Public Health

The Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will release $338 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to expand services at community health centers nationwide, according to an HHS news release.

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percentages of uninsured non-elderly (0-64 years-old) patients from 2006-2007.

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percent change in rate of uninsured non-elderly (0-64 years-old) patients in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96.

Maryland lawmakers and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the state's leading health insurance provider, outlined a $1.6 billion proposal that would provide near-universal healthcare coverage for residents of the state, according to a report from the Baltimore Sun.

Here is an analysis of the percentage of nonprofit hospitals' community benefit expenditures in four categories of community benefits, organized by hospital revenue, according to the IRS's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced new legislation that will provide healthcare to 100,000 uninsured Colorado citizens and families, according to a news release from his office.

Here are the top 10 diagnoses resulting in hospital stays by the uninsured in 2006, along with their percent of all uninsured hospital stays, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The number of hospital admissions for the uninsured increased by 34 percent from 1997-2006, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced a bill in the House under which the federal government would act as a single payor, according to a news release from his office.

A coalition of three dozen social service, healthcare, labor and legal groups are asking Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to use part of the federal stimulus package the state will receive late January to support healthcare programs, according to The Boston…