Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has expressed appreciation for assistance, particularly in the area of health, which the country has been receiving from the Republic of Cuba, for the past 40 years. “Our country has benefited much from Cuba’s internationalist goodwill. The government and people of Jamaica appreciate the sacrifice of the Cuban [...]
Will Obama Be Able to Accomplish Anything with Divided Congress?
November 7, 2012 | Posted by
Now that he has won re-election, pundits and Washington insiders are eager to see what President Obama will do in his second term. And perhaps even more importantly, since Republicans still have control of the House of Representatives, how much will the opposition party cooperate to enable him to do anything. Obstruction seems to have [...]
Giant Health Insurers Hope to Strike Gold Managing Care for Sickest, Poorest, Oldest
August 22, 2012 | Posted by
Giant health insurers have been gobbling up smaller ones, partly to strike gold with a new government experiment allowing them to manage care for millions of the nation’s sickest, poorest and oldest patients. Some 15 states are in different stages of creating demonstration programs that allow managed care companies to care for so-called “dual-eligible” patients [...]
Many Doctors Feel Forced to Stop Accepting New Medicare Patients
August 20, 2012 | Posted by
There are 600,000 physicians in America who care for the 48 million seniors on Medicare. Of the $716 billion that the Affordable Care Act cuts from the program over the next ten years, the largest chunk—$415 billion—comes from slashing Medicare’s reimbursement rates to doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. This significant reduction in fees is driving [...]
GA Gov. Nathan Deal Faces $40 Billion Medicaid Dilemma
August 13, 2012 | Posted by
The AJC reports that Gov. Nathan Deal is facing a $40 billion dilemma. The federal health care law would inject that gigantic sum into Georgia’s health care economy over 10 years by adding more than 650,000 low-income Georgians to the Medicaid program. Deal, a strong opponent of the law, is wary of the proposition. The [...]
Republicans Making Plans to Repeal Healthcare Law
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
With a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court expected in the next two weeks on the Obama healthcare law, Republicans are making plans for how they will scrap the elements of the law that might still be standing if the court strikes it down. Because several of the large insurers have said they will retain [...]
Black, Hispanic Unemployment Rates Rose in May
June 2, 2012 | Posted by
While the May jobs report showed that the economy added just 69,000 jobs in May, raising the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent, the news is even worse for blacks and Hispanics. For African Americans, the unemployment rate rose from 13 percent in April to 13.6 percent in May. For Hispanics, the numbers were a bit [...]
Black Patients Face Racial Bias Among Doctors
May 4, 2012 | Posted by
The disparity in health care between African-Americans and whites in the United States is not a new topic, but recent studies have shown that blacks may face racial profiling and bias from the moment they step into their doctor’s office. The American Journal of Public Health published a report stating that while often unintentional, racial [...]
