Wednesday.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 3:00 PDT "Perhaps the clearest sign yet of the unpredictable nature ofa an ambitious [health care] policy overhaul is the approach that is suddenly starting to emerge on Capitol Hill as an alternative to a public plan - non-profit, consumer run health insurance ...

Daniel Gilden is a health services researcher with 20 years of hard core quant experience.He's the President of JEN Associates which provides highly specialized analysis of Medicare and Medicaid data.

Coal mining costs Appalachians five times more in early deaths than it provides in economic benefits Monday, June 22, 2009 By Bill Becker The Appalachian region has been supplying American with cheap energy for generations, a duty it has performed with a sense of pride and patriotism.