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Med students a source of affordable health care

It's an affordable health care option that benefits both the patients and the providers. And it's available throughout South Florida.

Legislation good step for women’s health

Last Friday, the Obama administration announced that universities and hospitals, regardless of religious affiliation, cannot deny full birth control coverage to their female employees. Most employers have until Aug. 1 to come under compliance; nonprofits with religious affiliations have an additional year.

2012 Healthcare Management Conference

Join local business and healthcare leaders for a day of dynamic discussion around the impact of the insurance mandate and healthcare reform on the Inland Northwest community. In 2014 health care reform will extend coverage to nearly 30 million uninsured people. The federal government, through the Institute of Medicine, is laying out guidelines for deciding [...]

Med students a source of affordable care

It's an affordable health care option that benefits both the patients and the providers. And it's available throughout South Florida.

Massachusetts Health Experience: What the Nation Can Expect?

Mitt Romney may not like to hear it, but if you want to know what health reform will look like for the United States, look to what’s happening in Massachusetts, a team of experts said on Wednesday.

Health reform good news for young adults

A report released by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute notes what could be some really good news: The health care reform signed into law by President Obama, which has been criticized by Republicans and challenged in court, appears to be improving the health insurance coverage of young adults.

A Republican rift on health exchanges

The Obama administration has spent $729 million laying the groundwork for health insurance exchanges, according to a White House report published this morning. That number will likely tip over $1 billion in the coming months, as states continue setting up the new marketplaces where Americans will shop for health insurance beginning in 2014. As the above map from the Kaiser Family Foundation ...

Fla. House moves ahead with $69.2 billion budget

A divided Florida House panel on Wednesday moved ahead with a bare-bones budget for the coming year that raises the cost of college in the state, eliminates thousands of state jobs and cuts health care programs.

Guest column: A fix for Memphis using the teenage mind

The headline on Thomas L. Friedman's Jan. 26 Viewpoint column in The Commercial Appeal caught my eye: "In today's workplace, average is over." The New York Times columnist went on to write that, "In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle."