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Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(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.





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Hospitals propose mandatory insurance

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created Feb 22, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Federation of American Hospitals in Washington has suggested that all U.S. citizens be required to have basic health insurance.


Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same ...


Health insurance from Uncle Sam gets a look (AP)

Health insurance from Uncle Sam gets a look

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Look out Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare. Senators are meeting behind closed doors to consider whether the federal government should jump into the health insurance business.


Unmet medical needs are most common among vulnerable children

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Despite recent government efforts, the medical needs of about six million children in the United States are not being met, according to data from as recent as 2006. Even more troubling, researchers say, is the substantial ...


CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in ...


Immigrant children are increasingly more likely to lack health coverage

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created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to public perceptions, foreign-born children are increasingly uninsured, rather than publicly insured, in the wake of immigration policy changes, according to a study by public health researchers at The Children's ...


Obama outlines health care plan for all (AP)

Obama outlines health care plan for all

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's open to requiring all Americans to buy health insurance, as long as the plan provides a "hardship waiver" to exempt poor people from having to pay.


House Democrats considering insurance tax (AP)

House Democrats considering insurance tax

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- House Democrats are considering an insurance tax to help pay for their health care overhaul plan, even though such a funding scheme is bitterly opposed by labor unions that are among the party's most ...


White House seeks health plan compromise

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0



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