At least 5 states will be short of doctors by 2020, group says
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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Rural areas are missing out on healthcare, according to a report by the British Medical Association.
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Massachusetts ranks last in the nation for bioterrorism preparedness, according to a report issued yesterday by a Washington-based health group, but state leaders
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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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Medicare patients will likely have a  harder time seeing a doctor if proposed cuts to the program are  implemented, according to a survey of doctors released by the  American Medical Association on Monday.
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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With the government's blessing, more than a dozen states secured health insurance coverage for adults under a program designed to help poor children. Now, there is not enough money to cover the kids.
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Move over, Florida: This year, one-fifth of the states may be up for grabs.
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Report on D.C. health issues shows one in five residents has no regular source of health care.
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A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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Rural America is having a hard time finding doctors and since 9/11 it's been more difficult to import foreign physicians to fill the gap.
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Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.
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Though the governors of California, Illinois and Pennsylvania proposed sweeping plans to restructure health care this year, none will finish 2007 with bills passed and signed.
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Fourteen U.S. states need $745 million  of federal aid for children's health insurance by October or  they might have to stop coverage, starting with families who  are the least impoverished, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said  Wednesday.
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A new campaign group claims that many highly-qualified doctors have been overlooked by the new recruitment system.
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Growing number of U.S. families beset by medical problems are exceeding lifetime benefits caps.