Sen. Ron Wyden hasn’t had time to consider whether he, as some in Washington, D.C., are speculating, would make a good Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Oregon Democrat is busy finalizing a bill that would regulate bonuses received by executives whose companies accepted Troubled Assets Recovery Program funds. He’s also set to roll out a new version of the Healthy Americans Act, which would guarantee private health coverage Read the rest of this entry »

THURSDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — Between 1997 and 2006, hospital admissions for uninsured Americans rose by 34 percent, from 1.7 million to 2.2 million stays, a new report finds.
The increase is more than double the 14 percent rise in overall hospital admissions during that same period, according to a just-released report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In the South and Northeast, uninsured hospital admissions increased Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of hospital admissions for people without health insurance rose by a third between 1997 and 2006, U.S. government researchers reported on Wednesday.
About 2.2 million hospital stays were recorded in 2006 for people lacking health insurance, up from 1.7 million in 1997, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported.
Overall hospital admissions, for the insured and uninsured alike, rose 14 percent over Read the rest of this entry »

Care of newborn babies and mothers was the largest category accounting for stays in Colorado hospitals in 2007, according to figures compiled by the
(CHA).
A CHA report showed about 143,000 patients in Colorado hospitals were expectant or new mothers and babies receiving care for conditions related to childbirth and pregnancy.
Birth-related matters accounted for nearly 30 percent of all hospital stays in Colorado in 2007.
About 46,000 of the Read the rest of this entry »

As Cda stays mum on chrysotile asbestos, B.C. family remembers what they?ve lost
TORONTO — Erica Casselman still struggles to find words to describe how she felt watching an aggressive form of asbestos cancer kill her husband.
She says the experience has shattered “the very core” of her existence – and she believes the tragedy that unravelled her life was preventable.
Critics say many more families risk finding themselves in Casselman’s Read the rest of this entry »

Rod Blagojevich vowed that despite his legal woes, he is still the governor of Illinois
His appointment of
Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat was the ultimate reminder of his incumbency. But Blagojevich,
always upbeat and cordial in front of the cameras,has been sending out little reminders ever since his arrest a month
ago and the convening of a panel to consider whether to recommend impeachment.
Jan. Read the rest of this entry »