Budget cuts threaten plan to provide health coverage to all Washington state children In today’s Seattle Times health reporter Kyung M. Song writes about how the “state’s budget problems threaten to halt Washington’s advance towards universal health care for children by 2010.” That goal was set out in the 2007 Cover All Kids law. Since [...]
By Mark Ganz It is encouraging to have President-Elect Obama declare that we cannot allow these tough economic times to postpone health care reform. His position mirrors what a recent Regence poll found: People want health care reform now, especially those who must find their own insurance. Our nation’s mounting job losses are throwing thousands [...]
Health care will be expensive as long as someone else is paying for it, writes Dr. Roger Stark, a health-care policy analyst at the Washington Policy Center, a Seattle-based think tank that promotes market-based solutions. “Only when individuals can direct their own medical spending through a market will costs become transparent and likewise come under [...]
The Western Washington Chapter of a Physicians for a National Health Program, a group that supports the establishment of a single-payer health-care system for the United States, will hold its monthly meeting this Wednesday evening, Dec. 17. The meeting will focus on responding to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team’s call for community discussions [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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