Archive for 2008/04


CNN Classroom Edition: Broken Gov't – Health Care: Critical Condition – CNN

CNN Classroom Edition: Broken Gov't – Health Care: Critical Condition
CNN - 52 minutes ago
At least 47 million Americans lack health insurance, driving them to emergency rooms for medical care and desperate measures to pay for needed treatment.
PA Secretary of Health to Mark 'Cover the Uninsured' Week; Stress StreetInsider.com (subscription)
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Aetna 1Q lobbying on health insurance issues topped $575000 – Forbes

Aetna 1Q lobbying on health insurance issues topped $575000
Forbes, NY - 2 hours ago
AP 04.30.08, 5:09 PM ET Health insurance provider Aetna Inc. spent more than $575000 in the first quarter to lobby on Medicare and pharmaceutical issues,
Employers won't pay for outside coverage The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com
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Myth No. 1: Insurers' profits are responsible for our health care … – Slate


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Myth No. 1: Insurers' profits are responsible for our health care
Slate - 3 hours ago
This is the most pervasive and most crowd-pleasing of the health care myths. The profits of the big health insurance companies are central to the rhetoric
Humana's Profit Rises 13% on Health Plans for Elderly (Update3) Bloomberg
Humana's Net Rises 13% On Sizable Claims Drop Wall Street Journal
Humana's Investments Surprisingly Robust Forbes
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Health savings accounts growing in popularity – The Associated Press

Health savings accounts growing in popularity
The Associated Press - 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6 million people are enrolled in health insurance plans that allow them to also open health savings accounts, nearly double

Health savings accounts grow more popular, but critics skeptical – San Francisco Chronicle

Coloradans like health savings accounts
Bizjournals.com, NC - 2 hours ago
The AHIP is a health insurance industry trade group, based in Washington, DC, with 1300 members. The study, released Wednesday, shows Colorado's 217906
More Than Six Million Enrolled in Health Savings Account Plans SunHerald.com
Benefits Expert Jim Edholm Re-Thinks Rising Health Care Costs in Market Wire (press release)
HSA enrollment surges: Survey Business Insurance
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HealthPass, UnitedHealthcare Join Forces to Offer Affordable … – Business Wire (press release)

HealthPass, UnitedHealthcare Join Forces to Offer Affordable
Business Wire (press release), CA - 3 hours ago
The partnership offers entrepreneurs in these geographic areas access to affordable, high quality health insurance. Sole proprietors who live outside of New
HealthPass Offers Small Employers Tips for Providing Health Insurance Market Wire (press release)
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Health insurance: a necessary hassle – The Roundup

Health insurance: a necessary hassle
The Roundup, CA - 30 minutes ago
The majority of college students with health insurance are receiving it from their employers, which may show that employee benefits are becoming

Health-Care Insurance Frustrations – Wall Street Journal

Health-Care Insurance Frustrations
Wall Street Journal - 19 hours ago
John Connors's April 18 letter in response to Jonathan Kellerman's April 14 op-ed "The Health Insurance Mafia," asserts that payers and providers have a
OPINION: Mayo Clinic weighs in with a comprehensive health proposal TMCnet
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Health-Care Insurance Frustrations – Wall Street Journal

Health-Care Insurance Frustrations
Wall Street Journal - 11 hours ago
John Connors's April 18 letter in response to Jonathan Kellerman's April 14 op-ed "The Health Insurance Mafia," asserts that payers and providers have a

Health-Care Insurance Frustrations – Wall Street Journal

Health-Care Insurance Frustrations
Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago
John Connors's April 18 letter in response to Jonathan Kellerman's April 14 op-ed "The Health Insurance Mafia," asserts that payers and providers have a
Why hospitals want your credit report Chicago Daily Herald
Web site lets users compare hospital ratings Atlanta Journal Constitution
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