New Mexico health plan debuts to mixed review

RSS

Houston Chronicle, January 24, 2008

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's health coverage plan has debuted before a legislative committee to mixed reviews. Some business leaders, healthcare companies and providers have praised the plan, calling it a big step toward reforming a system under which 400,000 New Mexicans remain uninsured. Critics, however, say that the plan goes too far-- or not far enough.

Full Story

Iowa insurance plans met with skepticism

Child-welfare advocates have expressed disappointment over a legislative effort to provide health insurance to all Iowa children, saying a recent bill was watered down nearly to the point of ineffectiveness...

Providing care for uninsured more daunting than expected in MD county

Four years ago, officials in Montgomery County, MD, launched Montgomery Cares, a program to care for the uninsured. Through the program, officials pledged to cover half of the county’s estimated 80,000...

Massachusetts health plans sold via state likely to cost 5 percent more

Premiums for private health insurance plans in Massachusetts sold through the state are likely to rise an average of about 5 percent over last year’s prices, according to a state memo. The 5 percent...

go to complete list