News tagged with medical bills

Venezuelans line up to switch PIP breast implants

(AP) -- The office of plastic surgeon Ignacio Sousa is so packed that women are lined up outside the door. College students in their 20s, housewives in their 40s, middle-class office workers: nearly all are ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New formula can help set commissioning budgets for general practices

A new formula that can predict future health costs more accurately than previous models could help guide commissioning budgets for general practices under the government's new Health Bill, finds a study published on British Me ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan to curb 'big-stomach' eating contests

Taiwan moved Thursday to curb eating contests, a fad that has caused at least one death, and suggested the national health insurance stop paying for participants seeking medical treatment afterwards.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Singling out the real breast cancer among the lumps

(Medical Xpress) -- Early detection of breast cancer saves thousands of lives each year. But screening for breast cancer also produces false alarms, which can cause undue stress and costly medical bills. Now, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report reveals economic, social costs of hunger in America

The Great Recession and the currently tepid economic recovery swelled the ranks of American households confronting hunger and food insecurity by 30 percent. In 2010 48.8 million Americans lived in food insecure households, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Insured and still at risk: Number of underinsured increased 80 percent between 2003 - 2010

The number of underinsured adults -- those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes -- rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple fans: Company is more than Steve Jobs

(AP) -- Apple fans and would-be customers seemed to agree that while Steve Jobs' charisma and innovative genius is one-of-a-kind, the company he built will survive without him.

Technology / Business

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Boomers worry about finances, health costs

(AP) -- The "golden years" may lose some luster for many baby boomers worried about the financial pressures that come with age

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Health insurance doesn't always protect people from medical debt

In 2010, about 40 percent of Americans -- or 73 million people -- had trouble paying medical bills, up from 34 percent in 2005. Now, a new study confirms that having health insurance coverage is no guarantee ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Medical debt occurs despite insurance, study shows

Health insurance is not protecting Arizonans from having problems paying medical bills, and having bill problems is keeping families from getting needed medical care and prescription medicines, a new study has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Health reform law will insure nearly all uninsured women by 2014

The new health reform law will expand health insurance coverage to nearly all uninsured women and will make health care more affordable for millions of women through premium subsidies beginning in 2014 and new rules, some ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'It costs too much to be healthy'

The high cost of health care is deterring parents from taking their children to the doctor or buying prescription medication, regardless of how much money they make or whether they have health insurance, according to a study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies: study

The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Economic downturn takes toll on health of Americans with heart disease, diabetes or cancer

A new poll from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Knowledge Networks (KN) shows that many people with heart disease, diabetes or cancer believe the economic downturn is hurting their health and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US at bottom of health care survey of 11 rich countries

Americans are the most likely to go without health care because of the cost and to have trouble paying medical bills even when insured, a survey of 11 wealthy countries found Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3