Spitzerâs First Budget Assails Health Care System
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer said the current system props up failing hospitals and too often overlooks patientsâ needs.
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he faults in the American health care system become more glaring with each passing year. Large numbers of Americans have no health insurance at all, and those who do have insurance are faced with soaring premiums
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Long criticized for its health care coverage, the retailer unveiled a plan Tuesday intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and offer workers thousands of cheap prescription drugs.
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Some states are mismanaging their Medicaid programs and have cheated taxpayers out of as much as &#36;40 billion over the past decade, President Bush's new health secretary says, setting the stage for a fierce fight over how to pay for the increasingly costly health program for the poor.
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Public health costs (Medicaid) are undermining development prospects for many state in the USA. In the state of Pennsylvania, 25% of its $51 billion budget will be dedicated to health care for the less well off.
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Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer of New York and the union 1199 United Healthcare Workers East appear to be on a collision course.
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New York state's new budget for fiscal 2009 would rise 5.1 percent to $124 billion under Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan unveiled on Tuesday, though he noted Wall Street's downturn caused "significant" revenue declines.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer challenged leaders of two powerful health care groups over ads that criticize his proposal to cut costs.
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As the first president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Mr. Hogness molded it to be an independent critic of the nationâs health care system.
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One of the first foundation NHS trusts is facing intervention after recording a budget deficit.
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House leaders unveiled an ambitious plan yesterday to extend health coverage to at least 250,000 of Maryland's uninsured, but it quickly touched off a fight over whether the state can afford so much new spending with a budget shortfall looming.
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WASHINGTON - The cost of treating heart and lung disease and mental disorders led the upward push in US health care spending, according to a study examining cost jumps by medical condition.
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The Health Ministry budget for treating psychiatric patients is short NIS 180 million, according to new research by the nonprofit Taub Center for Social Policy in Jerusalem.
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Reforming the tottering U.S. health care system should start at the very beginning of the process -- in medical school, the top public health official said on Saturday.
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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ALBANY, NY -- The multi-billion-dollar health care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned Thursday.