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Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs (AP)

Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


Obama pitches health care plan in front of doctors (AP)

Obama pitches health care plan in front of doctors

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American ...


59 percent support Massachusetts' Landmark 2006 health reform law

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 59% of Massachusetts residents who are aware of the state's health reform legislation, which was enacted in 2006, support it. A little more than ...


Health reform proposals could help 13 million uninsured young adults gain coverage

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would ...


Free clinics hit with more patients, less funding

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Health insurance and doctors were unthinkable luxuries for George Anderson of Redding, laid off nearly a year ago when his book distribution company filed for bankruptcy.


Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands (AP)

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.


Study finds higher drug co-pays discourage patients from starting treatment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications, according to a new RAND ...


Groups find common ground on health care overhaul

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Eighteen groups representing consumers, business, insurers, doctors and hospitals say they have reached agreement on how they would like to see the nation's health care system overhauled.


Unmet medical needs are most common among vulnerable children

Medicine & Health / Health

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 ...