News tagged with private coverage

4.7 million Californians to gain coverage under health reform, new study estimates

Up to two-thirds of California's 7 million uninsured residents will become eligible for health insurance coverage when health care reform is implemented in 2014, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health ...

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

1 in 8 parents forgoes pediatrician-recommended care

One in eight parents reported that his or her child had not received pediatrician-recommended care - medication, laboratory testing and/or appointments with specialists - during the previous 12 months due to concerns over ...

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

New report: Individual health insurance market failing consumers

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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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low

(AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in ...

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands

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

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

HHS pick backs public health care plan

(AP) -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, said Tuesday she backs his call for giving Americans the option of government-run health ...

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created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Groups find common ground on health care overhaul

(AP) -- Eighteen groups representing consumers, business, insurers, doctors and hospitals say they have reached agreement on how they would like to see the nation's health care system overhauled.

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0