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About a million of California's poorest undocumented immigrants would have access to basic low-cost health care under a plan being pushed at the Capitol.
President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul excludes undocumented immigrants, but some California leaders want to fill that gap by offering a safety net of primary and preventive care that does not consider immigration status.
The county-run program would give undocumented immigrants and legal residents who can't afford health insurance but don't qualify for Medi-Cal the ongoing opportunity to see a doctor, get tested and receive treatment before minor health problems become severe.
Funding would come from an estimated $700 million in county savings tied to expansion of the Medi-Cal program.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said he strongly supports the concept of improved care for undocumented residents, which is pushed by officials of health care, labor and immigrant groups.
"I think that people who are living in this country, working hard and pursuing (citizenship) ought to be able to care for themselves and their loved ones," he said.
Assembly Speaker John A. Prez said he wants to ensure that counties have adequate funds to serve needy residents who lack health insurance but it's premature to comment further until more is known about cost and number of people requiring care.
"There will always be a population that isn't covered and there will always be an impact on counties. We need to make sure counties have the revenues and the resources to address those needs," Prez said.
Gov. Jerry Brown has taken no public position on expanding care to undocumented immigrants, but his budget proposal does not contemplate such a move and the federal government would not subsidize it, said Toby Douglas, director of the state Department of Health Care Services.
The Brown administration is focused instead on overhauling health care in a way that's "affordable and sustainable," Douglas said.
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The Chidester (op-ed) correctly identifies the problems in health care today: uncontrolled costs and the rising number of uninsured.
He advocates for a simple solution, but fails to deliver one.
His numbers are absolutely wrong. A review of the Census Bureau Web site clearly states that the uninsured number for 2010 was 49,904,000. His number is one-sixth of that. However, it doesn't really matter. At Physicians for a National Health Program, we feel that one uninsured person is too many. This is reflected in our motto: Everybody In, Nobody Out.
He then advocates for free markets as the solution, comparing buying health insurance to purchasing cell phones and computers. Free markets have been around for a long time, giving us premium increases multiple times inflation for the past decade. Just this week, the Herald reported the York School Department is facing a 13 percent increase in health care premiums. Health care inflation for 2012 was only 3.7 percent.
Free markets don't work in health care. Every business wants more customers. In health insurance, however, that isn't true. They only want the healthy, who won't hurt their bottom line of excessive profits, inordinate executive compensation and returns to stockholders.
Chidester then says he wants a simple solution. OK, so does everyone else. Let's look at the Vermont Plan, authored by Harvard economics Professor William Hsiao. He outlined four goals:
(1) Universal health insurance coverage; (2) provision to every Vermont resident of an adequate standard benefits package and equal access to health care; (3) control of the rapidly escalating costs of health care in Vermont; and (4) establishment of a system that prioritizes community-based preventive and primary care, as well as integrated health care delivery.
He accomplishes this with a single-payer plan that dramatically reduces administrative expenses. In fact, his plan will immediately reduce health care costs in Vermont by 8-12 percent and reduce health care costs by an additional 12-14 percent over time. Keep in mind that every resident is covered and they won't have to decide which policy they want, with what combination of co-payments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs that are a deterrent to good health. Now that is a simple plan. Do you want the Chidester plan or complete health care security for you and your family?
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Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, discusses issues ranging from the budget, Medicaid expansion and high school athletics.
It's an expensive irony: Health care workers who can't afford health insurance, but in Florida that is the plight of some full-time employees of local nursing homes and other smaller or independent health-industry players.
As the number of employers in the state who offer health insurance continues to decline10 percent fewer today, compared to about a decade agoand the cost of coverage employees must contribute continues to rise, some health care workers say they have been forced to forego health insurance.
Marie Milicent has worked nearly two decades at Hillcrest Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hollywood. She had coverage for her two children, ages 10 and 12, until recently, when changes in the plan priced it out of her reach.
"Most of us dropped our health insurance at Hillcrest," Milicent said. "The deductible is $2,000. It's crazy."
