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State Marketplaces Still Plagued By Technical ProblemsThe New York Times examines how sta stanley mug tes running their own insurance exchange websites are doing. Meanwhile, USA Today looks at how insurance choices vary across the country.The New York Times: Some State Insurance Exchanges Continue To Battle Technical ProblemsSix weeks into the rollout of President Obama s new health care law, some of the online insurance exchanges run by states are continuing to have serious technological problems, often mirroring the issues plaguing the much larger federal exch stanley thermoskanne ange Goodnough and Abelson, 11/12 .U stanley website SA Today: For Some Areas, Insurance Plan Choices Are PaltrySome counties in the U.S. have almost 30 times more choices of health insurance plans than others do, a stark example of the lack of competition in many parts of the country as consumers try to shop for affordable coverage on the new federally run exchanges. USA Today analyzed data from Healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance exchange selling plans for 34 of the states that didn t set up their own exchanges. The analysis clearly shows the impact of insurers hesitancy to move into states where they aren t already doing business ODonnell and Overberg, 11/12 .In news from the states --Los Angeles Times: Washington State Is Making Health Exchange WorkMore than 55,000 people in Washington state enrolled in health coverage in October -- most in Medicaid -- and about 40,000 more applied for coverage, making the Evergreen State one of the Dyhh Dollar General Is First Company To Reward Employees Who Get Vaccinated
Thursday, Jun 11 2009Post-election Violence in Kenya Preventing Nearly 2,400 From Accessing Antiretrovirals, AIDS Council SaysPost-election violence in Kenya has prevented 2,391 HIV-positive people from accessing antiretrovirals, the country s Nationa owala canada l AIDS Control Council recently said, Business Daily/AllAfrica reports. More than 300,000 people have been internally displaced since the violence began in late December 2007. Basing our estimates on the national prevalence rate, 15,000 HIV-positive people have been affected, with half of them remaining on treatment, NACC said in a statement. Peter Mutie, head of communications at NACC, said restrictions on movement through s owala website ome regions of the country have affected the delivery of antiretrovirals. Mutie said preliminary data showed that most of the internally displaced people living with HIV/AIDS are not eating the recommended foods. Mutie noted that efforts have been made in some IDP camps to supply condoms, information and post-exposure prophylaxis for rape survivors. Ten rape cases hav stanley mugs e been reported so far in three camps in Nairobi, and six have been treated, according to Business Daily/AllAfrica.Displacement of people is seen as a heavy setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS, BusinessDaily/AllAfrica reports. According to a 2007 UNAIDS report, HIV prevalence in Kenya has decreased from a high of 14% in the mid-1990s to 5% in 2006. Mutie said that if the violence is not urgently contained, we expect a sharp increase in infec |
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