Experts question plan to tax health benefits – Concord Monitor
With Congress on the verge of taxing high-cost health insurance plans, skeptics continue to raise questions about who would be hit hardest and whether health-care spending would be limited as much as proponents say. The Senate health-care legislation

The West Michigan Health Care Forecast – WZZM 13
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) – Consumers will pay for more of their health care and the region will only have two or three major health systems in a few years. Those are a few of the forecasts offered this morning at a forum at GVSU’s downtown campus. Dr

For Your Health – Fosters Daily Democrat
PORTSMOUTH — A free meditation series for all levels is slated to begin on Sunday, Jan. 10, and continue for eight consecutive Sundays, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Portsmouth Public Library, located next to the Middle School at 175 Parrott Ave

A Health Nut for everyone – Houston Community Newspapers
There’s a Health Nut in Deer Park, and this one is a certified success. For the last 10 years, Karen Guidry has been operating a thriving health food store and café on Center Street and for more than 30 years, the store has been an oasis in a sea

Health care help always needed – Boston Globe
Looking for a job? The health care industry needs more than a few good workers. Health care has remained one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal US job market, and demand for health care workers is expected to continue to grow as the

County to hear update on health dept. – Commercial News
DANVILLE — The Vermilion County Board will receive an update on the status of the health department Tuesday. Health department officials recently announced the first round of cuts as a result of money it’s owed by the state. No action is slated

Letters to the editor: Health care reform – Idaho Statesman
With the public option all but dead – and our last best shot at meaningful health care reform, for a long time, being picked apart, dismantled and re-written by the health care lobby – I can’t help but chuckle just a little bit. America’s history is

Report: Slight cost increase in Senate health bill – Denver Post
FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2010, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen with House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., left, and House Education and Labor Chairman Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., right, speaks to media outside the

Health care reform: Carper’s wellness idea criticized – Delaware Online
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Carper eschews white bread, runs half-marathons and is generally vigilant about taking care of his health. He wants other people to take care of theirs as well. That was his intention when the Delaware Democrat joined

Health reform could endanger CHIP funds – Tacoma News Tribune
In reshaping America’s health care, Congress may eliminate a major health insurance program for some U.S. children in families with incomes above the federal poverty level, but Alaska’s kids in the program likely won’t be affected. The prospect that