Archive for November, 2008
HHS Secretary Appoints Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo to the Advisory Committee on Minority Health
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Latinos for National Health Insurance
Working Together for Equality in Healthcare
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Friday, November 21, 2008
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today the appointment of Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH to serve on Advisory Committee on Minority Health. The committee, consisting of twelve members who serve for four years, will advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
New Medicaid Rules Allow States to Set Premiums and Higher Co-Payments
Thursday, November 27th, 2008November 27, 2008
New York Times
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — A new federal rule gives states sweeping authority to charge premiums and higher co-payments for doctors’ services, hospital care and prescription drugs provided to low-income people under Medicaid.
The rule, published Tuesday in the Federal Register, is expected to save money for the federal government and the states. […]
America’s Looming Health Care Disaster
Thursday, November 27th, 2008By Dan Childs
ABC News
November 24, 2008
Rising Unemployment Threatens Health Care of Even Those Who Keep Their Jobs
Last year at this time, health coverage may well have been among the last things on Terri Rushing’s mind.
Her husband, David, was 55 years old and working for Champion Homes in McKenzie, Tenn. It was a job he had held for […]
Want to Shut Conservatives Out of Power for Good? Implement Universal Health Care
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008By Sara Robinson, Campaign for America’s Future
Posted on October 31, 2008, Printed on November 1, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/105448/
We’ve worked hard to build a progressive political juggernaut that will, God willing and the creek don’t rise, put us in control of both Congress and the Executive Branch starting just a week from now.
But it’s one thing to get […]
The World Health Report 2008
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008World Health Organization
October 14, 2008
Primary Health Care - Now More Than Ever
The World Health Report 2008 critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world. The WHO report documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populations, […]
The Bush Legacy on Access to Care for Latinos: Our Grade F+
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008By Olveen Carrasquillo MD
Jaime R. Torres, DPM, MS
During the last eight years Latinos have experienced a dramatic decline in access to care. From 1999 to 2006 the number of uninsured Latinos increased from 11 to 15 million. Federal reports show that on other measures of access such as not having a regular doctor and […]
McCain’s Radical Agenda
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008The New York Times
September 16, 2008
By Bob Herbert
Talk about a shock to the system. Has anyone bothered to notice the radical changes that John McCain and Sarah Palin are planning for the nation’s health insurance system?
These are changes that will set in motion nothing less than the dismantling of the employer-based coverage that protects most […]
How McCain and Obama’s Health Plans Would Affect Real People
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008By Trudy Lieberman , Columbia Journalism Review
Posted on September 15, 2008, Printed on September 15, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/98929/
This is the first in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people and how the press could cover that angle.
So far, mainstream media coverage of health care during the campaign has been characterized by […]
1 in 4 Latinos lack a regular doctor
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
RECORD JOURNAL
Connecticut
08/29/2008
By: David Moran
A report released by the Pew Hispanic Center May 13 found that more than one fourth of Latinos in the United States don’t have a regular doctor, troubling findings for those with chronic medical conditions, those who might suddenly become ill, or those who could benefit from early detection and continued monitoring […]
