Health Beats
January 20, 2010 | Steph
Welcome to Health Beats—the place to come every week to receive the top five health care stories of the week! Tune in to Beats Per Minute every Wednesday to read about the top five stories impacting Erie Family Health Center and our community.
Beats this week:
1) On Monday, January 18, 2010 Erie Family Health Center celebrated the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Across Chicago, many did the same, invoking King’s memory in the fight for health care reform. Read more in the Chicago Sun-Times.
2) The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force just released new guidelines on the treatment of obesity among children. Currently, over one-third of America’s children are at least overweight; these new guidelines found that with intense treatment, children were able to obtain a healthy weight.
3) Yesterday Massachusetts held a special election to fill the late Senator Kennedy’s seat. This resulted in the election of Republican Scott Brown and the loss of the Democrats’ 60th vote in the Senate for health care reform. So the question is: Will this election lead to the collapse of health care reform?
4) Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill that would allow Illinois residents to have their denied medical claims reviewed. This bill will allow more than 3 million residents to get a second opinion on whether their claim should have been denied. Per the Chicago Tribune.
5) 2009 was a whirlwind year for community health centers across the nation. Read about how community health centers were mentioned in the White House’s ‘Year in Health Care.’ You can also read more at the National Association for Community Health Center’s blog, Health Center News and Happenings.
Tags: Erie, health care reform, health research, News, Politics
