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Health Insurance Unaffordable in the US for 1.6 M People in 2007/2008
When it comes to health insurance things don’t look very good for Americans. According to a...
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Delphi Seeks to Cut Health Benefits for Retirees
Auto supplier Delphi Corp. has sought U.S. Bankruptcy Court permission to eliminate health care...
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Senate Approves Health Bill for Children
The Senate on Thursday approved the bill designed to provide health insurance to more than...
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Medicare Decides to Expand Coverage for Cancer Drugs
Doctors and patients who need Medicare reimbursement for certain experimental treatments...
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China’s Government Plans to Spend $124 Billion on Health Care Reform
China’s government announced the decision to spend more than $120 billion over the next...
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House Passes Bill to Expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program
The bill that would extend coverage for four million uninsured children is one of the top...
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The Senate to Vote on Extra Health Coverage for Poor Children
The House on Wednesday voted to expand The Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover an...
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Children’s Health Program Goes to Senate for Approval
The bill intended to expand healthcare for children in low-income families is expected to breeze...
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Report: COBRA Too Expensive for Many Unemployed
According to a report released by Families USA, the national organization for health care...
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Most Unemployed People Can't Afford A Health Insurance
It looks like the cost of buying health insurance is too big for unemployed Americans. This...
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If You Are Unemployed Having a Health Insurance Becomes a Luxury
The unemployed Americans have much to lose when it comes to health insurance. Families USA, the...
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George Bush’s Health Care Legacy
The Bush administration has failed too many times in providing a good health care system. Firstly,...
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Obama Named his Desired Health Care Leader
President-elect Barack Obama reasserted his pledge to overhaul the nation's healthcare system when...
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Poverty Affects Children’s Brain Activity
A new study has found that poorer children
tend to have a reduced brain activity.
An important...
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Insurers Group Backs Universal Health Care
America’s
Health Insurance Plans, a trade group representing companies that insure more
than 200...
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‘America’s Health Rankings 2008’- Vermont Is Healthiest State
A comparison of state rakings from 2007 to 2008 released
Wednesday by the United Health Foundation...
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Rate of Uninsured Kids Declines, More Children Living in Poverty
According to a report released Nov. 25 by
Families USA, the number of American children without...
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Obama Is Expected To Introduce Single-Payer System
Nowadays, everyone seems to think that America’s health-care system is a mess. That’s why Barack...
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It’s High Time You Chose Your Part D Plan
Until December 31, Medicare Part D is offering an “open-enrollment” period, meaning that seniors...
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Universal Health Care Mandate May Generate Insurer Revenue. What about Profit?
The much talked-about government plan assuring insurance
coverage for all Americans may bring...
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Universal Health Coverage, In Discussion
As medicine, technology and science advance at a very fast rate, medical breakthroughs now happen...
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Health Insurance Inustry Extends Coverage To Everyone, on One Condition
Members of the health insurance industry announced Wednesday
that they would support an overhaul...
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Enrollment For Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plans Starts Today
It’s time for you to decide on a Medicare’s prescription drug plan! The enrollment period started...
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Medicare Customers Should Review Their Drug Plan
The Medicare Rights Center advises all of Medicare customers to review their drug plan for 2009 in...
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Nationwide Premature Birth Report Gives States Grades For Premature Births
Each year, more than 530,000 babies are
born before 37 full weeks of gestation, statistics show....
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Health Care Reform, a Difficult Mission for Barack Obama
Health care reform was one of the central issues in his campaign. Barack Obama has proposed major...
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Barack Obama Wins: Will He Keep His Promises about the Health Reform?
Barack Obama has promised major changes to U.S. health care, pledging to create a new national...
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The U.S. Presidential Battle Has Moved On The Health-Care Field
On November
4, United States citizens with the right to vote will not only
be electing the...
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U. S. Presidential Nominees’ Health-Care Plans: Behind The Scenes
Over the
past month, there has been much ado about the United States presidential
nominees’ views...
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Health Insurance Costs – A Burden for Most Americans
Health insurance continues to be a big issue for Americans and a fiery subject of debate for both...
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US House backs 90-per-cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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US Congress to vote on 90 per cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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Obama Expands Child Health Care Coverage to 11 Million
President Barack Obama signed Wednesday a bill to expand publicly funded health care for children...
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Senate Approves Health Bill For Children
The Senate on Thursday approved the bill designed to provide health insurance to more than...
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Obama’s Health Care System Reform Plans Draw Mixed Reaction
President-elect Barack Obama’s plans of reforming the U.S. health care system passed an...
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Blue Shield Agrees To Reimburse
Blue Shield has been involved in a controversy recently, regarding medical coverage in an already...
