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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:48:21 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Health Care News</title><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Iowa City Press-Citizen: Residents must wait to see "Sicko"</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:43:33 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/2007/7/10/iowa-city-press-citizen-residents-must-wait-to-see-sicko.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1194303</guid><description><![CDATA[By Kate Fiegen - Iowa City Press-Citizen: Local moviegoers who are itching to see Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko" will either have to travel to neighboring counties or wait a few more weeks, officials said Monday.

Sycamore 12 in Iowa City and the Coral Ridge 10 in Coralville, both Marcus Theatres, might start screening the movie within the next two weeks, company spokesman Carlo Petrick said.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1194303.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Quad-City Times: Former governors, Culver push candidates for health-care plans</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:53:20 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/quad-city-times-former-governors-culver-push-candidates-for-.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1085944</guid><description><![CDATA[By Dan Gearino - QUAD-CITY TIMES -
DES MOINES — Three Iowa governors said Thursday that voters need to demand answers from presidential candidates about health-care issues.Former governors Tom Vilsack and Terry Branstad are two of the Iowa co-chairmen of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, a national coalition of organized labor, business and religious groups.

Branstad said “any serious candidate” for the presidency needs to address the need to improve treatment of chronic diseases. He said the cost of treating chronic diseases is growing at an unsustainable rate, which threatens to do serious harm to the economy.

The union, which also is  involved with the chronic diseases initiative, is asking presidential candidates to present comprehensive health care plans by Aug. 1.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1085944.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Des Moines Register: Governors call for health care plans</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:50:58 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/2007/6/2/des-moines-register-governors-call-for-health-care-plans.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1085939</guid><description><![CDATA[By TONY LEYS - REGISTER STAFF WRITER -- 

The governor and his two predecessors are calling on Iowans to press presidential candidates for specific plans to improve health care.

Culver endorsed a campaign by Iowa for Health Care, a group organized by the Service Employees International Union. The union, which backed his candidacy for governor last fall, said its offshoot has 20,000 Iowans signed up to help pressure presidential campaigns on health care issues.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1085939.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Chicago Tribune: Obama offers health plan focused on cutting costs</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 16:44:12 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/chicago-tribune-obama-offers-health-plan-focused-on-cutting-.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1078277</guid><description><![CDATA[IOWA CITY -- Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to address an issue that polls show greatly concerns voters, as he offered a health-care plan that pledged to insure all children and provide better access to health insurance for adults by lowering costs.

The presidential candidate and Illinois Democrat placed himself in the center of his party's mainstream with a plan that relies heavily on the promise of cost savings through a big investment in technology but also would be funded in part by allowing President Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to expire.

The proposal is not quite as sweeping as that offered by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, experts said, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has not yet offered a fully fleshed-out plan.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1078277.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>John Deeth Blog - Live Blogging of Obama Health Care Plan Release</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/john-deeth-blog-live-blogging-of-obama-health-care-plan-rele.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1078263</guid><description><![CDATA[9:33 and live from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with the Obama health care event. This is today's national centerpiece - "biggest event since the announcement" says one staffer. Seven TV cameras so far.

The Obama camp released some details early. The broad outlines:

Every American would be required to carry health insurance, with a sliding income-based subsidy scale.
A National Health Insurance Exchange to monitor insurance
No pre-existing conditions
Paid for by cost savings and repeal of Bush tax cuts]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1078263.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Associated Press: Obama Calls for Universal Health Care</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 15:32:32 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/associated-press-obama-calls-for-universal-health-care.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1076457</guid><description><![CDATA[Seeking to add heft to his presidential bid, Democrat Barack Obama is offering a sweeping plan that would require every American to have health coverage and calls on government, businesses and consumers to share the costs of the program. 

Obama said putting in place universal health coverage has been debated for decades, but the time has finally come to act. He said his plan could save the average consumer $2,500 a year and bring health care to all. 

"The time has come for universal, affordable health care in America," Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery at the unveiling of his plan Tuesday in Iowa City.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1076457.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Iowa City Press-Citizen: Health care leadership needed</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 15:31:06 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/iowa-city-presscitizen-health-care-leadership-needed.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1076452</guid><description><![CDATA[It's another year where presidential candidates sit in our living rooms and fill up the airwaves trying to convince Iowans why we should vote for them in the caucus. With that attention come groups who will be here until the general election and then will be gone.

Not so with Iowa for Health Care, a non-partisan grassroots advocacy campaign that has signed up 20,000 nurses and health care voters. We have been in the Hawkeye State since 2002, raising the issue of health care in our state legislature, with presidential candidates, and our federal representatives. We're talking about issues that matter to every day Iowans.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1076452.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Iowa City Press-Citizen: Obama to talk health care in Iowa City</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/2007/5/23/iowa-city-press-citizen-obama-to-talk-health-care-in-iowa-city.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1068553</guid><description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Barack Obama will visit Iowa City next week to give a health care policy speech, his campaign confirmed Tuesday.

A stop at University Hospitals on Tuesday is the candidate's second in Iowa City and ninth in Iowa since announcing his run for president. The Democratic senator from Illinois drew a crowd of almost 10,000 to the University of Iowa Pent-acrest on Earth Day.

"The speech comes on the heels of health care forums in Mason City and New Hampshire," said Tommy Vietor, a campaign spokesman in Des Moines.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1068553.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Des Moines Register: Invest in what works: Health care for kids</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:14:33 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/2007/5/23/des-moines-register-invest-in-what-works-health-care-for-kids.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1068548</guid><description><![CDATA[We rarely write about what's going well when it comes to health insurance in the United States. Frankly, there isn't much good to write. But there is one bright spot: coverage of children.

This country did something right when it established the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997 to provide insurance to children in low- and moderate-income families. Jointly funded by the federal and state governments, the program is credited with a 36 percent drop in the number of uninsured children nationwide. About 30,000 Iowa children rely on Iowa's version of SCHIP, called Hawk-I.

Now this successful program is up for reauthorization. It can become even better if Congress gives it the money it needs and fixes a flaw in the way it's funded.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1068548.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Dearden: Ambitious efforts chug along to improve Iowans' health care</title><dc:creator>Iowa for Health Care WebMaster</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:15:29 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/2007/4/10/dearden-ambitious-efforts-chug-along-to-improve-iowans-health-care.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">118797:1233035:1003624</guid><description><![CDATA[If you ask Iowans about their top concerns, you will hear a lot about the cost of health care. That's why I believe the Legislature should help reform health care, insure more Iowans, make health care affordable, and improve quality and access.

Health care premiums are growing at rates double or triple the cost of living. Small businesses and families are increasingly unable to afford coverage. Currently, 9 percent of Iowans - including 40,000 to 50,000 children - are completely without health insurance.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.iowaforhealthcare.org/health-care-news/rss-comments-entry-1003624.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>