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Planned Parenthood Of Alaska, Teacher File Suit To Block Parental Notification Initiative
Planned Parenthood of Alaska and an Anchorage high school teacher filed a lawsuit in Anchorage Superior Court on Friday to block a voter initiative that would make it illegal for minors younger than age 18 to obtain abortion services without parental notification, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Supporters of the initiative, which was certified on July 2, must gather nearly 33,000 signatures in order for it to be put on the ballot in August 2010.The lawsuit claims that the initiative should not have been certified because of what the newspaper termed "legal technicalities" and because the ballot description of its impact is misleading. According to legal documents filed by Planned Parenthood and teacher Susan Wingrove, the language of the initiative indicates that minor changes would be made to an existing law "rather than making clear that the initiative is abolishing rights currently afforded to the citizens of Alaska who are minors." They also claim that the initiative does not make it clear that violations of the law would be a felony and that it would be the responsibility of the physician to inform parents.Previous attempts to enact parental notification and consent laws have failed in Alaska. The Alaska Parental Consent Act, which was approved in 1997, said that parental notification or approval from a judge was necessary before a minor could obtain an abortion. Legal challenges prevented the act from going into effect, and the Alaska Supreme Court in 2007 ruled that the law was unconstitutional. In addition, a bill that would have required girls younger than age 17 to notify a parent failed to make it through the state Legislature this year.Former Lt. Gov. Loren Leman (R), a supporter of the new initiative, called Planned Parenthood of Alaska and the teacher "desperate," adding that they "would deny the people of Alaska the opportunity to participate in the initiative process" (Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 7/31).
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430,000 West Virginians Are In Families That Will Spend More Than 10 Percent Of Their Income On Health Care In 2009

A report released by the consumer health organization Families USA spotlights a growing crisis among insured families, as rising health care costs devour a growing portion of their pre-tax income. In the United States, 64.4 million people under age 65 are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax family income on health care in 2009, and 82.6 percent of those people are insured-an increase of 22.7 million such people since 2000. In West Virginia alone, 430,000 people under age 65 are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax family income on health care in 2009, and 83.5 percent of those West Virginia families have insurance. In addition, there are 141,000 West Virginians in families that will spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. "As our findings make clear, high health care costs are not just a problem of the uninsured," Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA, said today. "More and more families with insurance are affected by rising health care costs, and, for many, the burden of these costs is becoming too great to bear." That this problem is affecting more and more families is an essential element of this 2009 report, an update of a 2007 Families USA report that was the first of its kind to document these costs on a state-specific basis. The report shows that the number of insured people in families paying 10 or 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care has climbed dramatically in West Virginia, a symptom of the runaway costs plaguing the U.S. health care system. The report reveals: - 430,000 non-elderly West Virginians are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. - Between 2000 and 2009, the number of people in families spending more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care will have increased by 141,000, or 48.9 percent. - More than eight out of 10 people (83.5 percent) in families spending more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care are insured. - 359,000 non-elderly West Virginians with insurance are in families that will spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. The report also looks at the number of people in families that spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs: - 141,000 West Virginians are in families that will spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. - Between 2000 and 2009, the number of people in families spending more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care will have increased by 47,000, or 50.7 percent. - Nearly four out of five people (78 percent) in families spending more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care are insured. - 110,000 West Virginians with insurance are in families that will spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. As the Families USA report demonstrates, hundreds of thousands of West Virginians are in families that face high health care costs. A number of factors have driven this phenomenon. First and foremost, health insurance premiums are increasing. As premiums rise, employers are forced to make tough decisions, particularly in this recession, about the coverage they offer to their employees. Some drop coverage, others increase the share of the premium that employees must pay, and more offer insurance that covers fewer services and/or requires high out-of-pocket costs. As a result, West Virginia families must shoulder a greater portion of health care costs. "West Virginia families are hit hard in the wallet because of skyrocketing health costs," Pollack said. "As a result, West Virginians are spending much larger portions of their family incomes on health care costs-and health care is becoming less and less affordable. "The growing burden of health care costs on West Virginia families is a clear signal that health care reform is overdue," Pollack said. Families USA


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