Health Plan & Provider Report Index Summary

UNINSURED PERSONS

– Cal., San Francisco program has improved access, report, 1033
– Care delays result for 20 percent of adults, report, 466
– Census Bureau annual report for 2008, 1060
– Class action certification denied, self-pay patients allege hospital overcharges violate state law (Ala.), 1131
– Cost of health care

– – Offset, families paid $1,000 more in premiums in 2008, report, 655
– – Online N.C. pilot project provides immediate price information for patients and physicians, 832

– Coverage improvement, key component of health system reform, Senate panel hearing, 258
– Free-market insurance reforms, report calls for use to expand health coverage to N.Y. residents, 1132
– High rates, insured impacted adversely, report, 269
– Hospitals charged unreasonable rates

– – Advocate Health Care agrees to settle (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 125
– – Resurrection Health Care class action settlement approved (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 69

– Impact on society explored, CRS reports, 341; 456
– Mass. health reform law, less than 3 percent of residents, report, 15
– Non-elderly persons coverage over 10-year span, Treasury Dep't report, 1098
– Okla., house approves coverage expansion bill, 296; revised bill approved, 317; sent to governor, 533; new law, In Brief, 569
– PPOs, BCBS of Fla. and Miami-Dade County launch new product, 654
– Projected per-state coverage loss totals if health reform enactment fails, report, 869
– Rate increase likely absent health reform, report, 617
– Tex., state proposal to expand coverage includes increasing rates for insured, 105
– Under age 65, one-third lacked coverage in 2007-2008, report, 297
– Unemployed, policy options for addressing health coverage loss examined, CRS reports, 124
– Young adults, N.Y. governor proposes age 19 to 29 coverage option, 44

UNIONS

– Employer health coverage mandate, SEIU and Wal-Mart express support in letter to White House, 804
– Fraudulent health plan, Cal. regulator shuts down, 829
– Kaiser integrated care, model should be part of national effort, AFL-CIO chief says, forum, 930

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

– BS of Cal. Found. shifts grant money from health technology, 108
– Conn., veto override of health reform package, 882

UNIVERSITIES

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UTAH

– COBRA alternative, new law, 314
– Employee benefits, contractors must provide, In Brief, 317

UTILIZATION REVIEW (UR)

– Medical necessity, Idaho lawmakers pass bill creating system for denied claims, 384

UTILIZATION REVIEW ACCREDITATION COMMISSION (URAC)

– External review optional standards for health plans, comments sought, 872