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Health Care Leaders Welcome Reduction In Number of Uninsured, Say Need For Action Remains Strong

WASHINGTON, DC – While welcoming today’s Census Bureau report showing a slight decrease in the number of uninsured Americans – a reversal of a trend that has seen consistent increases in the number of uninsured over recent years – health industry leaders said the need for action to make health coverage more accessible is no less urgent.


CEOs From Multiple Health Industries Announce Consensus Plan To Reform U.S. Health Care
A coalition of chief executives from many of the nation’s leading health care companies and organizations have joined together to announce an industry-wide health care reform proposal intended to ‘close the health care gap’ between the status quo and the ‘health care system all Americans deserve.’

August 11, 2008
British Health System Rations Care, Faces Pest Problems


August 8, 2008
Study: U.S. Cancer Survival Rate Highest in World

August 1, 2008
Health IT a Tool for Advancing Health Care


July 18, 2008
Massachusetts Health Reform Developments Raise Concerns


July 11, 2008
Online Rx Sales Feed Drug Abuse, Threaten Supply


June 27, 2008
Health Costs to Continue Falling in 2009

June 20, 2008
Report: Medicare Advantage a Success

June 13, 2008
HHS Names E-Health Records Demo Areas

June 6, 2008
Mass. Reform Plan’s Performance Assessed

May 16, 2008
HLC Health Reform Plan Unveiled

May 9, 2008
Texas Tort Reform Yields Medical Boost

May 1, 2008
Cover the Uninsured Week Should Be Used to Emphasize Policy Actions, Outreach Initiatives to Link More People with Health Coverage.

April 11, 2008
Darmouth Study Points Toward Health Savings

April 4, 2008
Employers Developing Routes to Health Savings

 

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