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Poll shows growing fears on health care overhaul The Associated Press via ABC News Share     Fears about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul increased significantly in December, according to a new poll released as the legislation's future hangs in doubt. The monthly poll out Monday from the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation measured consumers' views of how a remake would affect their own finances and access to care, among other things. More
Report: Hospital's violations led to waiting-room death Philly.com Share
All along, Joaquin Rivera's loved ones suspected that hospital staff screw-ups occurred on the night that the beloved musician died in the waiting room of Aria Health's Frankford campus. Turns out they were right. In a 22-page report released yesterday, the state Department of Health detailed numerous policy violations that took place on Nov. 28, when Rivera suffered a heart attack and sat dead for more than 40 minutes, unnoticed by hospital personnel. More Obama continues to push for health reform Health Leaders Media Share
When President Obama steped to the podium for his State of the Union address Wednesday, he did not have a signed health care reform bill to hold up. But, despite a turn of events this past week in Massachusetts and signs of discontent in some parts of Congress, he still anticipates that health care reform legislation will prevail. More CBO: Stimulus more expensive than expected, Medicare costs to double by 2020 Kaiser Health News Share
A new Congressional Budget Office report "provides more ammunition for Republicans who say the stimulus has been long on spending and short on creating promised jobs," The Associated Press/ABC News reports. The report says the stimulus will cost $75 billion more than expected, because of increased unemployment, requirements for the food stamp program and the high popularity of an infrastructure bonds program. The report comes as Democrats consider a second stimulus bill that could include another extension of unemployment benefits, job creation tax credits and further help for jobless people to buy health coverage. More Louisiana public hospitals anticipate financial hit from federal rule change NOLA.com Share
A looming change in the rules governing federal indigent-care payments to hospitals is threatening the future of Louisiana's health-care safety net, with large cuts, and potential closures slated for the state-run charity system, rural hospitals and state-run psychiatric hospitals. More Singled out? Owners say health care bill provision would hurt small construction firms Journal Times Share
Although Racine-based Finn Christensen & Son has just a handful of employees, it provides them with health benefits. That doesn’t mean company owner Kevin Christensen likes an amendment slipped into the U.S. Senate’s final health care bill. The provision singles out the construction industry, requiring firms with at least five employees and more than $250,000 in payroll to provide health insurance. More Should there be a limit on wait times to see the doctor? The Wall Streeet Journal Health Blog Share
Starting next year, people in California may find it a bit easier to get in to see the doctor. The state is putting in place new limits on doctor wait times for the more than 20 million Californians who get insurance through HMOs. More |
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