State-Run Health Care Advocates Try Again
from the Desert Dispatch
Last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto is all that saved Californians from suffering government-run universal health care. He properly complained it looked too much like socialized medicine. A similar proposal has been introduced again in the Legislature. If it passes, would the governor still disapprove? Or will health care be the next free-market principle Mr. Schwarzenegger sheds on his steady march leftward? More

States Still Waiting for Health Network
from Reuters
Health care advocates in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont are frustrated that the federal government hasn't followed through on a plan to improve communication between doctors and other providers in rural areas. More

AHA is Accepting Applications for the 2009-2010 Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
from Portfolio
The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools, according to experts. More

Colorado Medicare Patients in the Cold
from the Denver Post
The loss of the clinics in Colorado Springs and Boulder — both of which shut their doors within the past few weeks — punctuates what doctors call a major flaw in the health care system: Physicians who treat the underinsured have little incentive to keep doing so. Doctors say government reimbursement barely covers the cost of treating elderly Medicare patients, who typically have more than one health problem, take multiple medications and require more office time. More

Two of the Most Common Visitors Medical Insurance Options
from Articlesbase
Now, it is not unusually to fall ill but accidents can also happen without giving a warning and that’s when you can get benefited from the visitors’ medical insurance. As implied by the name, this type of insurance is to provide visitors with an opportunity to cover their medical expenses while visiting another country. More