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June 30, 2006
Expanded health care law kicks in
As many as 40,000 children who either lack health insurance or receive just basic coverage will become eligible for subsidized insurance tomorrow when Massachusetts implements the first changes under
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Posted by Guido at 10:43 AM
June 29, 2006
New Health Insurance Fund for Africa
The Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation, Mrs. Agnes van Ardenne, and the former CEO of AEGON, Kees Storm, chairman of the Health Insurance Fund , have launched a groundbreaking initiative for a new health insurance fund for Africa in the presence of the top of the Dutch business
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Two opinion pieces recently examined health insurance coverage in the U.S. Summaries appear below.Ronald Brownstein, Los Angeles Times: Although "more than 174 million workers and their families receive" health insurance through their employers, the "system is cracking" as fewer small employers offer coverage and as large employers say the rising cost of health care in the U.S. [click link for
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Posted by Tom at 05:13 PM
Hospitals sue health system to recoup Medicare payments
New Jersey's largest health-care provider, which recently agreed to pay $265 million to settle charges of cheating Medicare out of more than half a billion dollars, is now being sued by small hospitals including one from Maine that say the fraud made them pay more into the federal health-insurance
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Posted by Murray at 04:36 PM
Senate Hearing Considers Health Court Model To Help Reduce Medical Malpractice Insurance Costs
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday held a hearing on a bill (S 1337) sponsored by Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that would test a number of proposals to reduce medical malpractice insurance costs, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 9/22). [click link for full
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Posted by Murray at 04:26 PM
School district makes health-insurance offer
HOLLAND -- Holland Public Schools is willing to let its teachers' union return to the health insurance members prefer as long as it decides by today and pays the difference between what the plan costs and what the district says it can
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Posted by John at 01:06 PM
Opinion Pieces Examine Proposed Health Insurance Reforms
Two opinion pieces recently examined health insurance coverage in the U.S. Summaries appear below.Ronald Brownstein, Los Angeles Times: Although "more than 174 million workers and their families receive" health insurance through their employers, the "system is cracking" as fewer small employers offer coverage and as large employers say the rising cost of health care in the U.S. [click link for
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Posted by Tom at 09:20 AM
June 28, 2006
Speakers to address Mass. health-insurance law
Two leaders of the movement for national health insurance will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Oneonta. The topic is the Massachusetts health-insurance plan that some have said provides "universal
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday held a hearing on a bill (S 1337) sponsored by Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that would test a number of proposals to reduce medical malpractice insurance costs, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 9/22). [click link for full
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Posted by Russell at 01:07 PM
June 27, 2006
Where Americans Work Affects Their Health Insurance Plan Price Tag
A new analysis by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality revealed that workers in North Dakota with family coverage had average premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance plans that cost nearly $3,000 less than those of workers in the District of Columbia, just one example of how the economics of health insurance vary widely from state-to-state. [click link for full
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They're young and relatively healthy, but lack health insurance. Collectively, they number more than 10 million and provide challenges to the health care sector, but new ideas to get them enrolled are arriving from a variety of
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Approximately 41.2 million U.S. residents, or 14.2%, of the U.S. population, had no health insurance in 2005 at a specific point in time, demonstrating a small improvement over 2004, according to a survey published on Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics, Reuters reports (Reuters, 6/21). Study results were based on responses from 98,300 U.S. residents. [click link for full
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Fourteen wage contracts for municipal and school employees expire when the new fiscal year starts Saturday, but a push to have Stoneham workers pay more for health insurance is making negotiations a thorny
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