Olver's rival says health-care law not working.
Byline: Paula J. Owen LEOMINSTER - War veteran and congressional candidate Nathan Bech met with Leominster residents outside UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Leominster Campus yesterday to talk about his plans to lower health care costs and to increase its availability for everyone. Mr. Bech, a...

UnitedHealthcare to Provide Health Care to Customers Attending Olympic Games.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-31 July 2008-UnitedHealthcare to Provide Health Care to Customers Attending Olympic Games(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com UnitedHealth International, has teamed up with International SOS (ISOS), a worldwide provider of medical and security assistance services and international health care, to provide assistance to UnitedHealthcare customers...

The presidential candidates' health care proposals: what's at stake for women.
THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY is weighing heavily on people's minds and taking a toll on our health and our wallets. These worries affect people across the economic spectrum--not just the poor and uninsured, but also middle-class and working families who are at-risk of losing insurance or...

Report gives U.S. health care system a D-minus.
Access to care has declined significantly since 2003, with 42% of all working-age adults either uninsured or underinsured in 2007, according to a national health system scorecard from The Commonwealth Fund, which found that health care system performance in the United States has worsened slightly overall since 2006. ...

Fitch Withdraws Rating for St. Francis Health Care Centre (Green Springs, Ohio) Bonds.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-30 September 2008-Fitch Withdraws Rating for St. Francis Health Care Centre (Green Springs, Ohio) Bonds(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Fitch announced that it has withdrawn the rating on the bonds listed below for St. Francis Health Care Centre (SFHCC). The rating withdrawal...

Health care must be earned.
Dr. Alan R. Nelson's discouragement about health care reform is not uncommon ("Why Health Care Reform Will Not Happen," Guest Editorial, June 15, 2008, p. 8). Sadly, the only health care reform he considers is some form of "universal coverage." Despite years of government intervention, which has...

The Office of Vermont Health Access--Care Coordination Program.
The Office of Vermont Health Access (OVHA), administrator for Vermont Medicaid, has launched an innovative program to support high risk Medicaid beneficiaries in managing their chronic health conditions. The Care Coordination Program (CCP) provides short term, intensive case management services to the highest risk Medicaid beneficiaries who have one...

A mixed prognosis; Medicaid waiver, costs keys to health care reform.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Massachusetts' pioneering health insurance reform, launched last year, justly has been praised for reducing the number of uninsured residents and use of high-cost emergency room care for routine ailments. Despite the initial successes, the program's long-term sustainability hinges on whether the state can...

3M Health Care and Greystone Pharmaceuticals Ink License Pact.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 July 2008-3M Health Care and Greystone Pharmaceuticals Ink License Pact(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com According to the Group, this is the second agreement between 3M Health Care and Greystone Pharmaceuticals The first agreement provided 3M Health Care limited distribution rights in Canada and...

NASE Survey: Health Care Reform is a Key Issue for Entrepreneurs.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-12 September 2008-NASE Survey: Health Care Reform is a Key Issue for Entrepreneurs(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A national survey measuring the impact of rising health care costs on businesses with 10 employees or fewer shows that micro-businesses strongly support health care reform leading...