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Covering America's Children
Although Cover the Uninsured Week 2007 drew to a close on April 29, advocates of universal coverage work to share their message year-round in an effort to keep this growing problem high on the national agenda.
CINDY SANDERS |
Creating a Coalition for Coverage
There is strength in numbers.
In January 2007, 16 national healthcare organizations announced they had joined together and reached a consensus on policy approaches to increase the number of Americans with access to health insurance.
According to Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, the Health Coverage Coalition for the Uninsured (HCCU) looked at approaches that would be effective and could garner agreement from those with varying perspectives.
CINDY SANDERS |
Massachusetts Officials Outline Low-Cost Health Plans
Massachusetts health officials say they've passed a key hurdle en route to near universal insurance coverage for state residents.
In February, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick made an eleventh-hour appeal to a group of state insurance companies to come up with an affordable set of health plans for...
JOHN CARROLL |
Healthcare Reform Efforts Take Root
The corridors of power on Capitol Hill have long been the front lines in the war over healthcare policy. But recently many of the most combative groups have been joining hands with their most implacable political opponents in common cause.
JOHN CARROLL |
OFF Call: Roman Holiday
Once again, love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done. —Sappho.
Rome is a great place to fall in love again — with your loved ones, no matter the relationship, and yourself. Who could not fall under the romantic spell of the city's unending mysteries guarded by angels frozen in time?
LYNNE JETER |
Dashboards for Business … and Bodies?
Planes, trains and automobiles. They all have something in common. The pilot, engineer or driver all rely on a complex set of information (fuel usage, speed, engine temperature, oil pressure, geographic information systems, time, and so forth) delivered to them in a comprehensive but easy to read display.
RICHARD W. OLIVER |
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