PBS to premiere documentary on uninsured tonight
The PBS series P.O.V. on Sept. 30 will premiere the documentary “Critical Condition,” which profiles four individuals without health insurance. Immediately following the 90-minute broadcast, PBS’ MacNeil/Lehrer Productions will present a half-hour special, “Rx for Change,” exploring the presidential candidates’ proposals for health care reform. Susan Dentzer, health correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will moderate the discussion.
Rivals' prescriptions for an ailing system
Barack Obama and John McCain present voters with starkly different visions of how to change the nation's troubled health-care system.
Obama wants more people to have health insurance. He would require insurance for children, create new options for uninsured adults, and reduce price discrimination against people with health problems.
McCain wants to make insurance more affordable. He would weaken incentives for employer-sponsored insurance - the value of benefits would be taxed as income - while giving people tax credits to help them buy insurance on their own.
But don't expect the election to hinge on health care, political and health-care experts said last week. The Wall Street debacle has grabbed the spotlight for the foreseeable future. More important, it's grabbing billions of dollars, and that likely will constrain reform efforts by either candidate once the election is over.
"The top three issues in the election are the economy, the economy and the economy," said David L. Cohen, a Comcast executive who chairs the board that governs the University of Pennsylvania Health System and who was a top aide to Gov. Rendell when he was Philadelphia's mayor. Read more.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 28, 2008
Congress approves mental health bill
WASHINGTON—Congress has approved legislation that would require private insurers to provide the same level of benefits for mental illness as they do for physical illness. The measure has been lauded by advocates as a great shift in the nation's understanding of mental health, and it received strong bipartisan support in Congress and has the backing of business, insurance companies, health advocates, the medical community and the White House. Read more.
— Washington Post, September 24, 2008
Nebraska employers being honored for workplace wellness efforts
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