ABC News
Patient advocates press Obama administration on health care law's anti ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON — Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation's health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The insurance industry responds that ...
State Insurance Official: 'No Question' That Health Care Discrimination Is ...Huffington Post
SunHerald.com
Ebola health workers battle death, heat, rumors
SunHerald.com
The outbreak has hit three of the world's poorest countries, where health systems there were already woefully understaffed and ill-equipped. In Liberia, there is only one doctor for every 100,000 people, while in Sierra Leone there are two, according ...
Liberia: Ebola Fears Rise as Clinic is LootedBoston.com
Kaiser Health News
Hospitals Reconsider Charity For Patients Who Decline Health Coverage
Kaiser Health News
As more Americans gain insurance under the federal health law, hospitals are rethinking their charity programs, with some scaling back help for those who could have signed up for coverage but didn't. The move is prompted by concerns that offering free ...
The Wire
Ebola Health Workers Battle Death, Heat, Rumors
ABC News
Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy clinics. Agonizing death is the norm. The hellish conditions aren't the only problem: Health workers struggle to ...
Looting of a Health Facility in Liberia Brings New Fears About Spread of EbolaThe Wire
NEIGHBORS: Dream of new tribal health clinic in St. Ignatius comes to fruition
The Missoulian
“Health care is customer-driven, but it's also a business that happens to be the biggest business in this country,” he said. “The Salish and Kootenai people are not antiques stuck in time. We're committed to the future, to building our capacity to ...
New Ulm's focus: Health
St. Cloud Times
But it has made enough progress in improving health among its residents to win national recognition. In July, the project won a 2014 Nova Award for its work from the American Hospital Association, which the community will celebrate Tuesday. New Ulm's ...
State employee health plans less generous in Indiana
The Courier-Journal
WASHINGTON – Health plans for Indiana state employees are less generous, have higher premiums and require workers to pay a larger share of the premiums compared with the average for state workers across the nation, a new report shows. Some of the ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Prepare college kids to manage own health
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The nurse practitioners at the campus health center took to shooing Becca off to the emergency room last year for the slightest sniffle because of a defibrillator implanted in her chest for a genetic condition that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest ...
Houston Chronicle
Obama administration pressed to enforce anti-discrimination provisions of ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON — Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation's health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The insurance industry responds that ...
Health care changes: cost control or bias against pre-existing c - 13 WTHR ...WTHR
Groups claim insurance discrimination in new formsDaily Item
Have insurers found new ways to avoid the sick?Post-Bulletin
HEALTH AND FITNESS: New school year resolutions
Aiken Standard
It's hard to believe, but summer is winding down and the start of a new school year is upon us. As teachers, students, and parents know, this is the real beginning of the new year. For those of us involved in education, the first day of school is a ...