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2007 General News

Children's health program extended

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 12/29/2007
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Late twists for kids health program

  • By: AP/Lexington Herald-Leader
  • 12/26/2007
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Uninsured Cancer Patients Die Sooner

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 12/20/2007
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Weems: SCHIP coverage stable

Lawmakers craft reprieve for medical pay

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 12/19/2007
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House Democrats Pull Budget Offer

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 12/11/2007
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Healthcare: It's hard to figure out voters

Peake: Will Fight for Veterans Care

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 12/06/2007
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Doctors endorse single-payer. American College of Physicians said it backed the system because access to health care had deteriorated.

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 12/04/2007
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Post-Thanksgiving, Congress still has a full plate

Rural Health Groups to Get Millions From FCC

Emily Spitzer Named NHELP's Executive Director

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 11/20/2007
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Fewer small firms offer health insurance

Schools scrambling to help uninsured kids

  • By: McClatchy/Miami Herald
  • 11/18/2007
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Pelosi calls for children's health insurance expansion

  • By: AP/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • 11/17/2007
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Medicare pamphlet now includes caveats on private plan benefits

Republicans complain about SCHIP shutout

Probe finds 30,000 Medicaid providers cheating on taxes

Employer-provided insurance continues to decline

Seniors must shop as Medicare drug premiums rise

Congress Aims to Put Out Cigarettes

Drugstores sue Medicaid

  • By: Bloomberg/Boston Globe
  • 11/08/2007
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Lawmakers Near Accord on SCHIP Measure

  • By: AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 11/07/2007
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Canadian drug sales slow. Medicare's plan is just one factor stifling the imports.

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 11/05/2007
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US healthcare comes up short in survey of 7 nations

Bush: No child health bill with tobacco tax hike

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 10/31/2007
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Reid looks to buy time on SCHIP

Federal Study Offers Dire Outlook on Child Insurance

Bush chides Democrats for passing child health care bill

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 10/26/2007
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House to Vote on New Version of Child Health Bill

Democrats tweak SCHIP in effort to override veto

Do hospitals offer enough free care? They get billions in tax breaks in exchange for doing charity work, but many still drag their feet on offering it.

  • By: Detroit Free Press
  • 10/23/2007
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Care Critical for Homeless. Lack of Treatment for Chronic Diseases Sends Lives Spiraling.

Democrats Press Children's Health Plan

  • By: AP/Omaha World-Herald
  • 10/20/2007
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House fails to override veto of insurance bill

Democrats Press Ahead on SCHIP

House Fails to Overturn Bush Veto on Children's Health Insurance

Bush Declares That He Remains Relevant

Democrats Look Ahead as Veto Override Falters

Enrollment in Medicaid Takes a Rare Dip

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 10/11/2007
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US states expanding health programs for the poor

Medicaid spending jumps sharply

A Battle Foreshadowing a Larger Health Care War

Bush calls for compromise on children's healthcare

Means Test Sought for Medicare Drug Plan

N.J. jumps into fight over kids' insurance. U.S. government sued over eligibility-rule shift.

  • By: Newark Star-Ledger
  • 10/02/2007
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8 States Plan to Press Bush on Health Bill

Democratic group targets SCHIP funding opponents, including a Missouri representative

Senate Passes Children’s Health Plan

Showdown Looms as Child Health Bill Passes

Congress OKs expanded child health care

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 09/28/2007
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Fewer seniors live in nursing homes

Fact Check: Child Health Care Proposal

GOP Senator Says Bush Should Put Health Bill Before Policy Goal

Health groups work for kid's insurance

  • By: Ap/San Jose Mercury News
  • 09/25/2007
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Congress Set for Veto Fight on Child Health Care

New Poll: Republican Voters Want a Strong Children’s Health Bill

Children's health insurance: How much aid is enough?

U.S. Rule Limits Emergency Care for Immigrants

Senate and House Reach Accord on Health Insurance for Children

Deal in Congress on Child Health

House Passes Bill Giving More Power to the F.D.A.

[NHeLP case] Federal judge orders state to accommodate disabled woman

  • By: AP/Salisbury (MD) Daily Times
  • 09/20/2007
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Senate Passes Mental Health Parity Bill

  • By: Ap/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 09/19/2007
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Clinton unveils details of her health care plan

Veto Risk Seen in Compromise on Child Health

Medicaid drug rule may hurt recipients

Congress nears deal on youth healthcare

Clinton to unveil health care proposals

  • By: Reuters/Washington Post
  • 09/14/2007
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House SCHIP bill widens generation gap

Senators Fight Bush on Kids' Insurance

Tool for Advocates: Chart of Medicare Part D Enrollment Periods

  • By: National Senior Citizen Law Center
  • 09/10/2007
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Edwards Backs Mandatory Preventive Care

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 09/02/2007
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Cancer Society Focuses Its Ads on the Uninsured

California muscles its way through health reforms. State with biggest challenges wants to prove it can be done.

