Mechanisms to make health insurance more affordable for families and low- and middle-income households won't start until 2013 if health care reform passes.
(Daily Report) Oct 12, 2009
Seriously ill or injured college students can now keep their parents' insurance for up to a year while they take time off school.
(Daily Report) Oct 09, 2009
Many children still don't get Medicaid dental care, state officials told the Government Accountability Office.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
Wider access to health-care may pay off in better cognitive skills for kids.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
A new Commonwealth Fund study shows sharp disparities in health care cost and quality across states.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
Minorities are so far missing from the cacophony of voices – including doctors, insurers, industry lobbyists, and patient advocates – in the health-care reform debate. That will change this week.
(Daily Report) Oct 08, 2009
The health bills pending in Congress may end the practice of basing insurance rates on gender and denying coverage based on a history of domestic abuse.
(Daily Report) Oct 07, 2009
A September report suggests one third early deaths in children from the novel flu were among Hispanics and over half of all U.S. child victims through August were minorities.
(Daily Report) Oct 07, 2009
While many states bar carriers from rejecting people who receive treatment for domestic violence, others permit it. Now there's a move to prohibit the practice as part of a health care overhaul.
(Story) Oct 07, 2009
U.S. News & World Report, using federal government data on 15,500 facilities, examines the nation's best nursing homes.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009