News tagged with insurance plan

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

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

Computer with info on 4M patients stolen in Calif.

(AP) -- A Northern California physicians network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese households save more than American households, study finds

With the global economy in a state of unrest, saving money seems to be an obvious strategy for households to protect themselves. But are global households saving enough? Researchers at the University of Missouri have compared ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Change in drug payment rule may trigger headaches

(AP) -- A headache awaits people who use those tax-free health spending accounts to pay for over-the-counter allergy relievers, heartburn blockers and other drugstore remedies. Starting next year, you'll need a prescription ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3 million Californians use health plans with high out-of-pocket costs

Three million Californians are enrolled in high-deductible health plans, insurance policies that offer consumers a lower monthly premium in return for higher out-of-pocket spending for health care services, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds

Increasingly common insurance plans that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs lower are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

From Mass.: Health care reform 'dos and don'ts'

(AP) -- Three years into its experiment with near-universal health care, Massachusetts has some "dos and don'ts" for the nation as it grapples with the best way to cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

White House, hospitals reach deal on health care

(AP) -- The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Obama outlines health care plan for all

(AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's open to requiring all Americans to buy health insurance, as long as the plan provides a "hardship waiver" to exempt poor people from having to pay.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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 centerpiece endures growing pains

(AP) -- It's a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medical problems have made them uninsurable.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Carolina to cover obesity surgery next year

(AP) -- Obese government workers in South Carolina can get stomach-shrinking surgery through the state health plan under a pilot program that starts in January.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3