Panel recommends health care guarantee
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So what do Americans want when it comes to health care? Two things, according to a citizens group created by Congress: protection for all from high medical expenses and guaranteed coverage for specific checkups and treatments.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Medicaid patients are less likely than patients with HMOs or private health insurance to receive recommended cardiac care, say researchers who analyzed data on more than 96,000 patients at 521 hospitals across the country.
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The federal government is now telling patients whether their local hospitals are doing what they should to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The head of a Senate committee developing legislation to deal with rising medical malpractice premiums said the panel should finalize its proposal at its next meeting in two weeks, and doesn
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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high quality primary and preventive care, according to a government report issued on Thursday.
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California may be losing its chance to set the U.S. agenda for providing health care to millions of uninsured as lawmakers on Friday said a bill supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to do just that is on its deathbed.
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President Bush said Wednesday that the bipartisan panel he named to investigate problems at the nation's military and veterans hospitals would work to restore confidence in the system of caring for wounded U.S. troops and helping them move back into military or civilian life.
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Care offered to people with long term conditions such as asthma and diabetes to be overhauled.
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A U.S. health insurance giant on Wednesday presented a proposal to reduce the number of Americans without medical coverage and said it was intended as a blueprint for U.S. policymakers.
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A federal advisory panel recommended sweeping changes to Medicaid to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest recipients.
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The board overseeing healthcare reform yesterday gave its approval to seven health insurance plans that will offer relatively inexpensive coverage to residents who don't have health insurance through their employers or other sources.
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A U.S. group advising Medicare on  the new government prescription drug benefit said on Monday it  had submitted a final recommendation to the agency that could  help determine which medicines will be covered for the elderly.
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An influential panel has voted to recommend a cut in Medicare payments to hospitals and a freeze in payments to nursing homes and home care agencies in 2006.
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As of July 1, Massachusetts residents are required to buy health insurance, and many businesses must offer health insurance or pay a penalty. Globe reporter Jeffrey Krasner recently spoke with Jon Kingsdale , executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, about the implementation of healthcare reform and how businesses are responding to the challenge.
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A "care guarantee" for the elderly is expected to figure in the Lib Dems' vision for the National Health Service.
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Quality not quantity should be the federal government's guide in setting payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers, a report requested by Congress said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers have developed a checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.