HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

October 30, 2008

links for 2008-10-30

• Arizona's Proposition 101 Would Block Universal Health Coverage
  Opponents say the measure could have unintended consequences, including driving up Medicaid costs. Supporters say it will keep the state from encroaching on the private sector.
• China AIDS patients dying because of tragic stigma
  Chinese AIDS victims are dying needlessly because a "tragic stigma" prevents them seeking help in a country where one fifth of people think the disease can be passed on by sharing a toilet, a top activist said on Thursday.
• Clare Bambra on European health inequalities
  Our recent study of income-related inequalities in limiting long-term illness found the least generous Anglo-Saxon welfare states, England and Ireland, exhibited the largest health inequalities.
• Women Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty
  Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, as women pay much more than men of the same age for individual insurance policies providing identical coverage, according to new data from insurance companies and online brokers.