News 2011
The Specifics: How Obama Plans to Cut Health Programs By $320 Billion
In his plan to trim the federal deficit, President Barack Obama Monday proposed $320 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, largely by changing how the federal government pays health providers, slashing payments to drug companies, and dramatically changing the way it splits the costs of Medicaid with the states, according to a fact sheet the White House released.
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Employers Increasingly Trimming or Cutting Disability Benefits
Disability insurance is one of those under-the-radar benefits you may take for granted, especially if your employer picks up the tab for the coverage, as many firms do. Because of that, as annual benefit enrollment time approaches you probably aren't worried about examining your disability coverage details and costs the way you will your health insurance plan options. But you should.
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In This Issue
This week we begin the first of a two-part series examining the high new-infection rate among Black gay and bisexual men by looking at the new social-marketing campaign being introduced by the CDC.
Greater Than AIDS Tours Arkansas
The Black AIDS Institute, in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Health, will present the second annual Greater Than AIDS tour this week. The tour will be making three stops.
Reversing the Alarming HIV Increase Among Black Gay Men, Part 1
The first of a two-part series examining what can be done to reverse the high rates of new HIV infection among Black gay and bisexual men.
The number of new HIV cases in the United States has remained fairly stable at about 50,000 per year between 2006 and 2009, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published in early August in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE.
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- AP: Working-Age People Losing ground on Health Coverage, According to Census Data
- Rate Of Uninsured Stays Flat In 2010, Census Reports
- Medicare Steps Up Enforcement of Equal Visitation and Representation Rights for Same Sex Partners in Hospitals
- Community Input for 2012 International AIDS Conference