Sen. Specter to hold healthcare townhall meetings, first will be this Sunday with HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

July 31st, 2009

The healthcare reform leader’s series is called “What’s in it for You?”

Again, the tree house club produced no results; ate peanut butter sandwiches brought by their moms

July 31st, 2009

OK so the second part of that headline is only a guess, but hey, I could be right! 
So the budget conference committee met again yesterday, and again could not get past inane technical differences of opinion to be able to start delving into any real budget issues.  [Just a reminder, because it's easy to forget: [...]

Did you know…

July 31st, 2009

…that junk food changes your brain?

Posted on Jul 31 2009 under HealthPointPA News
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Another setback for national healthcare reform plan

July 31st, 2009

The Senate’s finance panel says it won’t vote on a plan before they leave for a recess in August.

Sen. Ferlo among those at Medicare demonstration in DC

July 31st, 2009

Ferlo and others say that Medicare’s successes show that a single-payer healthcare system could work in America.

State insurance dept OK’s health insurance company executives’ salaries

July 31st, 2009

Says they’re on par with executives with similar jobs.

“We may be left with a Ricardo Montalban look-alike because they’re on ‘Fantasy Island.’”

July 30th, 2009

Apparently, the budget is best understood by relating it to a late ’70s TV show featuring a short French man. ZE PLANE!

Posted on Jul 30 2009 under HealthPointPA Hot Topics, PA Budget News
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Did you know…

July 30th, 2009

…that organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over regular food, according to the latest major study?

Hospitals round-up for 7/30

July 30th, 2009

Get the news on Hamot Women’s Hospital, Uniontown Hospital, and St. Joseph’s Hospital.

More than half of PA hospitals are operating in the negative

July 30th, 2009

That’s according to data released by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA, which is urging the legislature to reject cutsa to healthcare funding.