News tagged with health insurance premium

Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care

(AP) -- The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 32

'Generation Squeezed': Today's family staggering under the pressure

Canadian parents today are raising families with less money and time than the Baby Boomer generation even though the country's economy has doubled in size since 1976, says a new study released at the University of Saskatchewan ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Clustered hurricanes reduce impact on ecosystems

New research has found that hurricane activity is 'clustered' rather than random, which has important long-term implications for coastal ecosystems and human population. The research was carried out by Professor ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Incomplete coverage vs. unexpected costs: Economists point out dilemma in Affordable Care Act

A paper by economists at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Cornell University College of Human Ecology points to the difficult policy trade-offs that the U.S. faces as it implements ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fuzzy math in health law formula

(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Arizona Medicaid considers tax on smokers, obese

(AP) -- Arizona's cash-strapped Medicaid program is considering charging patients $50 a year if they smoke, have diabetes or are overweight. A spokeswoman for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System said Friday that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions

(AP) -- House Republicans want to limit tax breaks for insurance policies that cover abortions as lawmakers try to chip away at President Barack Obama's health overhaul.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Personal income up, but are we better off?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although U.S. personal income per capita has risen 5.7 percent since 2000, an increase in tax-exempt benefits provided by the government and employers accounted for all of the income growth in the past decade, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SAfrica's MTN launches mobile insurance program

(AP) -- A South African mobile phone giant has joined with an insurance company to launch a program in Ghana that will allow subscribers to pay for life insurance through their mobile phones, a company official said Wednesday.

Technology / Telecom

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

Can medical malpractice reform really hold down health care spending?

Maxwell Mehlman, professor of law and medicine, says there's no evidence that reducing a victim's compensation will save money.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 133


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