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Kentucky Battles For Health Insurance Coverage
Legislators in Kentucky have been caught in the battle between kidney dialysis companies and health insurance agencies. The battle is over reimbursing patients such as 84 year-old Noble Orr for life-saving blood filtering treatments he has to receive three times a week.
Indiana Healthcare Reform Laws Failing
Recent efforts by the state of Indiana to increase the number of its residents with health insurance have failed.
Highlights In Health Care’s Inequities
At 49, Jacqueline Church Simonds and her husband Larry are self-employed and struggling with rising health care costs that buy them limited coverage.
A Test For Insurace Mandates - Small Businesses Picking Up The Tab
Reliable Caregivers and its president Linda Leary make preparations in San Francisco for new health care laws. The new laws require people like Linda to set aside funds to cover the costs of area businesses that offer health coverage for their employees. Leary’s 150 employees will now have health care coverage thanks to a $2 per hour increase in the rates her patients pay starting in February 2008. But Leary thinks competing with other midsized companies further south who don’t have these same costs could pose a problem.
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