Costs of health insurance for UNM students could rise as much as 30 percent …News from The Republic:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The cost of health insurance for University of New Mexico student could increase as much as 30 percent next school year as the national health care overhaul is causing a rise in premiums in most student insurance plans around the country.
The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/KDsTfE) that the increase in cost at UNM hasn’t been set because the school hasn’t yet selected a vendor for its health insurance plan.
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Health-care protest bills get Missouri OKNews from Christian Science Monitor:Health-care bills taking a swipe and President Obama’s health-care program passed the Missouri legislature this week. One allows employers to refuse health insurance for birth control; the other would let voters decide whether to allow the creation of a health-insurance exchange.By David A. Lieb, Associated Press / May 19, 2012
Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature registered its discontent with President Barack Obama’s health care policies Friday during an otherwise uneventful final day of a legislative session in which lawmakers settled for the doable instead of the ideal on [...] Continue Reading…

Health care industry’s perfect stormNews from Dekalb Daily Chronicle:

When local health care officials talk about the state of their industry, they say a perfect storm is brewing.
Kevin Poorten, president and CEO of KishHealth System, and Michael Flora, executive director of the Ben Gordon Center, said providers work together to ensure people who need care get it, even as demand increases.
At the same time, providers are in the midst of what Poorten calls an unprecedented shift in how health care is delivered in the U.S. on the backdrop of financial [...] Continue Reading…

Health reform is good for businessNews from Philadelphia Inquirer:
by Robert Field, J.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Big business could be the biggest loser if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare. To be more precise, one business in particular faces an enormous risk – the insurance industry.
Health insurance companies could lose about $ 1 trillion in revenue through 2020 if health reform is struck down. That’s according to a new study by Bloomberg Government. The shortfall would equal almost one-tenth of their total expected earnings.
Looked at another way, the loss represents about one-half [...] Continue Reading…

Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Could Mean Life Or Death For Some ‘Uninsurables’News from Huffington Post:

WASHINGTON — Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes [...] Continue Reading…

Health Care Reform: GOP Preps Plan For Ruling On LawNews from Huffington Post:

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House Republican leaders are quietly hatching a plan of attack as they await a historic [...] Continue Reading…

Health care losing to politicsNews from Philadelphia Inquirer:
Burnishing his political credentials among the Republican right wing may be the only logical explanation for Gov. Christie’s blocking the creation of state health-insurance exchanges, which would aid not only the 1.3 million New Jerseyans without coverage, but also small businesses and people who don’t have enough medical insurance.
Choosing politics over policy, Christie has caved to party extremists who were calling the exchanges “Christiecare.”
The term served as a loosely veiled threat to a potential running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt [...] Continue Reading…

Mass. Senate tackle health care payment planNews from BusinessWeek:

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Is world outpacing US on health care?News from Washington Post:
Even as Americans debate whether President Obama’s health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
China, after years of underfunding health care, is on track to complete a three-year, $ 124 billion initiative projected to cover more than 90 percent of the nation’s residents.

Mexico, which a decade ago covered less than half its population, completed an eight-year [...] Continue Reading…

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Adult Americans’ access to basic health care on declineNews from The Missoulian:
BILLINGS – The ability of adults to obtain basic health care services in the United States has declined in nearly every state over the past decade, even for those who have health insurance – and Montana is no exception, according to a report released by the [...] Continue Reading…