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Thursday, April 15th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Secretary Sebelius Announces Five New HHS Regional Directors
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the appointment of five new regional directors of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
* Christie Hager, Region I - Boston (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
* Jaime R. […]
Expertos responden a preguntas sobre nueva ley de salud
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010El Nuevo Herald
Publicado el lunes 22 de marzo del 2010
IVONNE GOMEZ
El Congreso votó el domingo para dar luz verde a un paquete de reformas de salud que se espera traiga alivio a millones de personas en Estados Unidos.
Este es sólo el comienzo de un plan que tomará varios años en implementarse. Aunque muchos están optimistas en […]
Insurers to Comply With Rules on Children
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010New York Times
March 30, 2010
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — Under pressure from the White House, health insurance companies said Tuesday that they would comply with rules to be issued soon by the Obama administration requiring them to cover children with pre-existing medical problems.
“Health plans recognize the significant hardship that a family faces when they are unable […]
In Health Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010New York Times
March 23, 2010
By DAVID LEONHARDT
For all the political and economic uncertainties about health reform, at least one thing seems clear: The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.
Over most of that period, government policy and […]
CIVIL RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS TURN TO SENATE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON HISTORIC HEALTH REFORM ‘FIX-IT’ BILL
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
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CIVIL RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS TURN TO SENATE FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON HISTORIC HEALTH REFORM ‘FIX-IT’ BILL
Latino leaders sent a letter today to the Senate urging a “no” vote on any amendments and […]
Small Business Growth and Latino Health under Health Care Reform
Friday, December 18th, 2009Prepared by La Fe Policy Research and Education Center
ucation Center
Small businesses which the U.S. Small Business Administration defines as firms with less than 500 employees are critically important to the American economy.[1] They represent 99.7% of all employer firms; generate one-half of America’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and two-thirds of new jobs every year. Smaller […]
After all the fuss, public health plan covers few
Sunday, November 1st, 2009By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — What’s all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats’ push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.
That’s the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who’d sign up for the public option plan under the health […]
Reader questions on House healthcare bill
Sunday, November 1st, 2009latimes.com
HEALTHCARE Q & A
How Nancy Pelosi’s healthcare bill would affect taxes, Medicare prescription drug benefits, and more.
By Kim Geiger and James Oliphant
November 1, 2009
Reporting from Washington
Some reader questions on the national healthcare debate, focusing on the House bill unveiled Thursday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco):
Would the House Democrats’ bill raise my taxes more than […]
Obama takes heat from other side of immigrant healthcare debate
Saturday, October 31st, 2009latimes.com
He suggests that those here illegally be kept from taking part in an insurance exchange set up by the government. Some on the left say that’s bad policy that panders to the likes of Joe Wilson.
By Peter Wallsten
September 16, 2009
Reporting from Washington
Trying to quell a conservative uproar over his healthcare agenda, President Obama has proposed […]
The Obstacles to Real Health-Care Reform
Saturday, October 31st, 2009By Mark Schmitt, The American Prospect
Posted on October 31, 2009, Printed on October 31, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/143575/
American presidents have tried seven times to bring us into the community of nations that provide health care to all citizens. Seven times the effort failed. More accurately, it was blocked. In the 1940s, the anti-reform movement was led by doctors, […]
