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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:39pm CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:11pm CDT
LAKE PLACID — The Tri-Lakes Uninsured Task Force will be conducting eligibility screenings at six area high schools starting today through May 8. The screenings will also provide information for those who are concerned about losing their health insurance.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:32pm CDT
LANSING — A state Senate panel could begin voting on proposed changes to Michigan’s individual health insurance market as early as this week. But it might take more time for lawmakers to strike a compromise from competing proposals.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:01pm CDT
City may redo previous vote on health insurance plan
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 12:09pm CDT
"Understanding the Uninsured: Tailoring Policy Solutions for Different Subpopulations," National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation: The report found that one in four people who lack health insurance in the U.S.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:45am CDT
Students from Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine will spend the week helping connect local people in need with providers who assist those with minimal or no health insurance in Dayton.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:25am CDT
A state Senate panel could begin voting on proposed changes to Michigan's individual health insurance market as early as this week.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:24am CDT
Do you have health insurance? If so, do you have enough or the right plan? And where can you get all the information you need? Well, it starts on 2une In.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:37am CDT
(ARA) - Are Americans paying too much for health insurance? While health care costs continue to skyrocket, more and more consumers are finding affordable health insurance solutions online.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:08am CDT
Multiple local events focus on helping people without health insurance.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:27am CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:27am CDT
Americas Watchdog has just launched a national investigation into seeing if HMO's, health insurance companies, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, when much cheaper alternatives were available. According to the group, "we are out to protect HMO's, health insurance companies or cooperatives from being gouged by big pharmaceutical companies. We think Vioxx will ...
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:24am CDT
During the '90s, when the US economy was strong, a corporate executive could demand a big salary, with bonuses, and of course health insurance for their spouse, and kids. A lot has changed since then, says a Florida health insurance consultant, 'especially if you're married, and have a big family.' (PRWeb Apr 28, 2008) Read the full story at ...
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:09am CDT
Multiple local events focus on helping people without health insurance.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:01am CDT
During the '90s, when the US economy was strong, a corporate executive could demand a big salary, with bonuses, and of course health insurance for their spouse, and kids. A lot has changed since then, says a Florida health insurance consultant, 'especially if you're married, and have a big family.'
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:01am CDT
Americas Watchdog has just launched a national investigation into seeing if HMO's, health insurance companies, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, when much cheaper alternatives were available.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:17am CDT
ELKO - City Council will meet Tuesday to decide if employees will remain with the city's partially self-insured health insurance program or join the state's Public Employee Benefit Plan.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 11:53pm CDT
After a ruling last week that shot down the controversial health insurance practice of rescinding individual coverage after patients got sick, the knives are out at the Capitol, and health plans are the target.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 2:15pm CDT
VICTORVILLE — Katie Ganzer, a 20-year-old Victor Valley College student, said that she may benefit from proposed legislation that would allow dependent college students to continue receiving health insurance if they must leave school due to serious illness.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:05am CDT
(ARA) - Are Americans paying too much for health insurance? While health care costs continue to skyrocket, more and more consumers are finding affordable health insurance solutions online.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:40am CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:40am CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 1:17am CDT
ELKO - City Council will meet Tuesday to decide if employees will remain with the city's partially self-insured health insurance program or join the state's Public Employee Benefit Plan.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 12:49am CDT
Finding a way to provide health insurance for people who don't have it has been a problem many have tried to solve. In Washington, an estimated 778,000 people don't have health insurance. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the number nationally is 45 million.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 12:13am CDT
The Kane County Health Department is trying to get the word out about the All Kids Health Insurance Program, available to uninsured and underinsured children up to age 19 who are county residents.
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 11:10pm CDT
MONCADA, Philippines--The clinic where Dr. Alberto Marzan allegedly played his role in a $100 million (€64.12 million) swindle of the US military's health insurance program sits abandoned, along with the adjacent family home.
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 6:24pm CDT
What is the best health insurance policy I could afford?
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 6:24pm CDT
Can parents kick their student children off of their family health insurance policy?
