Health CareNews and information about health care.City Fiscal Conditions Take a Turn for the Worse - PR Inside- September 15, 2008 - National League of Cities (NLC) Amanda Straub, 202-626-3015 or Chris Hoene, 202-626-3172 Citing a perfect storm of rising home foreclosures, declining home values, and spiraling costs, such as the increasing cost of health care premiums, the ...http://www.pr-inside.com/city-fiscal-conditions-take-a-turn-for-the-worse-r807270.htm AP INVESTIGATION: Health care dumps tons of drugs - International Herald Tribune- September 15, 2008 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) U.S. hospitals and long-term care facilities annually flush millions of pounds (kilograms) of unused pharmaceuticals down the drain, pumping contaminants intoAmerica's drinking water, according to an ongoing Associated Press ...http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/15/america/NA-FEA-US-PharmaWater-Flush-I.php Florida's fiscal hole will exceed patches - St. Petersburg Times- September 15, 2008 TALLAHASSEE Florida's frayed budget is being patched with borrowed money, and the prolonged economic slump will force Gov. Charlie Crist and legislators to confront much bigger shortfalls in the months ahead. At Crist's urging, a bipartisan panel ...http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=810976 Heart care failings 'across UK' - BBC News- September 15, 2008 Patients are offered advice and support in areas such as how to increase physical activity levels safely, how to return to normal daily activities and work and how to tackle risk factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, smoking, obesity ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/i/int/news/uk/7/-/news/1/hi/health/7611985.stm Economic angst tops issues in Mass. town - USA Today- September 15, 2008 FITCHBURG, Mass. Folks at the City Hall Cafe on Main Street are bracing for trouble. Waitress Mona Roberts starts a second job as a home health care worker this weekend. Proprietor John Karanasios is debating whether he could unscrew some of the ...http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-14-50states-mass_N.htm?csp=23&a... Health care reform goes beyond cost, coverage - Star-Banner- September 15, 2008 Whoever wins the election this November, health care reform will be at the top of the agenda in Washington next year. And we know from experience that no one political party and no one group will be able to dictate a solution. If we want meaningful ...http://www.ocala.com/article/20080914/OPINION/809140261/-1/living02&title=Health_care_... Ohio Partnership for long-term care promotes asset-protection policies - Cleveland Plain Dealer- September 14, 2008 Go to Ohio Partnership for Long Term Care insurance FAQ section. Expect to be bombarded in the weeks and months ahead by a big push in Ohio for a new type of insurance that guarantees you won't lose your life savings if you need to go into a ...http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/ohio_partnership_for_longterm.html Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health ... - BioMed Central- September 14, 2008 Several studies in wealthy countries suggest that utilization of GP and hospital services, after adjusting for health care need, is equitable or pro-poor, whereas specialist care tends to favour the better off. Horizontal equity in these studies has ...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/183/abstract |