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| America's Health Insurance Plans to release health care reform proposal America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) will release a new comprehensive health care reform proposal that offers solutions to contain rising health care costs, enhance portability, provide affordable coverage options for small businesses, protect against medical bankruptcy, and more. | |
| Children of farm workers less likely to have health cover Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. | |
| AARP report finds value of unpaid family caregiving in Illinois hits over $17 billion With the economy continuing it's downward turn, family caregivers are stepping up to the plate to help loved ones in need. | |
| Lower socioeconomic status decreases chances of early detection and survival of colorectal cancer An abstract presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research shows that lower socioeconomic status reduced the chance of early stage diagnosis and survival of colorectal cancer in Colorado. | |
| Diabetes cost U.S. estimated $217.5 billion in 2007 According to findings from a National Diabetes Economic Barometer study, undiagnosed, pre-diabetes and diabetes cost the United States an estimated $217.5 billion in 2007 due to higher medical expenditures and lost productivity. | |
| Cost of health insurance rises 33% with state pricing rule New research shows that the cost of health insurance for a typical family increases about $100 per month when state governments limit price adjustments based on factors like age, health or risky behaviors such as smoking. | |
| Sports fans may engage in riskier health related behaviors than non-sports fans Ball park hot dogs may be putting sports fans at elevated health risk, researchers at UALR -- the University of Arkansas at Little Rock -- said in research presented last week. | |
| New legislation addresses Massachusetts primary care crisis Massachusetts has taken an important step towards addressing its primary care provider shortage. Recently passed legislation (Chapter 305), championed by Senate President Therese Murray, addresses issues of access, quality and transparency in health care. The recognition of nurse practitioners as primary care providers is vital to this legislation and will immediately and dramatically increase the number of providers available to residents. | |
| 2 million children with insured parents are uninsured in the U.S. Some 2.3 million children a year, mostly from low- to middle-income families, have no health care coverage to pay for preventive or other medical needs, even though at least one of their parents is insured, according to a new study supported by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center for Research Resources, part of HHS' National Institutes of Health. | |
| Newspapers examine effect of economic downturn on prospects for candidates' health proposals The current economic downturn and the recent enactment of a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street firms could have implications for the next president's health care proposal, as well as other plans, the Chicago Tribune reports. | |