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Voters support mandatory health insurance, but candidates differ

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:29:20 -0800

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - As the presidential candidates tout their proposals to improve the nation's health-care system, it might behoove them to pay attention to a new survey that finds most Americans want to keep employer coverage in the mix and generally support mandated insurance.

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Poll Finds Public Backs Employer Role In Health Insurance

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:00:02 -0800

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Most people in the U.S. think employers should provide health insurance to their workers or help pay for coverage, according to a new survey, a view in line with proposals from the leading Democratic presidential

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Health insurance for individuals: a world of pain

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:48:27 -0800

Private health insurance is virtually out of the question for most uninsured Americans, according to a yearlong Consumer Reports investigation. Research cited in CR s report found that 89 percent of people who looked into buying individual insurance did not do so because it was too costly, they were turned down for health reasons or it provided inadequate

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Health Insurance Residents will have to pay for every month they go without a plan.

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:56:02 -0800

BOSTON Those without health insurance, be prepared to pay. Uninsured residents will face up to $912 in penalty charges if they fail to sign up for health insurance in the new year, officials with the state Department of Revenue announced

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Health insurance makes people healthier: US study

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:46:07 -0800

Washington - Americans who spend years without medical insurance become healthier once they qualify for public health insurance provided for retirees, a study to be published Wednesday says. The report in the Journal of the American Medical Associati...

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Leadership fails to expand child health insurance

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:47:16 -0800

WASHINGTON The House temporarily extended a popular health insurance program for children on Wednesday, handing Democratic leaders a disappointing end this year to their efforts to expand the initiative. The extension through March 2009 was part of legislation that also gave physicians a

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Hope lost for bump in kids' health insurance funding

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:37:16 -0800

Congress this week is likely to put up enough money to keep Georgia's PeachCare program running through most of 2008, but plans to dramatically expand the program that provides health insurance to low-income children are dead. Friday was the deadline set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for Republican and Democratic House negotiators to find a way to add $35 billion over five years for

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Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Asks Insurers To Limit Premium Increases To 5% In 2008

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:33:27 -0800

The Massachusetts Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector on Tuesday voted to press insurers to hold premium increases to 5% in 2008 for unsubsidized health insurance plans sold in the state, the Boston Globe reports. According to the Globe, connector officials and health care analysts "agree that neither the state nor individuals will be able to afford coverage without aggressive price control.

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Salem to use self-funded health insurance

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:18:57 -0800

SALEM -After much wrangling, Salem City Council opted last week to use self-funded health insurance for its 80 employees. But what is self-funded insurance? "It is rather complicated," says Salem City Manager Thomas Christie. "The basics of a self-funded plan is that the City of Salem becomes the insurance company and is responsible for claims up to

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Hibernian may enter health insurance

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:46:32 -0800

Insurance group, Hibernian, is considering entering the private health insurance market, possibly taking a stake in Vivas. Vivas has around 150,000 subscribers and took in E29.7m in premiums last

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Hospital Horror: Dade's Health Insurance Crisis

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:53:48 -0800

In a county where tremendous wealth, such as the glitz and glamour of South Beach draws attention away from people who are struggling, as many as three quarters of a million people in Miami-Dade County have no health insurance; no resources to pay for major health catastrophes. Percentage-wise, it's the largest group of un-insured people in the

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Sign Up For Health Insurance By Thursday Or Else

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:00:23 -0800

Most Massachusetts residents are now required to have health insurance, and they have to sign up for it by Thursday. Officials say in order to guarantee you have insurance by the December 31, 2007 deadline you have to sign up by November 15. More Health News

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Hypertension Treatment In Mexico Improves With Expanded Health Insurance

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:41:08 -0800

Mexico's new health insurance program, Seguro Popular, which was created to extend health insurance to the nation's 50 million uninsured by 2010, is having a positive effect on coverage of antihypertensive treatment in that country, according to a study published in the October 27 issue of British Medical Journal. [click link for full

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The Actuary: Breast Cancer Epidemic's Impact from Abortion on Insurance, Health Care Through 2029 is Serious

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:54:05 -0800

MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 7 / Standard Newswire / -- The Actuary, a professional magazine for actuaries in the U.K., published the article, "The Breast Cancer Epidemic," [1] discussing the impact of the epidemic in England and Wales for the life and health insurance and health care industries through

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Statement On Passage Of The State Children's Health Insurance Program Bill

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:34:54 -0800

We applaud the Senate for passing legislation to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Every day, SCHIP helps uninsured children across the nation receive the care they need for a healthier beginning. America's hospitals support improving and extending this important program. [click link for full

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