Study finds whites still outlive blacks

Spitzer Talks of Suing to Expand Health Plan

Eyes on California as Lawmakers Pursue a Health-Care Deal. Changes Could Set Tone for the Nation.

AMA touts plans for uninsured Americans

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 08/24/2007
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Thirty Questions to Ask About Managed Care and EPSDT (Aug. '07)

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 08/24/2007
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Docket of Medicaid Cases to Improve Dental Access (Aug. '07)

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 08/24/2007
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Alert for Health Care Providers: How the Courts Can Cut Medicaid Benefits (Aug. '07)

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 08/24/2007
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Children may lose out on insurance

State to Fight U.S. Limits on Children’s Health Plan

White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children

New Bush Policies Limit Reach of Child Insurance Plan

Medicare pulling plug on hospital errors. Agency says it'll no longer reimburse for many preventable patient-care slips.

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 08/20/2007
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Study: Abortion pills don't bring risks

Ads criticize GOP votes on SCHIP

Minorities lag in preventive health care. Reasons many turn down such services aren't just socioeconomic.

Average premium for basic Medicare drug benefit to rise

  • By: AP/Detroit Free Press
  • 08/14/2007
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Select Hospitals Reap a Windfall Under Child Bill

At fair, five GOP candidates address health care concerns

  • By: Des Moines Register
  • 08/13/2007
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Taking It One Tooth and One Stop at a Time. Mission to Provide Care Has Dentists on the Go.

More Generics Slow Rise in Drug Prices

Pharmacists fear Medicaid changes. Independent druggists worry that smaller federal Medicaid reimbursements will further diminish their ranks -- and deprive low-income dependents.

A freshman lawmaker's prescription. By letting the market do the heavy lifting, Wisconsin representative's ideas for health care reform could be just what the doctor ordered.

  • By: Op/Ed, Chicago Tribune
  • 08/07/2007
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Less, Less, Less! More, More, Moore!

Senate Passes Children’s Health Bill, 68-31

Senate votes to widen kids' health plan. The measure passes 68 to 31, enough votes to override a Bush veto.

Dems Add 6M Kids to Insurance Program

'Off-label' drugs denied to patients in Medicare D. Rules keep people from 'medically necessary care.'

Region's health care is ailing, report says

  • By: New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • 08/01/2007
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New fight over more children's health aid. Bush vows to veto plan to cover three million.

Votes may be harmful to parties' health. Legislation on health insurance for children and seniors comes before Congress this week. The debate holds risks.

Bill Would Let States Force Drug Discounts. Proposal Aimed at Low-Wage Workers Could Offer Challenge to Bush Policies.

Dodd unveils health proposal. The universal coverage would mirror federal workers' benefits. He's stumping in Iowa

  • By: AP/Los Angeles Times
  • 07/27/2007
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NHeLP Fact Sheet: Update on Federal Court Access—Abstention

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 07/27/2007
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California: State's ranking for child well-being drops. Health insurance, education below national averages.

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/26/2007
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Study: New Rules Led to Medicaid Decline

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/25/2007
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House Democrats offer child health plan

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/25/2007
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New Orleans Recovery Is Slowed by Closed Hospitals

Governors Call On Congress to Widen Insurance for Poor

Shortage of Doctors Affects Rural U.S.

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 07/23/2007
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Democrats Press House to Expand Health Care Bill

Senate panel backs youth health plan. Amid veto threat, the 17-4 vote to expand the program highlights its popularity.

Prospects dim for popular health bill. Congress's bid to renew a program for poor children revives debate over healthcare.

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 07/20/2007
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Senate Panel Adds Billions for Health

Bush: No Deal On Children's Health Plan

Bush renews vow to veto expanded child heath care

Analysis-US children's insurance plan exposes deep divisions

Both sides look for political gains in battle over SCHIP

Even deep price cuts add few to ranks of insured

Child Health Insurance Bill Faces Veto

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/16/2007
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Bush Is Prepared to Veto Bill to Expand Child Insurance

Few minorities use hospice care services

  • By: AP/Albany Times-Union
  • 07/15/2007
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Remember Deamonte? The Senate needs to step up on dental care for children.

  • By: Editorial, Washington Post
  • 07/13/2007
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No Veto on Children's Health Urged

Some Chronically Ill Adults Wait for Medicare

For Democrats, Pragmatism On Universal Health Care

We spend far more, but our health care is falling behind. Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, U.K. spend less and do better job, studies say.

