Daily Health Care News - 8/28/08
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Jason Rosenbaum in News Clips
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NEWS
Texas Still Leads The Nation In Rate Of Uninsured Residents - Dallas Morning News
Texas once again led the nation with the highest percentage of residents without health insurance, a U.S. Census Bureau report showed Tuesday, although the same study also reports a slight dip last year in the percentage without coverage across the nation.
Independent WHO study backs universal health care - Reuters
Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organisation commission which on Thursday called for all countries to offer universal health care.
US Has Highest Infant Death Rate of Rich Nations - PIC Current
It’s hard to imagine infant mortality being a serious issue in the United States. For a nation renowned for its advances in health care and medicine, it would seem like an issue of infant death would’ve been resolved through hospital technology and medical care.
Sign in and pay now: Insured patients finding they must put down higher fees upfront for care - South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Patients who need medical procedures are accustomed to following a familiar pattern: Talk to a doctor, schedule it at a hospital, have the procedure done and then get a bill in the mail a month later for your share of the cost.
Some early retirees have second thoughts - USA Today
When Vic Paganucci of Norwalk, Conn., was given a chance to take early retirement last spring, he jumped at it. He was weary of his two-hour commute to Wall Street and no longer enjoyed his job as an insurance broker.
OPINION
Is John Goodman joking or just mean? - The Health Care Blog
The uninsured numbers went down a touch because in 2007 Medicaid expanded. In 2008 they’ll go up as unemployment increases and S-CHIP coverage is cut. Really this doesn’t change too much.
Census Data: The Importance Of Public Heath Care Programs - Think Progress
healthcaresymbol2.jpgThe decrease in the number of uninsured — from 47 million to 45.7 million — underscores the importance of public health care programs.
WHO speaks out on the social determinants of health: universal health access and beyond - Health Populii
The lower one's socioeconomic position, the worse the person's health.
This is the sobering finding in a landmark report published but the World Health Organization (WHO), Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health.
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