HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

October 02, 2008

links for 2008-10-02

• San Francisco health plan does not violate ERISA, court rules
  A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that San Francisco’s universal health care program violates federal law
• Children living on poverty line in UK
  More than half the children in some parts of Barnet borough are living in or on the brink of poverty, a report revealed this week.
• Health Care and the Broader Economic Crisis
  Consider, for example, the fact that most hospitals and health systems have remained in the black only as a result of investment income. Many lose money on operations. How will health systems remain afloat if the returns on their investments are diminished?
• Minorities less likely to plan for end-of-life care
  Black and Hispanic adults who are terminally ill are less likely than their white counterparts to have a plan in place for end-of-life care, a new study suggests.