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[caption id="attachment_58419" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Yarol Yamel, 3, is examined by Dr. Janisleydis Rosado for bronchial asthma at walk-in clinic Number 15, La Santa Fe, Isle of Youth.[/caption] Cuba Although Cuba’s health care system is considered to be one of the best in the world, in…

We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…

Original Source By Catherine Candisky Nearly every week after her mother was killed and her father was gravely injured in a car crash, Stephanie Beck Borden battled her parents' insurance company. He was ready to go home, insurance officials insisted. But he couldn't walk and…

By GUY BOULTON An array of unions and liberal activist groups in Wisconsin have joined a national coalition that plans to spend $40 million to push for health care reform, particularly universal coverage, in the coming election. The Health Care for America Now coalition, a…

Original Source California Political Desk LOS ANGELES Bolstered by nurses, doctors, labor unions, small business owners and women's groups, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi has unveiled a $40 million national health care reform campaign to hold health insurance companies accountable and provide quality, affordable health care…

Securing healthcare isn't a priority for Chapman senior Devyn Bisson. "I'm way more preoccupied with how I'm going to make money," she said. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)By Lisa ZamoskyDevyn Bisson is a 22-year-old Orange resident about to graduate from Chapman University with a…

by Ido lekota HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is determined to press ahead with a national health insurance scheme that will provide all South Africans with free basic services. “The time has come for us to stop debating and start putting something on the table, that…

Washington, DC- July 8, 2008Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being launched…

By Chuan TengWith all of the attention on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some people may not know that millions of children and families are currently eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).Although there are provisions in the ACA that…