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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The proposal for a National Health Insurance (NHI) was without doubt the most significant development in South Africa's healthcare sector in 2009. The aim of the NHI is to create universal healthcare coverage for all of the country's citizens. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) The NHI will have a significant effect on the fortunes of most players in the South African market, including hospital groups, medical...
DALLAS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Physmark has announced HealthKeys, a software system and service based on the company's patent-pending cost model that measures the effectiveness and cost savings of preventive care programs. "HealthKeys gives corporate executives and health plans actionable intelligence showing which wellness programs are working and which need improvement," said Dr. Jacob Kuriyan, President and CEO of Physmark, Inc. Physmark's cost model uses a new set of metrics to...
Michigan Business and Professional Association Releases New Health Care Overhaul Survey WARREN, Mich., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eighty-three percent of the owners of small businesses surveyed across Michigan do not support a government-operated health care plan as a public option for insurance, according to a new survey of the members of the Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) and the Michigan Food and Beverage Association (MFBA) headquartered in Warren. This is...
Bill Must Be Improved: Anti-Choice Provisions in Senate and House Bills Betray Promise of Reform for Women, Coverage Must Be Affordable WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families: "The Senate took a historic step to fix our nation's broken health care system this morning by passing comprehensive reform that will cover 31 million more people, prohibit insurance practices that undermine...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's passage of health care reform in the U.S. Senate is one historic step toward fulfilling what will one day be a promise we will make to every person living in this country: If you are sick, we will care for you. You will be able to afford coverage and insurance companies will not run roughshod over you. USAction Executive Director Jeff Blum said other steps will include final passage after conference committee, effective implementation...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this morning on the Senate voting 60 to 39 to pass historic health insurance reform legislation: "Today's vote in the United States Senate brings us closer to providing quality, affordable health insurance to every American. I commend Senator Reid for his strong leadership in passing this bill, which takes a critical step on behalf of the health and security of all Americans. "We are proud...
What we don't know about the secret measures could prove more harmful WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A leading advocacy group for small businesses said that the secrecy and manipulation that has come to define health care reform in the Senate is not only fueling widespread opposition to the legislation, but also undermines the confidence that is desperately needed to get the economy back on a solid growth track. According to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council...
National survey of US hospitals shows information technology has yielded neither administrative efficiencies nor cost savingsThe increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.The findings, published in today's [Friday's] online edition of the American Journal of Medicine, contradict claims by President Obama and many lawmakers that health information...
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that its business unit, CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts Inc.(TM) (CeltiCare), and representatives from the Health Connector, met to reaffirm CeltiCare's commitment to offering high quality, affordable healthcare for all Massachusetts consumers. In July of 2009, CeltiCare went live with Commonwealth Care on schedule and on a voluntary basis. CeltiCare looks forward to delivering better...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on Congressman Anthony Weiner's single payer alternative: "Within the next few days, the House will vote on the most comprehensive health care legislation in our history. Our bill will provide affordability to the middle class, security to our seniors, and responsibility to our children by not adding a dime to the deficit. While our bill contains unprecedented reforms, including an end...
