HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

June 03, 2008

links for 2008-06-03

• States' Scorecard Finds Big Differences in Kids' Health Care
  The quality of children's health care in America varies widely from state to state, as does their access to insurance and care and the likelihood of living long and healthy lives.
• Toxic Waste in the U.S. Health Care System
  For most of these predominantly low-to-middle-income Americans, the underlying problem is not lack of desire for health insurance; rather. their income is insufficient to reasonably afford a health insurance policy or pay its deductible and other out-of-p
• Health insurance gains detailed
  The number of uninsured adults in Massachusetts fell by almost half last year, says a study released today, while the state's Revenue Department reports that 86,000 people paid a state tax penalty rather than buy insurance.
• Spiralling costs and indifferent health care
  In a country with high out-of-pocket expenditures on health, increasing costs mean the common man has to bear a heavier burden.
• National health care needs myth-busting
  The first myth that Florida debunks is this: Those without health coverage do not work. Well, Florida, the state that has been leading the nation in job creations over the past few years, has seen its uninsured rate steadily increase from 16.8 percent in

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