http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/all-nine-justices-will-vote-on-health-care.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/all-nine-justices-will-vote-on-health-care.html#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:04:38 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/all-nine-justices-will-vote-on-health-care.html ...that sought to argue Justice Elena Kagan should not participate in the upcoming blockbuster appeals over the constitutionality of health care reform. The justices without comment on Monday denied the request from Freedom Watch. Kagan herself did not get involved...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/all-nine-justices-will-vote-on-health-care.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/77-drugs-added-to-2012-health-basket.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/77-drugs-added-to-2012-health-basket.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:01:20 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/77-drugs-added-to-2012-health-basket.html ...new treatment for melanoma that will be available in the basket," he said in a press conference Thursday. RELATED: MKs vote down health basket increase Litzman opposes cuts to health basket expansion 2012's new basket will include three additional medications...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/77-drugs-added-to-2012-health-basket.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-24/paul-borovay-stop-walker%c2%80%c2%99s-attack-on-women%c2%80%c2%99s-health-care.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-24/paul-borovay-stop-walker%c2%80%c2%99s-attack-on-women%c2%80%c2%99s-health-care.html#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:01:11 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-24/paul-borovay-stop-walker%c2%80%c2%99s-attack-on-women%c2%80%c2%99s-health-care.html Yes. Money talks, and he will survive the recall because of it.
No. People are already decided and money won't change that.
Maybe. There are enough fence-sitters that a full-scale ad blitz could be enough to sway them to vote for Walker.

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-24/paul-borovay-stop-walker%c2%80%c2%99s-attack-on-women%c2%80%c2%99s-health-care.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-30/late-night-vote-to-keep-illinois-health-facilities-open.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-30/late-night-vote-to-keep-illinois-health-facilities-open.html#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:01:15 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-30/late-night-vote-to-keep-illinois-health-facilities-open.html ...fix.  In their usually dark of the night vote they approved more shifting of money to avoid the closure of the seven Illinois health facilities that were due to close. The House voted a quick 92 – 20 to approve the changes, which the Senate voted 50 – 5 for...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-30/late-night-vote-to-keep-illinois-health-facilities-open.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-10-24/house-to-consider-bill-to-scale-back-health-laws-medicaid-expansion.html http://www.bling.org/2011-10-24/house-to-consider-bill-to-scale-back-health-laws-medicaid-expansion.html#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:01:20 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-10-24/house-to-consider-bill-to-scale-back-health-laws-medicaid-expansion.html In other Medicaid news, AIDS experts worry that the current model of HIV/AIDS care could be put at risk by fiscal pressures and the changes that will occur as a result of the health law. 
The Hill: House To Vote On Rep. Black Bill Paring Down Health Law'

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-10-24/house-to-consider-bill-to-scale-back-health-laws-medicaid-expansion.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-10-21/ohio-to-vote-on-federal-health-mandate.html http://www.bling.org/2011-10-21/ohio-to-vote-on-federal-health-mandate.html#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:01:21 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-10-21/ohio-to-vote-on-federal-health-mandate.html ...threaten and even invalidate literally dozens of already existing Ohio laws and regulations that we use to keep our population healthy and safe," said Dale Butland, communications director at Innovation Ohio, a group opposed to the amendment. Supporters of...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-10-21/ohio-to-vote-on-federal-health-mandate.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-09-05/andrew-george-says-he-will-vote-against-the-governments-health-bill-steve-beasant.html http://www.bling.org/2011-09-05/andrew-george-says-he-will-vote-against-the-governments-health-bill-steve-beasant.html#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:01:25 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-09-05/andrew-george-says-he-will-vote-against-the-governments-health-bill-steve-beasant.html ...care; risks undermining emergency services through the fragmentation of health systems; is a major missed opportunity to produce a health service that is more accountable to the patients and communities it serves; and fails to do what really needs to be done,...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-09-05/andrew-george-says-he-will-vote-against-the-governments-health-bill-steve-beasant.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-08-08/ohioans-should-have-had-choice-in-health-care-law.html http://www.bling.org/2011-08-08/ohioans-should-have-had-choice-in-health-care-law.html#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:01:18 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-08-08/ohioans-should-have-had-choice-in-health-care-law.html ...Ohioans to vote on whether or not a law or rule can force our citizens, employers or health care providers to participate in a health care system. Although, I think President Barack Obama's federal health care law was an unconstitutional overreach of government,...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-08-08/ohioans-should-have-had-choice-in-health-care-law.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-06-14/l-a-council-gives-preliminary-approval-to-freeze-on-retiree-health-benefits.html http://www.bling.org/2011-06-14/l-a-council-gives-preliminary-approval-to-freeze-on-retiree-health-benefits.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:01:31 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-06-14/l-a-council-gives-preliminary-approval-to-freeze-on-retiree-health-benefits.html ...with Los Angeles police and firefighter unions, the City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that would freeze health benefits of retiring workers. The 11-2 vote advances a measure that caps retirees' monthly health care allowance...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-06-14/l-a-council-gives-preliminary-approval-to-freeze-on-retiree-health-benefits.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-05-26/iowa-senate-approves-mental-health-changes.html http://www.bling.org/2011-05-26/iowa-senate-approves-mental-health-changes.html#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 21:01:23 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-05-26/iowa-senate-approves-mental-health-changes.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) � The Iowa Senate has approved the framework for overhauling the state's mental health system.
The Senate approved the plan Thursday on a 36-9 vote, sending it back to the House where a different version has been approved.
The measu

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