Science news articles about 'health care coverage'

... jobs were twice as likely to lose their health care coverage as children whose parents did ... round of data collection with children’s insurance coverage in a later round. Children who lost insurance ...

... that the unemployment rate will rise to as much as 9 percent next year. If that occurs, approximately 3 million additional children will fall into poverty, with many losing their health-care coverage.

... offer ways to significantly expand health care coverage and also improve the quality of benefits and the efficiency ... include standards for ensuring high quality care. Plans of both President-elect Obama ...

... short period—jeopardizes having a usual source of care," said Lindsey J. Leininger, Ph.D., ... Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid and in private health care coverage is needed to ensure that children maintain ...

... disparities. This study compared 96 primary care clinics in five regions, including Chicago. ... go beyond efforts to improve health care coverage and reimbursement. Interventions also should target ...

... look toward health reform it is critical that they take into account the value of health care coverage for everyone and assure that all Americans have the ability to obtain insurance for themselves ...

The new state budget in Massachusetts eliminates health care coverage for some 30,000 legal immigrants to help close a growing deficit.

... standards that requires employers to project future coverage costs, rather than just booking expenses ... little or no money for retiree health-care coverage." Courts have almost universally backed ...

... chronic conditions early on—contributing to better health and lower cost once they reach age ... ensure secure and stable coverage for all Americans, and slow the rise in health care costs for employers ...

... insurance to ensure that everyone has access to needed care.” Both studies concluded that the growing lack ... private sectors must work together to share responsibility for providing health care coverage ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan plan for universal health care coverage would pay for itself and eventually could create modest budget surpluses, according to a congressional report released Thursday ...

... Two of the state's largest health plans agreed today to reinstate nearly 1,200 patients whose health coverage the insurers dropped after the individuals incurred high medical expenses.

... describe how both plans seek to expand health insurance, but Senator McCain would encourage ... plan focuses on sharing responsibility for health care coverage among employers, the government, and families ...

... to middle-income families are going without health insurance, even when at least one parent has private ... ) so more of these children get access to health care coverage. What is the long-term solution? ...

... investments have declined in value. But long-term-care insurance is even riskier today than it was just a ... in 10 Americans has long-term health-care coverage, but Kaplan suspects the numbers will grow ...