News tagged with government insurance

Obama names new chief technology officer

US President Barack Obama named a new chief technology officer on Friday to lead efforts to inject innovation into government.

Technology / Other

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

German government approves unpopular health reform

Germany's embattled government signed off on an unpopular reform of the creaking healthcare system Wednesday that will increase the financial burden on patients.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Legal analysis: The health insurance mandate is constitutional

The most politically charged feature of the health reform law is the mandate that legal residents have health insurance. Within weeks of the law's passage, twenty states had filed lawsuits charging that the mandate is unconstitutional ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 18

Few health reform options would have covered more people at lower cost than new law, study finds

The recently enacted federal health care reform law provides health insurance coverage to the largest number of Americans while keeping federal costs as low as reasonably possible, according to a new analysis from the RAND ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Senate panel OKs middle-of-the-road health plan

(AP) -- With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Insurance against financial fear

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just one year ago, a worldwide panic was unfolding: Financial markets froze after the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, leaving businesses without lenders as the economy drastically ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Senate's 10-year health fix would cost $856B

(AP) -- Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday released the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake - a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey

Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Report concludes uninsured are costly for all

(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.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Contracts adding legal twist to family health care

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Proposal would require all to have health coverage

(AP) -- House Democrats are crafting a plan that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands

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

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Sources: Senators weigh 3 government health plans

(AP) -- Senators are considering three different designs for a new government health insurance plan that middle-income Americans could buy into for the first time, congressional officials said Friday. Officials ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 3