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Thu Oct 28, 2004Early Users of Health Savings Accounts Say So Far, So-So
(Excerpt) By January W. Payne Washington Post Staff Writer.When Robert Payne, 61, needed back surgery last year, he said he wasn't worried about how to pay for it. Payne, a self-employed architect in Richmond, pulled $5,500 -- the amount of his health insurance deductible for such procedures -- from a savings account he uses exclusively for medical expenses. His insurance covered the rest. Sun Oct 24, 2004Local Candidates Debate Health Care Measure
(Excerpt) By Miguel Angel Baez, BAKERSFIELD - It didn't take more than a look at the reactions of each of the candidates when they confronted each of the questions to realize their notorious political differences. In separate one-hour sessions, Democratic incumbent Nicole Parra and her Republican opponent for the 30th Assembly District, Bakersfield businessman Dean Gardner, answered several questions on issues that directly affect the Hispanic community such as health, education, housing and quality of life in general.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004Group Aims to Improve Quality/Affordability of Health Care.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—The Leapfrog Group, with support from The Commonwealth Fund and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has developed the first public Web-based incentive and reward programs aimed at improving health care.. The Leapfrog Incentive and Reward Compendium is designed to help raise awareness among purchasers, health plans, and health care providers about innovative schemes that are already in place to improve the quality and affordability of health care. Wed Oct 20, 2004Voters hold fate of California health insurance mandate
(Excerpt)By Joel B. Finkelstein, AMNews staff. Oct. 25, 2004. Washington -- A California law that would require some employers to offer health insurance is facing a new challenge before it even goes into effect. The employer mandate was signed into law in the waning days of Gov. Gray Davis' administration last year. It would require medium and large companies to provide a minimum standard of health coverage to employees or pay into a government-run program. Sat Oct 16, 2004State May Point Way on Health Insurance
By Jordan Rau. Times Staff Writer (excerpt) SACRAMENTO — In the year since Gov. Gray Davis was recalled from office, some of his final legacies — including the higher car tax and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants — have been excised from California law as completely as Davis was removed.
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Wed Oct 13, 2004Health Net Small Group HSA-Compatible Plans Now Available
Health Net Small Business Group has introduced two HSA-Compatible Health Plans — PPO 2000 and PPO 3000. Both have been designed to give consumers a tax-efficient way to manage their health care. Employers can offer these plans in conjunction with a Health Savings Account. Tue Oct 12, 2004Recent Study Finds Few buy Drugs Online
NEW YORK (AP) --(Excerpt) Only 4 percent of Americans have used the Internet to buy prescription drugs -- and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies -- despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help U.S. residents import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds. Wed Oct 06, 2004Employer-provided health insurance falls for third year
The costs to working families of the recession and jobless recovery have been amply documented in terms of jobs, wages, and incomes (Mishel et al. 2004). Yet the persistently weak labor market in tandem with sharply increasing health costs have led to a related problem for working families: the loss of employer-provided health coverage. This report examines the erosion of employer-based coverage since 2000, with an emphasis on the characteristics—gender, race, education, and wage and income levels—of those who have lost coverage. |
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