OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE VICTORY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR SOME FILIPINOS
Balitang America Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:35 PM PDT
BY HENNI ESPINOSA, ABS CBN NORTH AMERICA BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO â€" Supporters of the healthcare reform law upheld by the Supreme Court on Thursday, consider it President Barack Obama’s crowning glory that could make sweeping changes in the country. But what does it mean for those who need healthcare most? Filipinos Weigh In On ObamaCare [...] |
Florida reluctantly starts to implement Obama's health care law
Sun-Sentinel Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:29 PM PDT
Leaders may reject Medicaid expansion After refusing for two years to comply with "Obamacare," Florida's leaders on Friday reluctantly began discussing how to implement it, including by creating a website where state residents can shop for the best deal on health insurance. |
Philhealth cites Albay as first in universal health coverage
InterAksyon Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:28 PM PDT
Philhealth has cited Albay for being the first province in the country to implement a universal health coverage and no-balance policy on payments to government accredited hospitals for card-bearing members. |
Restaurants owners concerned about new Affordable Health Care Act
CBS 42 Birmingham Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:25 PM PDT
Restaurant owner George Sarris said business is booming. However, he isn't sure how long that will last. Why? the new Affordable Health Care Act. "What we need is a business man, tell us what is coming and gives us details," said Sarris. Sarris seemed confused about the requirements. "How much it's going to cost us, how we gone change, let us make our plans for now," mentioned Sarris The ... |
California's doctor shortage to get worse under health care ruling
Los Angeles Daily News Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:24 PM PDT
The Supreme Court's validation of President Obama's landmark health law sets off a scramble across California to find enough primary care doctors and other professionals to serve an estimated 3 million newly insured patients by 2014. |
Consumer Watchdog Failure Could Help Auto Discount Initiative
Insurance Journal Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:22 PM PDT
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Consumer Watchdog’s proposed ballot measure to require health insurance companies to get approval before raising their rates narrowly missed qualifying for November’s ballot by Thursday’s deadline â€" Consumer Watchdog got 109 percent of the signatures necessary to … |
Haslam defends political commentary in statement
WBIR-TV Knoxville Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:21 PM PDT
Gov. Bill Haslam is defending his decision to include his support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in his official statement about the Supreme Court's decision to uphold much of the new federal health care law. |
More than 40 become ill after River East grad banquet
Winnipeg Free Press Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:21 PM PDT
Health officials are investigating why more than 40 people who attended a River East Collegiate graduation event became ill. The students attended their graduation banquet at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on Tuesday. On Thursday, people started getting ill, said the parent of one grad who was... |
Health care for undocumented immigrants unresolved by upheld law
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:18 PM PDT
DALLAS - If millions more Americans get health insurance, will they turn their back on safety-net hospitals like Parkland and get their care elsewhere? That's what Devon Herrick worries about. He's a health economist opposing the newly upheld law. If that happens, he said some hospitals will lose out on gaining paying customers. However, they will still be saddled with the cost of caring for ... |
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