Health Care For America Now

NEWS

Senate Approves Children's Health Bill – NYTimes

The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to provide health insurance to more than four million uninsured children, as a newly empowered Democratic majority brushed aside Republican objections.

Obama's Stimulus Targets Health and Education – Business Week

By directing more money to such "intangibles" than to manufacturing and construction, the plan rightly feeds the sectors that are growing

House Approves $819B Economic Stimulus Plan – Kaiser News Network

The House on Wednesday voted 244-188, with no Republican support, to pass a two-year, $819 billion economic stimulus package that includes funds for health care, the Washington Post reports (Kane, Washington Post, 1/29). The stimulus package includes $153.2 billion in new funds for health care (USA Today graphic, 1/29).

OPINION

Moving forward on SCHIP – The Health Care Blog

The Senate passed its version of legislation to renew the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Thursday, bringing the bill very close to its long overdue White House signing ceremony. The new bill is expected to cover an additional 4.1 million uninsured children by 2013.

Freenomics and Healthcare IT – The Health Care Blog

Electronic medical record (EMR) adoption has remained frustratingly low, despite numerous studies showing improvement in health care delivery resulting from EMR use, measured in many different ways (quality, consistency, cost, etc).