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/10/2007
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A Battle Over Expansion of Children’s Insurance

2008 Candidates Vow to Overhaul U.S. Health Care

Bush May Be Out of Chances For a Lasting Domestic Victory

Scant Drug Benefits Called Costly to Employers

CDC: About 2M More Americans Uninsured

Clinton Cautious on Health Care Reform

For Filmmaker, ‘Sicko’ Is a Jumping-Off Point for Health Care Change

New Orleans deaths up 47%

It's Deeds Vs. Words on Health Program

'Sicko' leaves top Democrats ill at ease. Leading candidates are sidestepping direct comment on filmmaker Michael Moore's proposals for universal healthcare.

Xenophobia's victims

  • By: Editorial, Baltimore Sun
  • 06/20/2007
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Community Health Clinics Flourish, but Doctors Are Few. Government Needs to Entice Physicians, Health Officials Say.

Study: Fewer Kids Need Insurance Program

  • By: AP / San Francisco Chronicle
  • 06/19/2007
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Red tape delays healing. Requiring documents for Medicaid hurts poor, advocates say.

Edwards proposes cash incentive to end drug company monopolies

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 06/15/2007
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Edwards to Detail Health Care Plan

Bearing scars, Clinton cautious on universal plan

  • By: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  • 06/13/2007
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NHeLP Job Announcement: Reproductive Health and Justice Staff Attorney

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 06/12/2007
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Justices say home healthcare aides not entitled to minimum wage, overtime

NHeLP Announces Executive Director Search

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 06/12/2007
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States Finding Fiscal Surprise: A Cash Surplus

Medicaid Wait Rising for Va. Children, Study Says

At Med Schools, a New Degree of Diversity

Obama Unveils Health Care Plan

  • By: AP / San Francisco Chronicle
  • 05/30/2007
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Medicaid rule hits citizens hardest

Clinton Revisits Health Care and Affordability

Groups want universal health care in ’08

  • By: Nashua (NH) Telegraph
  • 05/24/2007
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Does where you live determine if you'll live? A great medical secret — hospital death rates — will be made public in a bold federal initiative.

Survey: Post-storm New Orleans far from recovery

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Consitution
  • 05/10/2007
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Report: Medicaid reforms push MDs away

Eligible patients may lose access. A new study says a documentation law that targets illegal immigrants could derail clinic benefits for thousands of patients, many of whom qualify.

Seniors May Have Lost Out on Drug Subsidies. Some Eligible for Both Medicaid, Medicare Unaware of Reimbursements, Study Finds.

Is it the right prescription? In a crowded democratic lineup for the 2008 presidential primary, John Edwards sets himself apart with a 'big, bold, dramatic' plan for universal health insurance.

  • By: Raleigh News & Observer
  • 05/07/2007
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Plights of uninsured stir efforts to sway lawmakers

States Expand Children's Health Coverage

Patients struggle with Medicare wait

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 04/27/2007
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Bill Would Ban Genetic Discrimination

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 04/26/2007
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Study Urges New System for Elderly Care

Medicaid Programs 'Severely Challenged,' Report Says

In Turnabout, Infant Deaths Climb in South

Clinton Prods Black Leaders on Health

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 04/20/2007
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A U-turn on abortion. Ignoring precedent, the Supreme Court upholds a ban on a procedure that is thankfully quite rare.

  • By: Editorial, Los Angeles Times
  • 04/20/2007
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New Push Likely for Restrictions Over Abortions

Justices Back Ban on Method of Abortion

Court Ruling Catapults Abortion Back Into ’08 Race

Republicans Block Medicare Drug Price Bill

Medicare bill would require drug comparisons

Democrats Slowed in Efforts on Medicare

Massachusetts Offers Details on Health Coverage

State has most minorities near toxic facilities. L.A. tops the nation's major urban areas with 1.1million Latinos, blacks and Asians living within two miles of hazardous waste sites.

Controls urged for medical insurers. Some lawmakers and consumer advocates are supporting a new effort to regulate insurance rates in California.

Senate Democrats to Push Drug Talks

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 04/11/2007
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SeniorCare to Lose Federal Funding. Wis. Prescription Drug Plan Didn't Show Savings, U.S. Says.

Obama Says U.S. Ready for Health Reform

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 04/07/2007
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Doctor who quit US post was warned by state

Record spent by drug lobby on Medicare

  • By: Bloomberg News/Chicago Tribune
  • 04/03/2007
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Expanded Health Program for Children Causes Clash

Dem Budget Plan Squeaks Through House

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 03/30/2007
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Clinton Touts Universal Health Care Plan

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 03/27/2007
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Insuring children may squeeze seniors

Insurance plan for children at a crossroads

  • By: New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • 03/26/2007
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Leavitt Reassures Insurers in Fund Talks

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 03/23/2007
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Report: Even the insured have trouble paying bills

No more foot-dragging. Texas must provide adequate care for children enrolled in Medicaid; may finally be required to do so.