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 5:55am CDT
A state appellate court Friday upheld an earlier decision requiring the Buffalo Public Schools to reinstate four health insurance options for its teachers, a move the district says will cost more than $13 million a year.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:01pm CDT
ELKO - City Council will meet Tuesday to decide if employees will remain with the city's partially self-insured health insurance program or join the state's Public Employee Benefit Plan.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 12:17pm CDT
(ARA) - Are Americans paying too much for health insurance? While health care costs continue to skyrocket, more and more consumers are finding affordable health insurance solutions online.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:26am CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 9:53am CDT
Chennai, Apr 25: The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to accept in principle the National Health Insurance Scheme 'Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana' for unorganised sector workers, belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) categories and their families, State Labour Minister T M Anbarasan told the Assembly today.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Health said Friday it will investigate allegations that Filipino doctors conspired to defraud the US military's health insurance program of $100 million.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 5:32am CDT
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is established to cater for the health care needs of all Nigerians and not for government employees alone as being perceived, NHIS's Executive Secretary Dr M.B.W Dogo Mohammed said in Abuja yesterday.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 5:14am CDT
MANILA, Philippines -- Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said on Friday the Philippines will cooperate with the US government in prosecuting individuals and firms responsible for swindling more than $100 million from the US militarys health insurance program.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 4:00am CDT
A physician and an American veteran are now under the surveillance of Philippine authorities in connection with the scam that victimized a United States military health insurance program.
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 10:18pm CDT
At least 40,000 pensioners nationwide either benefited or were ripped off by local governments' mistakes over premium deductions for a new health insurance program, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 9:51pm CDT
MANAMA The Ministry of Health is moving ahead to impose health insurance for expatriates to reduce the cost of health treatment as BD20 million was spent last year on health services for non-Bahrainis by the government.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 11:52am CDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Jim Doyle hopes to get federal approval for an expansion of the states BadgerCare Plus health insurance program within the next three to five months. The plan to expand the basic coverage to about 81,000 childless adults starting Jan. 1 has already won approval from the state Legislature. Doyle was in Washington, D.C., on Monday to meet with U.S. Health and Human Services ...
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 9:12am CDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle hopes to get federal approval for an expansion of the state's BadgerCare Plus health insurance program within the next three to five months.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 9:08am CDT
Associated Press - April 7, 2008 12:05 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle hopes to get federal approval for an expansion of the state's BadgerCare Plus health insurance program within...
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 6:49am CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 6:44am CDT
Prague- The Czech state could remain the owner of the General Health Insurance Company (VZP) in the future, under one of the seven reform-related bills Health Minister Tomas Julinek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) presented to journalists.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 4:49am CDT
(ARA) - Having health insurance gives us piece of mind. But have you ever thought you might be overpaying for your coverage? Or what if you find yourself without health coverage and need to find something affordable fast? The answers to these questions can easily be found on the Internet.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 3:43am CDT
Bauchi State Government has earmarked N540m as initial contribution for the enrollment of its 25,000 workforce into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 2:42am CDT
Insurance giant Aviva has broadened its product range in Ireland through the purchase of a majority stake in Irish health insurance group VIVAS.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 1:18am CDT
The economic burden of providing health insurance for workers increased more for small businesses than for large ones from 2000 to 2005, but the spike did not cause a significant number of small employers to abandon the benefit, according to a study issued by the RAND Corporation.
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 11:30pm CDT
Insurance group Hibernian is to enter the health insurance market after agreeing to buy a majority of Vivas. Vivas is the third largest company in the Irish health insurance market.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 6:00am CDT
FRIDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- The economic burden of providing health insurance for employees increased more for small U.S. businesses than for larger businesses from 2000 to 2005, but most small businesses have not stopped offering the benefit, a new study finds.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:04am CDT
Hartford Three Connecticut residents die every week because they don't have health insurance and cannot afford to see doctors for regular checkups, screenings and
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 2:12am CDT
The economic burden of providing health insurance for workers increased more for small businesses than for large ones from 2000 to 2005, but the spike did not cause a significant number of small employers to abandon the benefit, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corporation.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 2:11am CDT
State lawmakers are backing away from requiring that Iowa parents must enroll their children for health insurance, but still would like to set a goal that all children have insurance by 2011.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 9:58pm CDT
From 2004 to 2006, the national number of young adults lacking health insurance grew by 800,000, or 6 percent, to raise the total to 13.7 million young adults.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 8:58pm CDT
A new plan was unveiled Thursday by Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford - health insurance for every Birmingham School student. Langford says the program will be the first of its kind in the nation - and will put Birmingham on the cutting edge of health care. FOX6 News reporter Emily Luxen explains how the program will work, and who will take care of the bill...
