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Contracts adding legal twist to family health care
May 27, 2009 |
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Financial contracts to care for sick or aging relatives - nearly unthinkable just a decade ago - are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense of providing long-term health care, a University ...
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New U.S. Census report shows poverty increasing more in West than elsewhere
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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Income in the 13 western states didn't decline as steeply in 2008 as elsewhere in the country, but poverty went up more, according to a researcher at the West Coast Poverty Center at the University of Washington.
1 in 7 organ donors concerned about life and health insurance
Jul 02, 2007 |
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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 ...
Sicker patients socked with higher copays
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Healthcare analysts said U.S. health insurers are rapidly adopting a new pricing system that is boosting copays for expensive prescription drugs.
1/3 of farm workers' children lack health insurance
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...
New research confirms connection between job loss and poor health
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Employees who lose their jobs because of their health suffer more significant depression and detrimental health outcomes than people who lose their jobs for non-health reasons, new research shows.
New guide explores making the most of Social Security
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Many older Americans may be shortchanging their golden years by tapping into Social Security too soon, according to a University of Illinois expert who has studied the federal retirement program for nearly two decades.
Extra medicare charges for the rich a slippery slope, expert says
Mar 09, 2009 |
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A growing trend toward higher Medicare premiums for the richest Americans could ultimately creep into the retirement income of less-wealthy seniors, a University of Illinois expert on federal health insurance warns.
Individuals with family history of genetic disease at risk of discrimination
Jun 10, 2009 |
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People with a family history of genetic disease are often discriminated against by insurance companies and their relatives and friends, according to research published in British Medical Journal.
Prescription for patient safety
Nov 30, 2008 |
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A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
New report: Individual health insurance market failing consumers
Jul 21, 2009 |
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The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried to buy insurance on their own in ...
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