The Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative (FFI) has announced it is seeking requests for activities to support and build on its efforts. This initiative is about people working together to create vibrant communities where the healthy choice is the easy choice.
This work began in April 2007 when the W.K. Kellogg Foundation selected Northeast Iowa as one of nine communities locations across the country to become models of community change. Each Read the rest of this entry »

Sen. Max. Baucus’s Dec. 2 Letter ”
” has so many howlers that it strains credulity that the man could believe everything he’s saying. But, then, the senator has been in Washington, D.C., for a long time.
Let’s just go with one, in the first paragraph. His reform “will simply [love that word!] preclude insurers from discriminating against those who are sick.” This is analogous to saying that property and casualty insurers should be precluded from Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — The United Auto Workers on Saturday called proposals to modify a union-run health care fund “a non-starter.”
Alan Reuther, legislative director for the UAW, said the proposals from General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC violated the automakers’ loan agreements with the U.S. Treasury Department, which call for the UAW to accept half of the funding for the health care fund in cash and the other half in company stock. The proposals call Read the rest of this entry »

But they approach the problem of America’s growing uninsured and underinsured populations in dramatically different ways.
McCain would rely on market forces to expand coverage. Obama would widen public safety-net programs, subsidize coverage for the poor and make public insurance similar to that offered to federal employees (including members of Congress) available to all.
Another fundamental difference is the tax treatment of health coverage.
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But they approach the problem of America’s growing uninsured and underinsured populations in dramatically different ways.
McCain would rely on market forces to expand coverage. Obama would widen public safety-net programs, subsidize coverage for the poor and make public insurance similar to that offered to federal employees (including members of Congress) available to all.
Another fundamental difference is the tax treatment of health coverage.
Read the rest of this entry »

Senate Bill 316: Requires insurance coverage for routine costs of care to continue when a person participates in a potentially life-saving medical research trial.
House Bill 2343 and Senate Bill 210: Hold accountable all rapists who prey on victims who are mentally incapacitated because of extreme levels of intoxication.
House Bill 2367: Restricts the use of dangerous chemicals prevalent in children's products, in particular BPA and phthalates.
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Sen. Max. Baucus’s Dec. 2 Letter ”
” has so many howlers that it strains credulity that the man could believe everything he’s saying. But, then, the senator has been in Washington, D.C., for a long time.
Let’s just go with one, in the first paragraph. His reform “will simply [love that word!] preclude insurers from discriminating against those who are sick.” This is analogous to saying that property and casualty insurers should be precluded from Read the rest of this entry »

Crich residents could soon see proposals for long-awaited GP facilities at the back of the Glebe Field Centre.
If a planning application, set to be submitted later this month, is approved work is expected to start early next year.
mprovement Finance Trust (LIFT), which develops modern health care consultation buildings and centres, is leading the project.
A spokesman for LIFT said the new building would be two storey and will house the village’s Read the rest of this entry »

In recent days, Democratic Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden have said Republican opponent John McCain’s health care plan would be a massive income tax hike on anyone with employer-provided health insurance.
On Friday, Biden took up the issue during his rally in downtown Springfield, calling it the “largest tax increase in middle-class history.”
McCain’s plan would add an average $12,000 in taxable income to a person’s annual income.
But Read the rest of this entry »

Election 2008|Major Presidential Candidates Discuss Proposals for Health Care, Other Issues at AARP Convention
[Sep 08, 2008]
Democratic presidential nominee Sen.
(Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen.
(Ariz.) on Saturday appeared via satellite at an
convention in Washington, D.C., and spoke about health care and other issues that affect seniors, the
reports.
In his comments, Obama said that McCain would abandon seniors economically Read the rest of this entry »