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Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems.
House passes bill stopping Medicare premium hikes
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Millions of Medicare patients would be spared monthly premium increases next year under a bill passed by the House Thursday.
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its ...
Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.
Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health insurer Humana Inc. rode its strong government business in posting a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit Monday, as bulging membership and premiums from Medicare Advantage overcame a lackluster ...
Report concludes uninsured are costly for all
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.
1 in 7 organ donors concerned about life and health insurance
Jul 02, 2007 |
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According to a new review in American Journal of Transplantation, people who donate their kidney or part of their liver to help someone else may themselves encounter difficulty with life and health insurance, despite insurance ...
Can organic cropping systems be as profitable as conventional systems?
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?
Hurricane study eyes home construction
Oct 13, 2006 |
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A 1950s-era house and two V-8 engines may help Florida scientists learn which construction materials and methods better withstand hurricane winds.
Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:
Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Study finds rapid growth in health costs hurts economic performance of US industries
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A first-of-its-kind RAND Corporation study has linked the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance.
Landmark health bill passes House on close vote
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the ...
Health insurers offer another concession
May 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The health insurance industry has offered to end its practice of charging higher premiums to women.
New report: Individual health insurance market failing consumers
Jul 21, 2009 |
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The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried to buy insurance on their own in ...