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Obama Names Tom Daschle As Health Care Leader
President-elect Barack Obama reasserted his pledge to overhaul the nation's healthcare system when...
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It’s Time You Chose Your Part D Plan
Until December 31, Medicare Part D is offering an “open-enrollment” period, meaning that seniors...
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Medicare Part D Enrollment Kicked Off
Beginning Monday,
November 17, American citizens aged 65 or older have six weeks to enroll for...
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Senator Max Baucus Shifts Health-Care Reforms Into High Gear
There’s no
time to wait for president-elect of the United States Barack Obama to shift
reforming...
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Senator Baucus Urges Obama To Make Health-Care A Top Priority
Senator Max
Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has made public his...
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Barack Obama Inherits Reform-Wanting U.S. Health-Care System
American
citizens have cast their vote. And they elected Democrat Barack Obama as their
next...
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What Obama’s and McCain’s Health-Care Plans Would Bring to the Nation’s System
The two
candidates for United States president have long turned in their
essays on reforming the...
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Obama versus McCain: It’s No Longer about Them, It’s about Their Health-Care Plans
Choose a
health-care plan and stick to it. Your options: the Democratic Party’s
presidential...
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The U.S. Presidential Battle Has Moved Exclusively On The Health-Care Field
On November
4, United States citizens with the right to vote will not only
be electing the...
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The Candidates Positions on Key Issues
Washington - The US presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama, 47, and Republican John McCain,...
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U. S. Presidential Nominees’ Health-Care Plans: Behind the Scenes
Over the
past month, there has been much ado about the United States presidential
nominees’ views...
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Health-Care Plans Might Be the Ones to Tip the Scale in the U.S. Presidential Elections
Ten days
and counting. The 2008 United States presidential elections are closing
in on American...
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3 Percent Of American Children Are Unisured, With An Insured Parent
More than 2 million American children have
no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
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Study: Many U.S. Children Are Uninsured, Even Though Their Parents Have Health Insurance
A study
published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association
has revealed that...
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Obama Ad Takes Aim at McCain’s Health Care Plan
The
Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Barack Obama is preparing to launch, as
part of his...
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Obama And McCain On Reforming The Health Care System
On November
4, 2008,
American citizens are called to vote and elect their new president....
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Senate Expected to Approve Kids' Health Insurance Program
Senators continued to debate the reauthorization of a bill to expand the State...
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The Growth Rate in Health Care Spending in US Lower
The increase in health care spending in the US was the smallest since 1998 due to the growing use...
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Everybody Is Expecting Obama’s Health Care Reform
It’s not a secret to anyone that healthcare in the U.S. is currently flawed. Healthcare...
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Vermont Ranked Healthiest State, Louisiana Least Healthy
Health continues to be an important issue for the United States,
as recent studies have shown that...
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It’s Time to Pick a Medicare Drug Plan that Meets Your Needs!
Sign up period for Medicare Part D
started Saturday. This is the time for you to decide and to...
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March Of Dimes Gives U.S. A “D” In Terms Of Premature Birth
In an assessment of premature births in each U.S. state, the
March of Dimes gave the nation a D on...
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Most States Get Ds for Preterm Birth Rate
The United
States’ high rate of premature births has earned the
state a D, according to the...
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Shocking Preterm Birth Rate In The United States
The rate of premature birth in the United States has reached an alarming 12,7 percent, although the...
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CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval
Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
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OHSU: 9 Million Kids Have No Health Insurance Coverage in the US
While US
presidential candidates’ debate over health care is making headlines all over
the world,...
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Health Insurance – A Major Problem in the US
US Census Bureau released a report this week according to which only one in six people living in...
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Update: Health Care - The Presidential Race’s Discord
Over 45 million Americans – including over 8 million
children - lack health insurance, while some...
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Bailout Legislation Expands Mental Health Coverage
Bailout legislation approved last week by Congress and
signed by President George W. Bush, as a...
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Medical Costs Increase Strain, Studies And Policy Analysts Say
More and more United States citizens confront with a financial problem, which is the rising burden...
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Premiums to Increase
Analysis of
government data has revealed that in 2009, Medicare prescription drug-plan...
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Medicare Drug Premium Expected to Rise in 2009
Premiums for Medicare drug coverage will rise an average 24
percent for elderly and disabled...
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Mental Health Bill Gets Congress Approval
Two days
ago, legislation that requires private insurers to provide equal benefits for
mental...
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Health Care Costs Expected to Rise in 2009
A few days after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services announced that Medicare premium...
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Update2: Number Of Americans Without Health Insurance Drops
According to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, the number of Americans...
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House Approves Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1)
approved the Genetic...
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