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Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.





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Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Other Sciences / Other

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.


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 ...


Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

Medicine & Health / Health

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.


1 in 7 organ donors concerned about life and health insurance

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created Jul 02, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 13, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 (AP)

Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul

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created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:



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