News tagged with 'Underinsured'

Upward of 45,000 Americans may die every year because they lack health insurance, says this latest study out of Harvard, raising the risk of dying by 40 percent and exceeding kidney disease as a leading cause of death.

Some of the solutions to medical malpractice lawsuit reform, suggested by the president Wednesday night, have been tried and failed.

The insurance industry did not appear to be hurt on Wall Street this morning following the president's speech to Congress about health care reform which included a major concession to corporations concerning tort reform.

VP Joe Biden says some form of health care reform should be out before Thanksgiving. Meanwhile Rep. Joe Wilson is being called on the carpet for his outburst heard on national television. His Web site has been shut down and his opponent in 2010 is reaping the rewards.

President Obama is walking a tight rope with his approval ratings dropping, Republicans and Progressives are both expressing disapproval (for different reasons) in advance of his talk to the nation tonight.

Americans could be hit with hefty fines for failing to buy health insurance under a new plan put on the table by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) a moderate who heads the influential Finance Committee.

While Americans debate health care, Americans are not as healthy as Britons, even those with insurance. Reforms may only deliver a 10 to 25 percent change in overall health.

Remote Area Medical delivers health care to the underinsured and uninsured, about 47 million Americans, one visit at a time. This week it is the Los Angeles area, where people began lining up at 3 a.m. for everything from eye glasses to chest x-rays, in a scene reminiscent of a Third World nation.

One thing is unlikely to change under the Obama administration: growing support for federally funded community help centers. President Bush has doubled federal financing for clinics which serve the poor and underinsured in urban neighborhoods and rural counties where health care is lacking, reports the New York Times.