Health insurance is particularly important for industry employees, according to Milicent, a certified nursing assistant.
"When you're working with sick people, anything could happen to you," she said. "Now that I don't have health insurance, I don't feel secure."
As the state legislature continues to debate the future of Medicaid in the state, local healthcare workers like Milicent and the union they belong to are lobbying hard for Medicaid expansion.
"Our members of SEIU Florida, 55,000 curent and retired membersare very much committed to passing and securing the expansion of Medicaid in the state of Florida," Monica Russo, president of the SEIU Florida State Council. With more than 1.1 million members in the field, the national Service Employees International Union represents nurses, lab technicians, nursing home workers, and home care workers.
"The people who are saying no to [Medicaid expansion] have very good health care packages, and we're paying for it," said Susan Gershman of West Palm Beach, who said her son works two jobs but cannot afford insurance coverage. She joined other healthcare workers in a protest last week calling on lawmakers to expand Medicaid.
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Contact: Katie Delach katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5964 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
PHILADELPHIA A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and carried out in collaboration with Penn Medicine's Albert M. Maguire, MD, and Katherine A. High, MD at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), has been presented with the Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award, the second highest given in the CRF's Annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards. CRF award winners are cited as the most compelling examples of scientific innovation that results from the nation's investment in clinical research that can benefit human health and welfare.
The results of the most recent phase of the study for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) at CHOP have led to the first Phase 3 gene therapy study in the United States and the first Phase 3 gene therapy study in the world for a non-lethal disorder. The team of researchers hopes that the studies could lead to the first approved gene therapy product in the United States.
"The data from our study has already been used to develop additional clinical trials for other blinding diseases," said Bennett. "There are two things that I think are really going to be important from this work: one, that we'll move forward with this particular disease and get approval for the drug that we've been developing, and two, that this could ultimately lead to approved treatments for other currently untreatable conditions."
Published in 2012, the winning studies are the latest in a long tradition of notable health advances that have occurred through clinical research such as eliminating polio, reducing the mortality of AIDS, and improving cancer survival rates that were propelled by combined investment in basic science and clinical research.
"These patients, once rendered blind by LCA, have had their lives transformed and their vision restored by this team's efforts to further gene therapy research," said Joan O'Brien, MD, chair of the department of Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute at Penn Medicine. "The groundbreaking work sets the stage for the treatment of numerous other blinding conditions, but is also a shining example of what scientists with NIH resources can accomplish for the betterment of humanity."
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The Clinical Research Forum is an organization comprised of the nation's most prestigious and acclaimed academic medical centers and healthcare systems whose goal is to sustain and expand a cadre of talented, well-trained clinical investigators at all stage of career development, and support nurturing environments and comprehensive research capabilities within academic institutions. Its mission is to provide leadership to the national clinical and translational research enterprise and promote understanding and support for clinical research and its impact on health.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
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PHILADELPHIA A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M. Kirby professor ofOphthalmologyat the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and carried out in collaboration with Penn Medicines Albert M. Maguire, MD, and Katherine A. High, MD at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), has been presented with the Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award, the second highest given in the CRFs Annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards. CRF award winners are cited as the most compelling examples of scientific innovation that results from the nations investment in clinical research that can benefit human health and welfare.
The results of the most recent phase of the study for Lebers Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) at CHOP have led to the first Phase 3 gene therapy study in the United States and the first Phase 3 gene therapy study in the world for a non-lethal disorder. The team of researchers hopes that the studies could lead to the first approved gene therapy product in the United States.
The data from our study has already been used to develop additional clinical trials for other blinding diseases, said Bennett. There are two things that I think are really going to be important from this work: one, that well move forward with this particular disease and get approval for the drug that weve been developing, and two, that this could ultimately lead to approved treatments for other currently untreatable conditions.
Published in 2012, the winning studies are the latest in a long tradition of notable health advances that have occurred through clinical research such as eliminating polio, reducing the mortality of AIDS, and improving cancer survival rates that were propelled by combined investment in basic science and clinical research.
