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Needle Exchange Program In Humboldt County, Calif., Forced To End; Officials Hoping For Federal Help
Health officials in Humboldt County, Calif., "will be watching closely" the debate expected to ensue over legislation introduced last week containing "a provision that would scrap the federal funding ban on needle exchange programs that has been in place for years," the Eureka Times-Standard reports. According to the Times-Standard, "This month, Open Door Community Health Centers" clinics in Arcata and Eureka quietly stopped administering the needle exchange program they have operated for almost a decade." Open Door Community Health Centers Chief Operating Officer Cheyenne Spetzler, said, "The footprint of the program just kept getting bigger." In addition, grant funding was often limited to covering the costs of the needles and not the costs of administering the programs, Spetzler said. County Department of Health and Human Services Programs Director Barbara LaHaie said the county is currently seeking alternatives to continue the program. However, "Without a reliable funding stream, that may prove difficult," the article states (Greenson, 7/13).
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New Poll: American Confidence In Access To Care Is Growing
"Americans are showing more confidence in their ability to get and afford the health care they need, according to a poll released Tuesday," The Associated Press reports on Cleveland.com. The story continues: "Whites, though, are likelier to feel that way than minorities. And large numbers of people are worried about whether they will have future health coverage, with nearly one in four concerned that family medical bills will drive them into bankruptcy."
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The Health-Care Sacrifice The Washington Post Mr. Obama"s soothing bedside manner masks the reality that getting health costs under control will require making difficult choices about what procedures and medications to cover. It will require saying no, or having the patient pay more, at times when the extra expense is not justified by the marginal improvement in care (7/26). We Need A Personal Health Reformation Politico I am glad to see investments in health information infrastructure, but this is not sufficient to deal with the global age wave that will overwhelm our waiting rooms, work force and economy. We are mired in the past and need to innovate beyond a centralized, expert-driven medical model to distributed, personal health at home (Otellini, 7/27). Obama"s Detailed Dilemma On Health Care National Public Radio When President Obama held a prime time news conference last week, he hoped to push along the revision of the nation"s health care system. He wanted it passed in the House before it left for the August recess and to the brink of passage in the Senate (Elving, 7/27). Medicaid Reform: Changes Needed To Improve Cost, Quality The Sun Sentinel Given traditional Medicaid"s unsustainable fiscal trend and substandard care, critics of reform would do well to offer a viable alternative that slows the spending increases and improves the quality of care. Yet when it comes to offering alternatives to Florida"s ambitious reform, the critics have been silent because they have nothing much to offer except more of the same (Bond, 7/26). Our New Medical Judges? The Washington Post Obama"s proposal almost certainly would accelerate change in the way health care is delivered -- and it might actually save money in the long run. But Congress will have to decide if it is willing to yield that degree of control to five unelected IMAC commissioners. And Americans will have to decide if they are comfortable having those commissioners determine how they will be treated when they are ill (Broder). Would God Back Universal Health Care? USA Today Religious texts give us a good idea. The common theme: Don"t turn your back on the needy (Thomas, 7/27). Speed Isn"t The Enemy Of Reforms Sun Journal They say speed kills, but nothing will kill America faster than foot-dragging on health reform. The country is traveling head-long toward fiscal and systemic oblivion under current conditions, yet our leaders are bogged by endless discussions about which countermeasures to endorse (7/26). Public Plan Should Build On Medicare Network Politico A public plan is not perfect, as it isn"t single payer, but it will make a big difference in the lives of many (Woolsey, 7/27). Health Care Reform and You The New York Times Many crucial decisions on coverage and financing have yet to be made, but the general direction of the legislation is clear enough to make some educated guesses about the likely winners and losers (7/25). An Incoherent Truth The New York Times Right now the fate of health care reform seems to rest in the hands of relatively conservative Democrats - mainly members of the Blue Dog Coalition, created in 1995. And you might be tempted to say that President Obama needs to give those Democrats what they want. But he can"t - because the Blue Dogs aren"t making sense (Krugman, 7/26). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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