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:02pm CDT
Gov. Mike Easley Thursday announced a plan to restructure the delivery of health care in the state by standardizing the level of care and insurance coverage for the five most common chronic diseases.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 11:30am CDT
STARKVILLE Climate change, threats of more regulation and a presidential election year with more than a few mentions of some form of mandated health coverage, has the insurance industry almost downright jittery.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 8:27am CDT
Three Connecticut residents die every week because they don't have health insurance and cannot afford to see doctors for regular checkups, screenings and other preventive care, according to a new report released Thursday.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 7:49am CDT
Hartford (AP, Apr. 3, 2008 10:40 AM) _ A new report says three Connecticut residents die every week because they don't have health insurance.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 2:19am CDT
(ImpactMD's new secure Eligibility Portal assists medical professionals with solving the problem of securing patient health insurance eligibility at the time of service. This new service delivers critical eligibility data to the desktop in seconds using a standard web browser.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 12:57am CDT
By Aaron Sadler Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Architects of previous attempts to make health insurance more affordable for small businesses announced a new approach Wednesday endorsed by interest groups that rarely see eye-to-eye.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 5:39pm CDT
New South Wales Health has rejected reports its new care coordination centres for people suffering chronic diseases will segregate hospital patients based on whether they have private health insurance.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 4:38pm CDT
The largest survey ever of American physicians' opinions on health-care financing has found that 59 percent of doctors support government legislation to establish national health insurance while only 32 percent oppose it.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 12:11pm CDT
The Nation -- Oh no! Another economics post! And a long one! Don't fret. The next one will be as fluffy and short as I can make it. But today I want to play doctor and patient with the US health insurance markets.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 11:01am CDT
About 59% of U.S. physicians support legislation that would establish a national health insurance program, and 32% oppose such a system, according to a survey published on Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Reuters reports. For the study, lead author Aaron Carroll of the Indiana University School of Medicine and colleagues surveyed more than 2,000 physicians.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 6:18am CDT
"Most College Students Are Covered Through Employer-Sponsored Plans, and Some Colleges and States Are Taking Steps To Increase Coverage," Government Accountability Office: The GAO report found that 80% of college students ages 18 through 23 had health insurance in 2006, with 67% covered under emplo
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 6:09am CDT
A majority of doctors support the idea of a national health insurance program, according to a new report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 12:01am CDT
Even while her stomach was killing her, Melelea Tausinga remained the heart and soul of Sacramento's Tongan community. Tevita Tausinga, left, and his daughter Losaline say that if Melelea Tausinga had health insurance, she would not have died of stomach cancer. Tausinga said his wife complained five years ago of pain but felt she couldn't afford medical treatment. A mural is ...
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 1:17pm CDT
Hundreds of caregivers have descended on the Statehouse to rally for higher wages and health insurance for those who take care of senior citizens and the disabled.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:09pm CDT
BOSTON (AP) -- Hundreds of Massachusetts caregivers have descended on the Statehouse to rally for higher wages and health insurance for those who take care of senior citizens and the disabled.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:08pm CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 10:42am CDT
Hundreds of caregivers have descended on the Statehouse to rally for higher wages and health insurance for those who take care of senior citizens and the disabled. Personal...
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 8:41am CDT
New Delhi, April 1 : The government's health insurance policy to cover around 300 million poor unorganised sector workers comes into effect from Tuesday. The government earmarked Rs.2.5 billion for the policy in its 2008-09 budget.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 7:17am CDT
New Delhi, Apr 1 : The Central Government today launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, a health insurance scheme, for workers in the unorganised sector.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 5:19am CDT
The largest survey ever of American physicians' opinions on health-care financing has found that 59 percent of doctors support government legislation to establish national health insurance while only 32 percent oppose it. A similar survey conducted by the IU researchers in 2002 found 49 percent of physicians supporting national health insurance and 40 percent opposing it.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 5:08am CDT
Most U.S. doctors now support the idea of national health insurance, a shift from a half-decade ago, when less than half favored a national system, a new survey has found. According to a study published in the Mar. 31 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, 59% of the nation's physicians support federal legislation to establish national health insurance, often referred to as a single-payer ...
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 4:34am CDT
(ARA) - As we approach the end of another year, now is a good time to take a close look at household expenses to see if there are places you can cut back and save. If you're like most people, one of your biggest areas of concern is what you're paying for health insurance.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 1:09am CDT
A recent survey shows 59% of U.S. physicians support national universal health insurance, up from 49% just five years ago
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:01am CDT
Florida is known for having one of the most advanced medical facilities in the nation. The finest doctor's from across the country come to Florida to work in the Florida sunshine. All that 'Florida Tourism' stuff sounds great; until you match it up with real life, and real statistics; like the Healthcare Providers Survey (health insurance statistic) that ranks Florida hospitals failing in all ...