Americans who have lost their job since September 2008 and are paying to extend your company-sponsored health insurance under a law called COBRA,
confirm what you already know: The payments are killing you. In 41 states, according to a recent
, average COBRA payments amounted to more than three-quarters of those states’ average unemployment benefits.
But according to the fine print of the stimulus bill being hammered out between the U.S. Senate Read the rest of this entry »

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is delaying the construction of a $132-million pavilion at Schneider Children’s Hospital. It lost $180 million to $200 million in investments last year, and the pavilion’s major donor, the Blumenfeld family of Old Westbury, was burned by
’s alleged financial scam. Catholic Health Services lost $44 million in investments.
Nassau Healthcare Corp., facing $22 million in state cuts, is postponing a $55-million Read the rest of this entry »

Mekelle, February 13 (WIC) -
The Tigray State Health Bureau announced that 70 per cent of the one million households in the state have benefited from family health package.
Bureau head, Dr. Gebreab Barnabas told journalists yesterday that the outbreak of diseases and mortality rate have drastically declined in the state as 70 per cent of the
embraced in family health packages.
He said child and maternal mortality rate has declined by half Read the rest of this entry »

Women’s Health Victoria has created a new resource in response to the Victorian bushfires.
This Women’s Health Information Package provides resources on gender research as it applies to disasters and it also supplies resources and links to web pages for disaster prevention information that focuses on gender.
The inclusion of this information is aimed at raising awareness about inequality and the gendered nature of disaster experience. It is hoped Read the rest of this entry »

Just a day after the Senate passed its stimulus bill, House and Senate leaders have reached a tentative compromise on an economic stimulus package. They believe it will create jobs, provide tax breaks and allocate billions of dollars in additional funding for state Medicaid programs.
The agreed-upon price of the stimulus package is $789 billion-much less than either the original House or Senate package. Nursing homes are expected to receive some Read the rest of this entry »

The biggest story in the country is the $819 billion stimulus package moving through Congress and what it means to the economy and ordinary Americans.
I’m going to zero in on a slice of the story today, focusing on important health care provisions.
Of course, the stimulus package is still a work in progress. The House passed a bill last week; the Senate is expected to act this week. As is typical, there are differences between the two chambers’ Read the rest of this entry »

This is the latest in a series of topical feature packages PRN will carryas part of its regular Feature News Service. Coming up in 2008 are featureson:
Slug Date Volunteerism & Philanthropy III (Volunteerism) Nov. 5 Fitness, Diet & Nutrition VI (Fitness) Nov. 6 Holiday III (Holiday) Nov. 10 Family VIII (Family) Read the rest of this entry »

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Fashion, Beauty & Bridal V (Fashion) September 11
Travel & Leisure VIII (Travel) September 15
Family VI (Family) September 16
Home & Garden VI (Home) September 18
Women’s Issues III (Women) September 22

Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Read the rest of this entry »

Florida could receive an additional $1.8 billion in Medicaid matching money if an economic stimulus package scheduled for approval in January goes through, according to a new report released Monday.
The report, by
, focuses on a proposal likely to be contained in an initiative that is expected to be the first order of business for the President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress.
In addition to helping Florida provide Medicaid services, Read the rest of this entry »

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Fashion, Beauty & Bridal V (Fashion) September 11
Travel & Leisure VIII (Travel) September 15
Family VI (Family) September 16
Home & Garden VI (Home) September 18
Women’s Issues III (Women) September 22

Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Read the rest of this entry »