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EDITORIAL: Not well: Alarming holes in children's health safety net.
The kids are not all right. Quite the contrary. In North Carolina, our children are facing some big health problems. While there is some good news in the North Carolina Child Health Report Card, issued annually by the N.C. Institute of Medi... -
Sudan's Al-Bashir inaugurates hospital in Blue Nile State
President of the Republic FM Umar Al-Bashir attended a festival in Damazin town marking the graduation of 2500 students at the Blue Nile University in different specializations. Addressing the ceremony, President Al-Bashir said that the Blu... -
Medica Brings Out Mobile App for Comparing Health Care Costs
Medica said that it is the first health plan to launch a mobile application to help consumers compare cost information for a variety of medical procedures. The app, based on the Web site MainStreetMedica.com, is available at the iPhone App... -
UnitedHealthcare Provides Free Access to National Comprehensive Cancer Network Compendium
UnitedHealthcare said that it is now offering in-network physicians and their staffs free access to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Drugs and Biologics Compendium. The NCCN Compendium, developed by 21 of the nation's cancer... -
AmeriHealth New Jersey Extends Pact with Robert Wood Johnson's University Medical Group
AmeriHealth New Jersey has entered a two-year contract extension with University Medical Group, the Company announced. University Medical Group is the faculty practice group affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Bru... -
HHS Secretary Sebelius Introduces New Report on Benefits of Health Insurance Reform for Women with Br
As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how... -
EDITORIAL: Don't Block That Bill, Joe: SEN. LIEBERMAN ? Connecticut senator should support an up-or-d
U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, a self-styled independent-minded Democrat who doesn't mind being the center of attention, created quite a stir Tuesday when he said he opposes creating a new government-run health insurance plan... -
Public option finding favor: The option for government insurance is gaining steam -- even among the n
In two widely different forums Wednesday, Florida doctors and nurses agreed that healthcare reform is desperately needed -- and they're not opposed to a public option as part of the package. That was the sentiment expressed at a midday meet... -
Insurer's ties to Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft raise concerns
During the 2006 race for Coral Springs City Commission, Vista Healthplan and its affiliates donated the maximum allowed by law to the campaign of a political novice who had recently lost his job as Tamarac city attorney. Although Mitch Kraf... -
OPINION: Pre-existing reforms at work already
Most Americans, polls say, are pretty happy with their own health coverage. They worry, though: You develop heart trouble, you change jobs, you're toast: If your ticker's a pre-existing condition, insurance could bankrupt you. It's a valid... -
The Kansas City Star, Mo., Diane Stafford column: Job-based health insurance has lost its luster
Most job hunters want to find a job with health benefits. But what happens the next time they're laid off? Clearly, it's past time to separate health insurance from employment. Forays into consumer directed plans and employee wellness progr... -
How is Private Health Coverage Delivered?
Types of Organizations that Provide Private Health Coverage Private health coverage is provided primarily by two different types of entities: state-licensed health insuring organizations and self-funded employee health benefit plans. State-L... -
What is Private Health Coverage?
Private health coverage is a mechanism for people to (1) protect themselves from the potentially extreme financial costs of medical care if they become severely ill, and (2) ensure that they have access to health care when they need it. Hea... -
This section will help find your way through the maze of the insurance system.
Understanding Health Care Insurance These three organizations can help you locate the benefits that apply to the elder in your care. They will help you save valuable time in learning the health care insurance system. 1 Medicare Rights Center... -
CBO: Effects of Repealing Insurers' Antitrust Exemption Minimal
The Congressional Budget Office has analyzed the legislative effort to repeal health insurers' antitrust exemption, and the office concluded that it would neither have a significant impact on the insurance business, as its industry opponent... -
Franken Calls On Health Care Reform Leaders To Simplify Administrative Processes And Crack Down On Fr
The following information was released by Minnesota Senator Al Franken: U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) wrote to Chairmen Baucus (D-Mont.) and Harkin (D-Iowa) and Senator Dodd (D-Conn.) to urge them to include administrative simplification m... -
Get Ready! Health Insurance, If You Have It, Will Cost More
and more expensive. Unemployment is nearly 10 percent nationally, 8.9 percent on Long Island. And wages have been stagnant -- for those who have jobs. Now another worry looms on the horizon. With open enrollment for 2010 work-sponsored healt... -
Businesses Hit With Major Hike In Health Plan Costs
Health insurance rates in Alaska just keep on climbing, and so, for that matter, do the number of uninsured Alaskans. Individuals seeking personal health insurance will see their rates raise an average of 17.5 percent this year, while busin... -
Blue Shield of California Ousted from State's High-Risk Pool Because of High Premiums
Blue Shield of California has been kicked out of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program, the state's high-risk health insurance pool, because its premiums were much higher than those of other health insurers in the program. Janette Lopez,... -
Instant Group Health Insurance Quote Engine Developed by Local New York Agency
While many companies advertise instant or real-time health quotes at their website, it's often not the truth. In fact, many online companies that advertise free group health insurance quotes really do not provide any insurance quotes at all...
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Tap Retirement Funds Penalty-Fr
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Getting Older, but working long
Copyright: The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Source: News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) Wordcount:... -
Health Plans awaiting verdict i
(BestWire Services Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Health plans expect to hear a final decision on 6 April... -
High-Deductible Health Plans Of
Study finds that high-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely... -
Milliman Survey Says Dominate V
Copyright: PR Newswire Source: PR Newswire Wordcount: 753 SEATTLE, March 31 / PRNewswire / - Milliman... -
Aetna’s CEO Williams Tops Ind
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna's (NYSE: AET) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ronald A.... -
Investment Fund Files Suit MBIA
The Delaware Chancery Court is requested to cancel an agreement facilitated by the New York State Insurance... -
UnitedHealth Lands $21.8B Milit
UnitedHealth Group revenue from government programs is about to get much bigger. The Minnetonka health... -
Much to consider about COBRA su
THERE ARE SEVERAL pros and cons for Congress to weigh when it considers extending the law that temporarily... -
New York State Health Plans to
Affinity Health Plan, AmeriChoice by United HealthCare, Fidelis Care New York, Health Plus PHSP, Hudson...
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Aetna CEO Ronald A. Williams' 2
Apr. 23--Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Ronald A. Williams got $3.14 million in compensation for 2008 and... -
UnitedHealth, Aetna Win TRICARE
WASHINGTON, Jul 14, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX)--UnitedHealth Group Inc. Aetna Inc. were awarded contracts... -
Seniors Defend Targeted Health
WASHINGTON -- One of the largest spending cuts Congress could rely on to pay for an overhaul of the nation's... -
Class-Action Suit Says Nationwi
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nationwide Life Insurance Co. alleging the company... -
What is the Actual Number of Am
CNN has a fascinating post today on a question I've pondered in this space in the past: How many Americans... -
HealthMarkets, Subsidiaries Ban
HealthMarkets Inc. and two subsidiaries have settled a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney general that... -
Ingenix Acquires AIM Healthcare
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingenix, a leading health information, technology... -
Economy-Driven Furloughs May Im
To deal with the economic downturn without laying off workers, some employers have instituted voluntary... -
8 Steps For Measuring The Cost
Even before the current economic crisis, evidence indicated that close to 70 million American workers... -
TriZetto Survey: Use of health
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A growing number of health plans believe that the transition... -
Mass Health Course at: As Obama
Copyright: The Philadelphia Inquirer Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wordcount: 1578 Mar. 31--BOSTON... -
NAIC Members: Prescription For
Lost in the din of this summers health care debates is one important fact: there is a strong consensus...
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