Health Care Policy News

Washington's HIV/AIDS infection rate is triple the national average and as high as in some West African nations.

The Latino population is the nation's largest minority group at an estimated 47 million in 2008 and is predicted to make up 30% of the US population by 2050.

It's light on cost savings and weak on the public option. It risks setting abortion policy that could turn into a poison pill for reform.

Without health-care reform, Colorado businesses will face ever-higher costs over the next 10 years, a new study says.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement praising provisions in the Affordable Health Care for America Act that will improve access to Medicaid and reduce Medicare Part D costs for people living with HIV/AIDS. H.R. 3962 passed the House on Saturday by a vote of 220 to 215: "Effective drug treatments have improved both health and ...

"After almost a decade of progress in rolling out AIDS treatment we have seen substantial improvements, both for patients and public health.

The N.A.A.C.P. and more than 50 other civil rights groups plan to unveil a "war room'' in Washington on Thursday to push for the so-called public option, or government-run health plan.

U.S. drugmakers, medical-device companies and insurers are gearing up for another chance to make changes to House-passed legislation overhauling the health-care system when the issue moves to the Senate.

The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory.

Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.

Two local lawmakers say they'll be in the "no" column if House Democrats call for a vote today on a $1 trillion health-care measure that would cover 36 million uninsured people and create a government health plan.

The ATS has issued an official statement that outlines the Society's position on research, training, education, patient care and advocacy.

Democratic leader Steny Hoyer predicted the House will narrowly pass a sweeping overhaul of U.S. health-care policy as the party sought to resolve concerns about abortion and medical care for illegal immigrants.

Nov. 4 - While hundreds of opponents to healthcare reform rallied outside the U.S. Capitol, President Obama touted endorsements from the AMA and the AARP for the House bill.

House Democratic leaders, undeterred by delays in the Senate or this weeka s Republican electoral triumphs, plan to call a vote Saturday on the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. health-care policy in four decades.

Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients' care, according to findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey ...

JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington After months of criticizing Democratic proposals to revamp the healthcare system from the sidelines, Republicans are moving aggressively to present an alternative approach and undercut critics' portrayal of the GOP as the "Party of No." Defining a stark contrast with the Democrats' comprehensive effort to ...

Undeterred by Republican election triumphs in Virginia and New Jersey, Democratic leaders put the U.S. House on a path to vote as early as this weekend on the most sweeping overhaul of health-care policy in four decades.

A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think the program has realized its potential to achieve other important goals, like using its leverage as the country's largest ...

Salt Lake City - The Fourth Street Clinic, a community health clinic, is operating at capacity, having to turn away between fifteen and twenty patients a day.