2007 NEWS

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DECEMBER

• Insurers propose steps for universal coverage, 12/20/07
• Study estimates savings from comprehensive health reform, 12/18/07
• CDC: 40 million Americans report cost barriers to care, 12/10/07
   

NOVEMBER

• Health coverage, income impact medical cost burden, 11/28/07
• Health Care Top Voter Concern In Early Primary States, 11/12/07
• As fires blazed, SoCal hospitals responded to community needs, 11/12/07
• Report: Obesity, uninsured offsetting gains in nation's health, 11/07/07
   

OCTOBER

• AHRQ: 17% of patients hospitalized for drug abuse are uninsured, 10/31/07
• Study: Nearly 1.8 million veterans were uninsured in 2004, 10/31/07
• Panel supports private-public mix to achieve universal coverage, 10/18/07
• 17.4 million adults were uninsured from 2002 to 2005: AHRQ, 10/15/07
• Study examines latest changes in health insurance coverage, 10/08/07
• AHRQ: 17.4 million adults uninsured for 4 years, 10/03/07
   

SEPTEMBER

• AHA, others support SCHIP agreement, 09/24/07
• Bridgeport’s Child FIRST gets results tackling behavioral health problems, 09/17/07
• AHA seeks more focus on community benefit standard in draft Form 990, 09/17/07
• Study: Covering the uninsured could increase overall access to care, 09/11/07
• Hospitals, teen volunteers partner to serve community’s elderly, 09/04/07
• Census: 47 million Americans lacked health insurance last year, 09/04/07
   

AUGUST

• AMA launches media campaign to cover uninsured, 08/23/07
• 6 in 10 adults report very good or excellent health, 08/22/07
• AHA urges IRS to follow the community benefit standard, 08/21/07
• State variations in job-based health coverage, 08/21/07
• AHRQ: 5.5 million uninsured children eligible for public coverage, 08/16/07
• Report examines lessons from local access initiatives, 08/15/07
• Hospital member of vets panel seeks improved care for wounded soldiers, 08/06/07
   

JULY

• Panel holds hearing on tax-exempt organizations, 07/24/07
• Ohio hospitals demonstrate how they benefit their communities, 07/23/07
• IRS issues report on community benefit, 07/23/07
• Report: 8.1 million children uninsured, 07/23/07
• Framework for reshaping our health care system for the 21st century, 07/23/07
• Study: Price subsidies unlikely to lower uninsured much, 07/16/07
• Bring other leaders to the table to talk about your community service, 07/09/07
   

JUNE

• CDC: 43.6 million Americans uninsured in 2006, 06/25/07
• Program to help consumers advocate for health coverage, 06/15/07
• It’s real-life health care drama every day in the Bronx, 06/11/07
• States are considering their coverage options, 06/11/07
• States consider coverage expansions, 06/06/07
   

MAY

• Rhode Island hospital makes a difference one patient at a time, 05/29/07
• Honor your community’s trust by serving as a catalyst for change, 05/14/07
• Hospital leaders share strategies to keep the focus on community health, 05/14/07
• Bipartisan bill would expand health care coverage for children, 05/14/07
• Survey: U.S. consumers worried about 'health security', 05/09/07
• States moving to strengthen children's health coverage, 05/01/07
   

APRIL

• Hospitals play vital role in national campaign to cover our uninsured kids, 04/30/07
• Michigan group targets strategies to cover state's uninsured, 04/27/07
• Families USA releases report on TennCare cuts, 04/23/07
• Treasury IG says IRS interim report should address community benefit,  04/18/07
• Guide looks at nation's uninsured, proposed solutions, 04/12/07
• Largest Catholic health system in U.S. is a big voice for uninsured, 04/02/07
   

MARCH

• Half the nation wants candidates to propose plan to cover most uninsured, 03/30/07
• Congressional leaders see hope for expanding health coverage, 03/06/07
• Illinois hospitals endorse governor's health coverage plan for adults, 03/05/07
• AHA urges Hill to extend SCHIP and expand health coverage to more kids, 03/05/07
   

FEBRUARY

• AHA shares report on trends in children's health coverage with Congress, 02/27/07
• FAH unveils plan to insure all Americans, 02/22/07
• TRUSTEE MAG: Turning Up the Heat On Institutional Integrity, 02/12/07
• Report examines latest state strategies to expand health coverage, 02/09/07
• AHA chairman says hospitals can set the stage this year for major changes, 02/05/07
   

JANUARY

• Diverse coalition unites on health coverage for the nation’s uninsured, 01/22/07
• CA health plan reflects growing state trend to expand coverage, 01/22/07
• Community benefit provided by MN hospitals far exceeds tax exemptions, 01/19/07
• Diverse coalition unites on health coverage plan, 01/18/07
• NH hospitals announce discount program for uninsured, 01/11/07
   

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