Pediatrician Fitzhugh Mullan has been practicing public service medicine for more than 40 years. In a new essay in the journal Health Affairs, he calls on activists to resurrect "the fire of the Civil Rights movement" in their quest for universal health care.
(Story) Jul 20, 2009
California cuts back on health insurance for children while New Hampshire expands state insurance to young adults.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
The American Medical Association told House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel that it backs the House health overhaul bill.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
One Maryland county's tiny new health care program could be a model for providing care nationwide, NPR says.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
When hospitals agreed to accept a $155 billion pay cut from the federal government to help Washington raise money for reform efforts earlier this month, many were surprised. But The Economist says hospitals have a lot to gain.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
"President Obama and leading Democrats have stressed that people who like their employer-sponsored insurance would be able to keep it, under a health care overhaul. But they haven't emphasized the flip side: That people who don't like their coverage might have to keep it," Kaiser Health News reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 16, 2009
As unemployment rises, many Florida women are "turning to federally subsidized mammograms and pap smears, and county health officials are worried they could be overwhelmed."
(Daily Report) Jul 15, 2009
Veterans Affairs hospitals and outpatient clinics under review are not always complying fully with federal privacy requirements, often exposing women when they bathe or receive exams, according to government auditors, The Associated Press reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 15, 2009
"The new state budget in Massachusetts eliminates health care coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants," the New York Times reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 15, 2009
Many mentally-ill illegal immigrants get only limited mental health care if any while they are in jail or prison, advocates for them say, according to the Dallas Morning News.
(Daily Report) Jul 14, 2009