Public Health

An Oregon bill to tax hospitals and insurance premiums in order to provide health insurance to the state's uninsured has passed out of the House Revenue Committee, according to a report by the Portland Business Journal.

A new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that uncompensated care by hospitals and health systems could increase to $141.4 billion by 2019 if healthcare reform is not enacted, according to a Robert Wood Johnson news release.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a report examining access to healthcare for rural Americans, according to an HHS news release.

A study by the Florida Hospital Association has found that a hypothetical $100 million cut in Medicaid would reduce related economic activity by $415 million, according to an FHA news release.

State funding for Georgia trauma care hospitals has been cut by more than half, to $23 million, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

Ohio's Catholic bishops have warned Gov. Ted Strickland that the proposed two-year budget threatens Catholic hospitals, according to a report in the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

The Colorado Senate Finance Committee approved House Bill 1293, which would impose a fee on hospital revenue and generate millions in federal matching fees to cover the cost of treating uninsured patients, according to a report by the Denver Business…

Six Shriners Hospitals for Children across the country are either closing or in danger of closing due to the recession, according to a report by FOX Carolina News.

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.