View from Beacon Hill: Support grows for health reform
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Talking about health care has become an annual ritual as lawmakers plan for the next legislative session. But this year, health care advocates and professionals think the rhetoric may actually lead to action.
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Employers' health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The national hand-wringing over rapidly rising health-care costs generally ignores one point that at least some people find hard to miss: Many patients are getting much better results for their money than they did in the past.
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A small but growing number of lawmakers look for a Plan B that can win broader support.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- Democratic Senate candidate Erskine Bowles hit the road Tuesday to tout his health care reform proposal. The Charlotte investment banker returned to his home town and called health care a
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday signaled a willingness to work with President George W. Bush on an effort to improve the U.S. health care system, saying it was crucial to rein in costs and expand coverage to the uninsured.
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Employers&#39; health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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It is a relief that bipartisanship worked during the special session in solving the stateâs health insurance problem. Both the House and Senate passed the revision of the plan and Gov.
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The success of the decade-old Children's Health Insurance Program is exposing Washington's familiar ideological divisions over health care as Congress begins to work on renewing the state-federal program.
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For a monthly fee as low as $50, working-poor residents of Howard County would get access to health services ranging from immunizations and checkups to mental health and hospital care under a plan that county officials say could provide a template for jurisdictions across the nation.
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As universal health plans gain traction Ã¢ÂÂ through plans offered by Democratic presidential candidates and state-led initiatives Ã¢ÂÂ a panel on Friday examined the correlation between health care access and the quality of health care provided through universal coverage.
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Supporters of Tennessee&#39;s plan to cut spending on its expanded Medicaid program believe it could be a model for other states fighting rising health-care costs.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans living in poverty and without health insurance is growing, according to new Census Bureau figures.
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Newt Gingrich is probably the most visible spokesman for a set of ideas about health care that is gaining support in the Bush administration and in business.
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While health experts and the population at large tried to evaluate the full meaning of a referendum question about the privatization of health facilities, that process itself took a step forward last week.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.