N.J. Wants Rules for Health Plan Blocked
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New Jersey officials asked a federal judge yesterday to block new Bush administration rules that would make it harder for states to enroll middle-income kids in a popular government-subsidized health insurance program for children.
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THE REGION Legislation has been filed to block a Romney administration plan for assigning high-risk drivers to auto insurers as an industry executive warned the initiative was illegal and could undermine group discounts. The bill filed by Senator Joan M. Menard, a Somerset Democrat, would bar implementation of the plan without legislative approval. At a hearing, John F. Donohue, chairman ...
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FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Health Department is trying to clear the air about the province&#39;s new smoking ban as the countdown begins to for public places to go smoke free.
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against the possibility of a national class action Vioxx lawsuit.
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California state officials filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to block a new U.S. rule that limits federal funds to states that provide access to abortions.
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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday  threatened to sue the federal government on charges that new  regulations on children&#39;s health insurance violate an existing  program that covers children from lower-income families.
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TRENTON - Medical professionals in New Jersey who give patients a flu shot even if they are not in a high-risk group could face a $500 fine.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 11 -- Mayor Richard M. Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers higher wages after some of the nation's largest store operators warned that the measure would keep them from operating a business within the city limits.
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SAINT-QUENTIN, NB -- New Brunswick&#39;s health minister says he won&#39;t respond to demonstrators blocking a highway in the province until they end their protest.
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In a major setback for public health  groups, congressional tax negotiators on Tuesday blocked a plan  to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco,  but a $10 billion package for tobacco farmers was set to be  approved.
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Two New Jersey senators said Thursday they would block President Bush's choice to head the Federal Aviation Administration, saying they are unhappy with the government's handling of widespread flight delays that often begin in their East Coast airspace.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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Gov. George Pataki's advisers are arguing over whether he should embrace efforts to limit the federal Medicaid program, which could help alter New York's costly program.
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New Jerseyâs budget shortfall for retiree health care appears to be the biggest obligation among states that complied with a new accounting rule.
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Department of Veterans Affairs doctors are furious over a recent decision by the Pentagon to block their access to medical information needed to treat severely injured troops arriving at VA hospitals from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Politicians are pushing an idea to fight high health costs by shielding employers from the most expensive medical cases.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government must implement its planned health-care reforms, even if that means &quot;taking action&quot; with doctors who have already rejected a contract offer from the province, the former chairman of a royal commission on health said