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That s when he asked for his plan for universal access to health insurance and a gross-receipts tax - which would generate billions of dollars and constitute the largest tax increase in state history - to pay for it. In the more than three months listed, the records show the governor spent five nights in Springfield, and was physically in the city for just under 200 hours including those nights. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
Minnesota Chamber aims to protect state Jun 14, 2007
Universal access for the 7 percent of Minnesotans uninsured is a laudable goal, but it would accomplish little if cost and quality are not addressed in tandem. If we do not address runaway health care costs, none of us will be able to afford health insurance. (Winona Daily News, MN)
As I see it:New health care plan a needed cure Jun 1, 2007
Senate Bills 27 and 329 will achieve universal access to health care for Oregonians. SB 27 takes two important steps: 1) using medical research and public forum to prioritize medical services, and 2) pooling the funds of Medicare, Medicaid and employer contributions to allow all Oregonians a basic set of health care services including preventative care. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Military Update: Task force says raise TRICARE fees and retail drug co-pays May 26, 2007
For retirees, the promise of space available care first made in the 1950s has been replaced with universal access to care on base or, more often, through a network of civilian physicians. Adams called it a highest-quality benefit having few limitations. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Group assails budget spending, proposes income tax increase May 8, 2007
The Civic Federation of Chicago, a nonpartisan tax watchdog group comprised of business leaders, rejected the budget's call for universal access to health insurance and said the gross receipts tax on businesses would overburden Illinois businesses and consumers. In a report released Monday, the group said boosting personal and corporate taxes would help stabilize the state's financial health, which is ailing in part because of ballooning pension obligations. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Obama, Democrats feel heat on health care Apr 4, 2007
John Edwards, advocates more radical reforms to achieve not universal access but coverage through a wholesale shake-up of the existing system by offering public and private purchasing pools. He plans to pay the estimated $90 billion to $120 billion annually for his programs by reversing Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy income earners. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Read more... Mar 31, 2007
The group helped bring about adoption of a national policy mandating universal access to sexuality education for young people and the establishment and implementation of the federal governments Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education curriculum. Institute for Law and Public Policy -- Moscow, Russia: Born a year after the Soviet Unions dissolution and a year before a constitutional crisis in 1993, the Institute of Law and Public Policy is Russias leading non-governmental research, policy, and... (PNN Online)
Healthcare needs gradual growth Mar 26, 2007
Third, universal access to primary healthcare will be guaranteed in the near future. A major question remains before these three measures are taken: Should primary healthcare be a natural result of the first two measures or a new, separate system developed independently. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rate Of Global TB Levelling Off Says WHO Mar 25, 2007
Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr Peter Piot, said, "In the last year, we have seen unprecedented collaboration between the TB and HIV communities, but much more is needed if we are to achieve our goal of universal access to quality TB and HIV prevention, diagnostic, treatment and care services". (3) Extensively Drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). (Medical News Today)
Blagojevich Unveils Big Plans For Health, Schools Mar 8, 2007
The ambitious agenda includes providing $10 billion more for public schools over the next four years, universal access to health care insurance $26 billion for state pension funds and a business gross receipts tax to help pay for it all. He has proposed a combination of programs that, together, would help everyone in the state obtain health insurance if they want it. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
BNH Talks to the Advocates Mar 6, 2007
We're for universal access, [but] we went well beyond the access issue and said we need a paradigm shift, where we start talking about addressing healthy lifestyles and getting more value for the $22 billion we're already spending. Patricelli: There's a six-, seven-, eight-, ten-percent problem, depending on whose data you want to use with regard to the uninsured. (Connecticut Business News Journal)
States craft HPV vaccine bills Feb 11, 2007
"Mandating the vaccine for school-age children is probably the ideal long-term strategy" to achieve broad immunity and guarantee universal access, Geller said. The committee has yet to submit its recommendations to the Illinois Department of Public Health, where a department official said the state has no position on mandating the vaccine. (FOX59, IN)
States review ways to require HPV vaccine Feb 11, 2007
"Mandating the vaccine for school-age children is probably the ideal long-term strategy" to achieve broad immunity and guarantee universal access, Geller said. The committee has yet to submit its recommendations to the Illinois Department of Public Health, where a department official said the state has no position on mandating the HPV vaccine. (Kansas City Star)
Health care for all is within reach Feb 3, 2007
Health care for all is within reach. The country is moving ineluctably toward some sort of government guarantee of universal health care. (AZCentral -- News)
Democrats push for comprehensive health care Jan 12, 2007
A campaign to bring Iowans universal access to health care was kicked off in the Legislature Wednesday by a group of Democrats who want to pay for their health plan with a dollar increase in the cigarette tax. "We've waited for the federal government to do this. We can't wait any longer," said Rep. (Yahoo News -- Health Care)
Schwarzenegger heeds health study Jan 3, 2007
Nichols said that leaves the governor with only two choices _ "shared responsibility or a lick and a promise" _ if he intends, as he has said, to provide universal access. And like New America, the governor believes individuals, government, employers, medical providers and insurers must all be involved, said Kim Belshi, Schwarzenegger's secretary for health and human services. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
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