These patients, once rendered blind by LCA, have had their lives transformed and their vision restored by this teams efforts to further gene therapy research, said Joan OBrien, MD, chair of the department of Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute at Penn Medicine. The groundbreaking work sets the stage for the treatment of numerous other blinding conditions, but is also a shining example of what scientists with NIH resources can accomplish for the betterment of humanity.
The Clinical Research Forum is an organization comprised of the nations most prestigious and acclaimed academic medical centers and healthcare systems whose goal is to sustain and expand a cadre of talented, well-trained clinical investigators at all stage of career development, and support nurturing environments and comprehensive research capabilities within academic institutions. Its mission is to provide leadership to the national clinical and translational research enterprise and promote understanding and support for clinical research and its impact on health.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
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ADVOCATES and cyclists against human trafficking continue the fight in Iloilo with another Freedom Ride happening on April 20, Saturday, at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol Building. Cyclists are expected to assemble at 6 a.m. and ride out at 7 a.m.
The 25-kilometer bike tour shall pass around major thoroughfares and significant landmarks along the 6 districts of Iloilo City. The cyclists shall wear the freedom ride shirts promoting the 1343 anti-trafficking hotline to draw public attention to human trafficking as a national and global issue.
According to musician, advocate, and cycling enthusiast Nityalila Saulo, The cycling community in Iloilo is excited to participate in the Freedom Ride that will enable more people to become aware about human trafficking and the hotline number 1343. Like cyclists, we want everyone to get to their destinations safely and avoid being trafficked.
The bike tour is organized by Dakila, a group creatively inspiring involvement in social transformation, in partnership with the Manila Fixed Gear, a group of urban cyclists who has incorporated cycling in their lifestyle, the Freedom from Debt Coalition Iloilo, Partido ng Manggagawa and the Iloilo Folding Bike Riders (I-Fold) with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Department of Justice Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DOJ-IACAT) and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC).
Karen Bermejo, spokesperson of the artist collective in Dakila-Iloilo, said, Stop Look Listen is a campaign that hopes to stop human trafficking by looking at its signs and listening to stories of victims and survivors.
Bermejo added, A lot of people in the provinces become victims of human trafficking because of the lack of information given to them. Iloilo is one of the more vulnerable provinces, especially with the number of Overseas Filipino Workers and seamen coming from the province. With the support of the city government, other organizations, and our advocates, we are hopeful that more people will learn about it, and, thus, lead to a decrease in the number of victims.
Every year around 300,000 to 400,000 Filipinos fall prey to human trafficking in their own country and abroad. The Freedom Ride is part of the Project Freedom Campaign of Dakila, which aims to raise public awareness on Human Trafficking and empower advocates and citizens to become watchdogs in their own communities by driving them into action through grassroots involvement and amplified action through mainstream and digital media.
The Stop Look Listen campaign kicked off last March 9 with a Freedom Ride held in McKinley Hill, Taguig City participated by around 1,000 cyclists. His Excellency Ambassador Ton Boon von Ochssee and Mrs. Martine Boon von Ochssee of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Josef Rychtar of the Czech Embassy, and H.E. Guy Ledoux of the European Union joined the bike ride as well as members of the diplomatic community representing the Embassies of France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, United States, New Zealand, European Union and Czech Republic; top officials of Dutch Corporations like Philips Electronics, Seatrade, Control Union Philippines and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum; Officials of the Department of Justice Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (DOJ-IACAT) led by Chief Senior State Prosecutor Jonathan Lledo, Bureau of Immigrations Commissioner Ricardo David, Director Patricia Luna of DSWD and Assistant Secretary Jed Eva III of the Office of the Executive Secretary, Office of the President, Actor Albert Martinez, sports and lifestyle host Reema Chanco, restaurateur Erik Waldie, and Miss Earth Air 2012 Stephany Stefanowitz and Miss Philippines Fire 2012 Thoreen Halvorsen.
The Freedom Ride is open to the public. For more information about the Freedom Rides and the campaign, visit http://dakila.org.ph/projectfreedom.
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