The News Review:
- Early Caesareans Pose Risks to Newborns
- Paterson plan offers strong medicine for health care
- Families can’t afford CBRA
- If Michael Moore dislikes Dr. Gupta then the doc can’t be all bad
Early Caesareans Pose Risks to Newborns
New York Times United States
The study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development was published on Thursday in The. It is being released amid concern over the rising numbers of preterm births in the United States and the trend of many women and their physicians to schedule Caesarean deliveries or C-sections well in advance of the expected due date.
Paterson plan offers strong medicine for health care
Elmira Star-Gazette NY
5 million residents are enrolled in public health insurance in New York. 7 million children and adults are covered by Medicaid 518000 adults by Family Health Plus and 365000 children by Child Health Plus. In 2008 the governor expanded income eligibility for Child Health Plus from 250 percent to 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($70000 for a family of three) making an additional 64000 children and teens statewide eligible for subsidized coverage. Additionally families with incomes above 400 percent may now buy into the program at the full monthly premium. Paterson’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year supports further steps to assist the nearly 2. 5 million New Yorkers who lack health insurance.
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Families can’t afford CBRA
Cincinnati.com H
2 percent in December its highest level in 16 years. In fact more Americans lost jobs in 2008 than in any year since 1945 when the wartime economy started shutting down. Consumers can buy their own individual health plans but costs are high too and coverage is limited. For two non-smoking adults and a child in Northern Kentucky monthly coverage cost estimates through Humanane ranged from $152. 30 for a plan with a $7500 annual deductible to $467. 99 for a plan with a $1000 annual deductible. That’s cheaper than CBRA but individual plans can bar people with poor health histories including cancer diabetes and heart disease or exempt coverage of those conditions.
If Michael Moore dislikes Dr. Gupta then the doc can’t be all bad
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com NJ
When I traveled there in 1994 I was amazed to find people raising pigs and chickens in the halls of what had once been gracious apartment buildings. The livestock supplements a diet of rice beans and not much else. This points to the sole unique accomplishment of the Cuban socialists in the area of health care: They have cured obesity. I kept waiting for just one lighthearted moment during which Moore would contrast his own immense bulk with the trim physiques of the Cubans. But there are no light moments in “Sicko. ” Moore pounds his points home the same way those immense hams of his pound the sidewalks as he visits Canada Cuba France and England. The central premise of the movie is Moore’s assertion that “we remain the only country in the Western world without free and universal health care.
