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Christian Science Monitor Examines ‘Crisis Proportions’ of U.S. Middle Class Uninsured
The Christian Science Monitor today examines the growing number of uninsured Americans, which is reaching “crisis proportions” in the middle class.
NBC News Airs Five-Part Series on Health Care Challenges in the United States
NBC’s “Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” yesterday began a five-part series about health care challenges in the United States.
Thousands of Individuals Who Qualify for Public Health Programs Not Enrolled, Web Site Finds
Thousands of individuals who qualify for federal and state programs such as Medicaid and Medicare have not enrolled, according to an Internet site developed to help seniors determine their eligibility for benefits.
CMA Drops Plan to Sponsor Ballot Measure to Fund Trauma Centers with Increased Motor Vehicle Fines
The California Medical Association has decided not to sponsor a ballot measure that would have increased fines for motor vehicle violations to help fund the state’s “ailing” emergency rooms and trauma centers, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Aventis to Donate 70 to 90 Million Doses of 30-Year-Old Smallpox Vaccine to Federal Government
French pharmaceutical company Aventis Pasteur announced last Friday that it will donate to the U.S. government between 70 and 90 million doses of the smallpox vaccine it recently found “after 30 years in cold storage,” the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Many State Health Plans Spent Larger Percentage of Revenue on Patient Care in 2000, CMA Study Finds
Increased health care costs forced a number of state health plans to spend a larger percentage of their revenue on patient care in 2000 than in 1999, according to a study released last Friday by the California Medical Association, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Arizona will become the second state, after California, to launch the Health-e-App program, an online application designed to enroll low-income families in public health insurance programs.
Thompson Names Interim ‘Management Team’ to Head CDC Until Permanent Director Appointed
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson last Friday announced that effective April 1, an interim “management team” will head the CDC until the Bush administration names a permanent director.
American Legacy Foundation April Fools’ Day Advertisement Touts Nicotine-Free Cigarettes
The American Legacy Foundation yesterday aired an advertisement touting a new cigarette with no carcinogens or nicotine and the slogan, “Get Addicted to Livin’,” USA Today reports.
Reuters/CNET.com Examines Efforts of Internet, Technology Companies To Fix Health Care Industry
Reuters/CNET.com last weekend examined the slow pace at which the Internet is “making inexorable inroads” in the health care industry.