Md. Takes Initial Step to Shrink Ranks Of Uninsured
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The bill that Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) signed into law this week to extend health coverage to an estimated 140,000 people puts Maryland among a growing group of states attempting to chip away at their soaring numbers of uninsured.
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An initiative, known as Healthy San Francisco, is the first effort by a locality to guarantee care to all of its uninsured.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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The insurance industry planned to propose a series of steps the companies say would let more individuals obtain coverage.
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Hospitals, doctors, and health centers last year provided $1.1 billion of medical care to Massachusetts residents without health insurance, according to a report that's part of a new push to cover the state's uninsured workers.
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Massachusetts began signing up it poorest residents for virtually free health insurance Monday under the state's landmark health care law, even as administration officials urged lawmakers to close a "loophole" they say could let thousands of children go insured.
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WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.    It was the third straight annual increase for both categories...
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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The nation's largest doctors' group on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar media campaign to promote its proposals for helping uninsured Americans get health insurance.
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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Low-income Michigan residents who don&#39;t have prescription-drug coverage can apply for a statewide discount program launched Tuesday.
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A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine proposed an expansion Wednesday of Virginia's effort to subsidize health care for the uninsured, targeting some women and small-business employees.
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Howard County officials are expected to propose a health network next month that would provide comprehensive services to all uninsured adults in the county. The plan places Howard at the forefront of local governments seeking to offer affordable health care to all its residents, local officials say.
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The state has an unusually high number of people with no health insurance, doctors are hard to come by and safety nets are eroding.
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When the doors of a health center in Loudoun County opened for the first time yesterday, offering many uninsured residents their first medical home, it was in part because of a small, now-defunct hospital in Alexandria and a complex court case dating back a dozen years.
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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.