  • By: Editorial, Houston Chronicle
  • 03/20/2007
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Dems may offer competing SCHIP bills

The Medicaid Documentation Mess

  • By: Editorial, New York Times
  • 03/19/2007
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President Rejects Health Care Proposal

Benefits for seniors eating up kids' share

Who's uninsured in 2007? It's more than just the poor

Top Democrats Propose Expanding Health Insurance for Children

Senate Budget Would Expand Health Care

Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid

Q & A: A labor leader talks healthcare

Health coverage for kids tangled in debates over eligibility, funds

Sen. pushes to up child insurance funds

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 03/07/2007
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Health Care Already a Key Issue in 2008 Race

Without Health Benefits, a Good Life Turns Fragile

Study: Uninsured kids fare worse at hospitals

Most Support U.S. Guarantee of Health Care

U.S. Efforts to Boost Medical Care for Poor Effective

For Want of a Dentist. Pr. George's Boy Dies After Bacteria From Tooth Spread to Brain

Bush and governors trade pleas on health care

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 02/27/2007
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Governors resist pressure for alternatives on SCHIP

Bush Avoids Talk About Child Health Care

  • By: Detroit Free Press
  • 02/26/2007
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Welfare state growing despite overhauls

  • By: AP / Contra Costa Times
  • 02/26/2007
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Governors Worry Over Money for Child Health Program

States are running out of health dollars

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 02/23/2007
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Hospital Group Offers Plan on Health Coverage for All

Health costs to nearly double in a decade

Bush Vows Cooperation on Health Care

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 02/18/2007
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Illinois congressmen push child health plan

Hospital accused of 'dumping' homeless patient

Spending bill OK'd, may be sign of new Congress

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 02/15/2007
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Senators Take Health Plan to Bush

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 02/14/2007
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Employers cooperate for health-care initiative

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 02/13/2007
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States and U.S. at Odds on Aid for Uninsured

Obama Joins Race With Goals Set High. Now-Official Presidential Candidate Talks of Universal Health Care, Leaving Iraq.

Politicians revisit universal health care issue

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 02/09/2007
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[SCHIP] Health program splits parties

Calling for health care for all. Wal-Mart's and other U.S. firms' executives joined union leaders in urging changes by 2012.

  • By: AP/Philadeplhia Inquirer
  • 02/08/2007
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Healthcare lobbyists not comforted by Dems’ bashing of Bush budget

Edwards Introduces Plan For Health-Care Coverage. Higher Taxes Would Be Needed, He Says.

The Federal Budget: Slow Growth in Health

Bush’s Medicare Budget Would Raise Premiums

New law blamed as La. health care rolls cut. Low-income children lose out, officials say.

  • By: New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • 02/03/2007
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Medicaid enrollments drop in 6 states over ID, citizenship rules

Many uninsured qualify for health care

  • By: AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • 01/29/2007
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Drug firm pushes vaccine mandate. Merck lobbies Md. on HPV preventive.

Health Plan's Impact Debated. Critics Say Bush's Insurance Proposal Would Favor the Wealthy.

Obama calls for universal health care

  • By: AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • 01/26/2007
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Bush's gambit on health insurance

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 01/25/2007
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Bush insurance plan gets cold reception

  • By: AP/San Jose Mercury News
  • 01/23/2007
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Universal health care gaining steam in many states

Bush to Urge New Tax Plan for Health Care Coverage

Report: People who charge health-care expenses getting in debt trouble

Rendell unveils sweeping health plan

  • By: Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 01/17/2007
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Children's hospitals push for money for uninsured

  • By: AP/Cincinnati Enquirer
  • 01/16/2007
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Clash emerging over child healthcare plan. The issue of whether to cover all youths in a program's renewal is likely to spark conflict among Democrats.

House Passes Medicare Drug Bill

Bush Threatens Veto of Medicare Drug Bill, but a Senator Is Seeking a Middle Ground

Millions miss out on preventive health screenings

  • By: AP/ Arizona Daily Star
  • 01/12/2007
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House Dems ready to push Medicare negotiations

Children dropping off Medicaid rolls

Schwarzenegger’s Plan for Universal Care Draws No Universal Agreement

In California, big plans to expand health coverage

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 01/10/2007
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Governor's Proposal: Coverage for all Californians -- everyone to share cost

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 01/09/2007
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States to expand health coverage