Conn. reps seek near-universal health coverage
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HARTFORD, Connecticut  - Four Connecticut state lawmakers proposed on Tuesday a $900 million program to bring health-care to the state's poor and uninsured, weighing in on a growing national debate over health-care reform.
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Congress probably will take its time in considering President Bush's plan for expanding health insurance coverage. Lawmakers, however, are moving more quickly to renew a program that now provides coverage to 6 million people, mostly children.
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By Peter B. Lord  State legislators, concerned about decreasing insurance coverage and rising premiums for houses along Rhode Island's coastline, have scheduled a meeting for 4 p.m.
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At some point in life every American enters through the doors of a hospital. Health care is a connection that can&#39;t be avoided which makes it a crucial issue in the presidential campaign.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a sweeping universal health care plan Monday that includes an individual mandate requiring each American to have health insurance. Individuals could keep their current coverage or pick from the same menu of private coverage options available to members of Congress, and the plan would provide refundable tax credits to help individuals pay their premiums.
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People who must pay for insurance may now be a majority of the stateâs uninsured, and not all are rushing to get coverage.
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Though candidates suggest adapting the health care program that covers Congress and offering it to millions of unisured Americans, such a plan would unlikely cut costs.
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If the Republican-controlled Congress enacted President Bushâs entire health care agenda, as many as 10 million people who lack health insurance would be covered at a cost of $102 billion
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MIAMI Â· Community activists gearing up to enroll thousands of children in the state&#39;s health insurance program said Friday they have yet to receive the materials and information necessary to do the job.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction &#151; the state is expanding its role and, with reliance on the private sector, aiming to provide affordable health insurance for all 138,000 residents now without it.
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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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Both President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry say they have the ideal health plan to improve the quality of the American health care system and make it more affordable.
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As other states line up to invest billions of dollars in stem cell research, state lawmakers vowed Tuesday to act quickly on legislation that would enable Connecticut to join them.
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BOSTON -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney says other states can replicate Massachusetts' program of universal health care if the federal government creates an environment in which private health insurance can expand.
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I believe every American citizen has a basic right to health- care benefits. Outrageous bills stemming from unplanned injuries have left families homeless. More preventative health care would prevent diseases and unnecessary rehabilitations. This would result in more capable, productive taxpayers.
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The senatorâs plan aims to cover uninsured Americans and to reduce premium costs for everyone else.
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Sexual health care should be funded nationally to ensure people do not miss out, campaigners say.