my care2
make a difference

causes & news

news network

socially conscious news and video shared and rated by the community

Health & Wellness News tagged with health care

The Cause of Bankruptcy : Private US Health Insurance : The All-American Scam
Health & Wellness  (tags: United States, Health Care, Scam, Bankruptcy, overcharges, inefficiency, healthcare, warning, treatment, study, research, news, medicine, investigation, health, humans, illness, government, ethics, drugs, disease, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Gregory
- 49 days ago - brasschecktv.com
More than half of bankruptcies in America are the result of medical bills. A full 75% of those had health insurance!In Canada, the UK, Japan and Western Europe, an outcome like this is impossible.Americans are told they have the best health care system
McCain Could Raise Taxes On Middle Class
Health & Wellness  (tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Tax Plan, Health Care, John McCain, Middle Class, Taxes, Politics News )

Blue
- 52 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Explaining why McCain can't promise not to raise taxes on middle class families, Furman cited the Arizona Republican's plan to tax employer-provided health care and give tax credits directly to consumers. ....
SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK EFFORT TO AID PARALYZED VETERANS
Health & Wellness  (tags: Republicans, Congress, Veterans, health care, paralyzed veterans, Christopher and Dana Reeve Act, spinal cord injuries, Advancing America's Priorities Act, GOP, troops, war, bush administration, military )

Blue
- 67 days ago - rawstory.com
The bill, Advancing America's Priorities Act, was blocked by a 50-42 vote, short of the 60 votes need to overcome a filibuster. It was created in an effort to draw attention to Sen. Tom Coburn, a stalwart crusader for tightening the pursestrings of gove
Wounded Vet Group Tells Cheney To Stay Away
Health & Wellness  (tags: Cheney Veterans, Cheney Wounded Veterans, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney Veterans, Republicans, war, troops, lies, deception, corruption, health care, Dick Cheney Wounded Veterans, Politics News )

Blue
- 69 days ago - nydailynews.com
Cheney planned to speak to the Disabled American Veterans at 8:30 a.m. at its August convention in Las Vegas. His staff insisted the sick vets be sequestered for two hours before Cheney's arrival and couldn't leave until he'd finished talking, officials
Native Americans With Cancer Largely ''Invisible'' to Policymakers
Health & Wellness  (tags: Native Americans, cancer, the Intercultural Cancer Council, April, report, alarming, incidence, death rates, access to prevention strategies, screening tests, health care, urban vs rural, disparities, federal, state, policymakers )

Jill
- 156 days ago - indiancountry.com
Compared to other groups, Indians have poorest survival rate for all cancers & many cancers disproportionately affect Native populations. Incidence & death rates from kidney cancer found to be higher than any other group. Poverty, discrepancies between..
1 in 15 Kids Hurt in Medicine Mix-Ups at Hospitals
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, children, medicine, drug overdose, kids, health care, side effects, lab tests, painkillers, breathing difficulty, allergic reactions, low blood pressure, blood test )

Ann
- 180 days ago - happykidsclub.info
Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.
The McCain Heath Plan Explained: Freedom For Insurance Companies
Health & Wellness  (tags: John McCain, Republicans, health care, insurance companies, politics, lobbyists )

Blue
- 201 days ago - thinkprogress.org
"I offer a genuinely conservative vision for health care reform, which preserves the most essential value of American lives - freedom."He means health plans should be free of regulation.
One Gene Closer to Understanding Pancreatic Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer, doctors, medecine, medical news, treatment, women, society, health care, research, illness, environment )

Deedy
- 202 days ago - nytimes.com
Most of us will be linked to Cancer in some way during our lifetime, but with people like Dr.Terri Brentnall working towards a cure, there are many signs of hope for the future.
Many Doctors, Many Tests, No Rhyme or Reason
Health & Wellness  (tags: patient, physicians, lab tests, technology, health care, hospitals )

Blue
- 207 days ago - nytimes.com
In our health care system, if you have a slew of physicians and a willing patient, almost any sort of terrible excess can occur.
Health Care USA : Fewer Emergency Rooms But More Patients
Health & Wellness  (tags: Bush, Republicans, health care, cut funding, close hospitals, war troops, ethics, responsibility )

Blue
- 222 days ago - niemanwatchdog.org
...several hundred emergency departments (EDs) closed around the U.S., while the total number of patient visits soared. A 2008 study showed waits to see the ED physician increased 36% between 1997 and 2004. The government's answer: cut funding for urban
One-Stop Clinics 'Are the Future' - UK/Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: uk, britain, doctors, clinics, medical, health, health care, prevention )

Chrissy
- 232 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Clinics manned by a single doctor should be replaced by one-stop health shops run by several GPs, health minister Lord Darzi has told the BBC. So-called 'polyclinics', which house GPs alongside medical services normally offered at hospitals, are better
S.I. Heart Attack Patient Hounded for $5 Insurance Co-Pay While on Gurney
Health & Wellness  (tags: hospital, health care, co-pay, emergency, heart attack )

Paige
- 245 days ago - nydailynews.com
A Staten Island woman being rushed from her doctor's office to the hospital after a heart attack was hounded for a $5 insurance co-pay while lying on a gurney and breathing through tubes.
Govt Urged to Improve Rural Patients' Healthcare Access - Australia
Health & Wellness  (tags: australia, labor government, kevin rudd, health care, rural )

Chrissy
- 256 days ago - abc.net.au
For people in remote and rural areas in Australia, a trip to get specialist healthcare can mean a lot of travel and expense. But the difficulties may be eased if the Rudd Labor Government reforms rural health services, as it has pledged to do.
Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, breast cancer, women, health care, risks )

Danielle
- 276 days ago - news.yahoo.com
THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer live significantly longer if they carry specific mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes known to raise risks for breast cancer. After five years of following a group of Ashkena
It's Time to Face Peak Oil
Health & Wellness  (tags: peak oil, health care )

Marc
- 307 days ago - post-gazette.com
Pittsburgh's health-care industry must face the fact that the end game has come for its main source of energy. The stark truth is that medicine -- along with government and society -- has no Plan B for peak oil.
 

Popular Tags for: Health & Wellness

Most Active Stories Today in Health & Wellness tagged with health care

top story finders in Health & Wellness

1. Annelies O. 37 popular stories

2. charles mclachlan 34 popular stories

3. Laura H. 33 popular stories

4. Ruthie T. 32 popular stories

5. Carolyn T. 28 popular stories

6. Maria Oniga 28 popular stories

7. Ingrid Peeters 28 popular stories

8. Robert R. 24 popular stories

9. Kathy W. 24 popular stories

10. Loup W. 24 popular stories

more top news finders »

What makes a top story finder?
A top finder is someone who submits stories that become popular and are promoted to the front page.

wanted: news analysts

Get Active in the Care2 News Network!

Help ferret out the most noteworthy of the Newly Submitted stories and promote them to the Front Page.

care2 news network tools

News Network Bookmarklet

Submit stories from your browser toolbar with the easy to use Add to Care2 News! bookmarklet.

News Network Syndication

Get this page in RSS. Keep up to date with the Care2 News Network in your favorite RSS reader. Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and more!
Find out how to subscribe!

care2 newsletter spotlight

Join over 2 Million Care2 Subscribers! Sign up for our FREE Newsletters, Delivered to your Inbox!

care2 action alerts





Copyright © 2008 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved