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The "economic anxiety" U.S. residents currently feel is a "direct result of increasing health care costs," and lawmakers "should not wait another year to start tackling this problem," Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) write in a Washington Times opinion piece.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Thursday during a visit to the Cleveland Clinic discussed his health care proposal, the Akron Beacon Journal reports (Wheeler, Akron Beacon Journal, 5/2). The

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Legislation (S 334) proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) that would establish a universal health care system in the U.S. could be budget-neutral by 2014 and generate budget surpluses in future years, according to a Congressional Budget Office and

The House on Thursday voted 414-1 to approve a bill (HR 493) that would prohibit discrimination based on the results of genetic tests, the New York Times reports (Harmon, New York Times, 5/2).

Moms are often so busy caring for others that they forget themselves, and that can be dangerous

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) on Tuesday said that legislation being considered to overhaul the state's health care system should include health savings accounts and tax credits as a way to reduce costs for residents who purchase private health insurance, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The measures are similar to those thatpresumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen.

Enrollment in Wisconsin's new BadgerCare Plus program has "far exceeded" officials' expectations, with more than 71,000 residents enrolling in the first six weeks of the program, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (Boulton/Forster, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/29).

At 33, Lori Hamilton is young and healthy. So what is she doing at an oral, head and neck cancer screening at an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital? "It's therapeutic for me to talk to patients," Hamilton explained. Her husband, Bobby Hamilton Sr., a champion NASCAR driver, died of neck cancer last year at the age of 49.

"Health IN the Economy," Kaiser Family Foundation: The essay by Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman looks at the implications of the economy rising and health care falling as political issues in polls of the public.

The House on Thursday voted 414-1 to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a bill (HR 493) to prohibit insurers and employers from discriminating against individuals based on genetic information that shows a predisposition to certain conditions, including breast cancer, the

Nationwide, uninsured children in families earning between $38,000 and $77,000 a year are just as likely to go without any health care as uninsured children in poorer families. More than 40 percent of children in those income brackets who are uninsured all year see no physicians and have no prescriptions all year, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Two new studies conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center point to the negative impact of parental job loss on children's healthcare and the importance of having continuous health insurance coverage to meet children's healthcare needs and reduce healthcare disparities.The studies were presented Saturday May 3 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu.

Attorneys presented closing arguments on Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs that alleges the agency is unequipped to provide medical services to treat the mental health problems of soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the

On average, people enrolled in high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts in 2005 had adjusted gross income of $139,000 compared to $57,000 for other taxpayers, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Wednesday, CQ HealthBeat reports(Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 4/30).

The health care proposal detailed on Tuesday by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) could increase taxes for some higher-income individuals and families, his campaign said on Wednesday, the New York Times reports.

Poor eating habits combined with a relatively sedentary lifestyle of homework and video games put Brandon Hollas at 380 pounds by his freshman year in college. But diabetes in his family got his attention and he started taking baby steps toward eating better and exercising. Today, at 25, he's at a healthy weight and looking forward to his wedding.