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New Survey: 82% Of Americans Think Health Care Needs Major Overhaul

Americans are dissatisfied with the U.S. health care system and 82 percent think it should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt, according to a new survey released yesterday by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation supporting independent research on health policy reform and a high performance health system.

Another Senator DeMint (R-SC) HSA Victory in the U.S. Senate

After months of work to stop, and slow, and ultimately improve the Indian Health Reauthorization bill, Senator DeMint (R-SC) has lead HSAs to yet another legislative victory. Senator DeMint (R-SC) conducted a negotiated withdrawal of his amendment to make the new, redesigned and richly funded Indian Health Reauthorization plan a pilot program, and in return, the Democratic leaders accepted that HSAs will be an allowable option within the new Indian Health Program.

Redesigning Holland To Deal With Global Warming

With the exception of the major highways, it feels like you can't drive more than a mile or so in the Netherlands without running into water. It could be the sea; it could be a river; it could be a canal.

'Aids drugs' flood black market: Africa: Zimbabwe: News24

Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.

Canadian Health Care System: Even The Food Was Good

Michael Moore's Sicko may paint the Canadian health care system in a rosy light, but I had heard differently. I recently experienced first hand the British Columbian medical system when I underwent coronary bypass surgery.

Home Health Aides Ignored

The Supreme Court, who ruled that they were exempt from minimum wage and overtime protections, dealt a stunning economic blow to home health aides, an industry dominated by poor black women. The court s ruling is another blow to struggling, low-wage women, said Nancy Duff Campbell, a co-president of the National Women s Law Center. It means that home care workers, who are overwhelmingly low-income women of color, will continue to be unfairly treated despite providing essential

South Africa's Leadership on H.I.V./AIDS Is a Welcome Development - Worldpress.org

The third South African AIDS Conference, which took place June 5-8, marked a major turning point in the country's effort to minimize the spread of H.I.V. and reduce deaths from AIDS. According to various news and organizational reports, this conference included the active participation of public, private, and civil society stakeholders. The conference themes also reflected the input of organizations and individuals that had been at loggerheads with the South African government.