Print Story: Judge Tosses Suit Against Obama Health Care Plan
WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that all Americans have health insurance violates the religious freedom of those who rely on God to protect them.
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, on behalf of five Americans who can afford health insurance but have chosen for years not to buy it.
Patrick’s Cuts Pose Long-Term Health Risks
THE STEADY rise in health care costs continues to pose a major threat to the economy. Health care expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product were more than 17 percent in 2009 and are predicted to rise to 31 percent by 2035, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Allowing health care expenses to consume such a large proportion of what we produce leaves less for everything else, including education, scientific and technological research, and job creation.
New York State Proposal Would Cap Annual Medicaid Increases
ALBANY — The State Health Department on Thursday will propose a cap on yearly increases in Medicaid financing that will require across-the-board spending cuts by health care providers.
The spending cap, part of an overhaul of the way the state budgets its spending on health care for the poor, would require millions of dollars in cuts by hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers. It would also leave them vulnerable to additional cuts if enrollment increases and Medicaid costs rise.
Brown's Countdown, Day 42: Medi-Cal could require co-payment
kyamamura@sacbee.com
PUBLISHED SUNDAY, FEB. 20, 2011
Medi-Cal doctors who serve low-income children and disabled residents could turn away patients who can't afford co-payments under a budget proposal moving through the Legislature.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed the idea as part of his plan to eliminate a $26.6 billion deficit. It would make California the first state to impose a mandatory co-pay requirement, though the proposal first requires federal permission – no easy task.
Backers bemoan firing
of former CDC chief Mills
The woman who protected Mainers' health for 15 years had just started in the DHHS medical post in January.
AUGUSTA - Lawmakers in both major parties said Wednesday they were disappointed that Dr. Dora Anne Mills had been fired by the LePage administration from her position in the Department of Health and Human Services.
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