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New publication shows index insurance has potential to help manage climate risks and reduce poverty (w/Video)
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Climate has always presented a challenge to farmers, herders, fishermen and others whose livelihoods are closely linked to their environment, particularly those in poor areas of the world. A type of insurance, called index ...
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The FDA has approved ankle replacements, so why don't all insurance plans cover them?
Jun 04, 2009 |
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It's been a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first total ankle-replacement system for patients with severe ankle arthritis.
IVF insurance coverage yields fewer multiple births, researchers find
Oct 20, 2009 |
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The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School ...
Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care?
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care? According to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, insurance coverage may not only affect a patient's access to health care, but also the quality ...
People playing the odds on health care over costs
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Call it a health care gamble: the decision by some people to opt out of health insurance, paying cash for routine care while playing the odds that an accident or catastrophic illness won't plunge ...
Lower income women report more insurance-based discrimination during pregnancy, delivery
Dec 04, 2009 |
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According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of ...
Survey of young adults finds wide majority support health reform
Dec 18, 2009 |
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An overwhelming majority -- 88 percent -- of young adults across the political spectrum think it is important for Congress and the President to pass health reform legislation that would assure affordable health insurance ...
Sudden hearing loss could indicate future stroke
Jun 27, 2008 |
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[B]American Heart Association rapid access journal report[/B] Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to ...
76 percent of American middle-class households not financially secure
Nov 24, 2008 |
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As the economy continues to reel, a new report finds that 4 million American households lost economic security between 2000 and 2006, and that a majority of America's middle class households are either borderline or at high ...
Some stroke survivors' function slowly declines over time
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Even when patients recover most functional ability in the first months after a blood-clot related stroke, they gradually become more dependent over the next five years - especially those with Medicaid or no private insurance ...
Medicare buy-in plan runs into Senate resistance
Dec 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A plan to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare, heralded as a breakthrough in the Senate's health care debate, ran into resistance Sunday from lawmakers who can make or break Democrats' efforts ...
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