News tagged with public health insurance

Yelp prices IPO at $15 a share as questions loom

(AP) -- Yelp is set to make its stock market debut Friday after pricing its initial public offering above its targeted range, a sign of strong investor demand for a slice of the 8-year-old online reviews site ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Recent health-care law ruling does not settle individual mandate issue, says public health expert

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ruling by Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Federal District Court in Richmond, Va., finding the individual mandate provision of the new health-care law unconstitutional is an important ruling, but it does ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Toronto homeless report barriers to health care

Most studies of healthcare for homeless people have been conducted in the United States, where it's not surprising that lack of money and insurance are the main barriers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Survey: Hiding risks can hurt public support for nanotechnology

A new national survey on public attitudes toward medical applications and physical enhancements that rely on nanotechnology shows that support for the technology increases when the public is informed of the technology's risks ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article

Just weeks after the passage of a health bill that will dramatically increase the number of Americans covered by private health insurers, Harvard researchers have detailed the extent to which life and health insurance companies ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Nearly 2 million Californians lost health insurance during recession, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 8 million Californians are now uninsured, a 25 percent increase since 2007, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance

A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. That figure is ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health insurance: study

A study published online today estimates nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 4

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

House eyes new taxes as senators pare health bill

(AP) -- House Democrats have lots of potential targets for higher taxes as they aim to expand health care coverage, from wealthy Americans and the nation's employers to anyone who pops the top on a soft drink.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Senators dig in on massive health care legislation

(AP) -- Eye-popping new cost estimates for President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system are forcing majority Democrats to scale back their plans to subsidize coverage for the uninsured.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOP senators: Bipartisan health deal tougher now

(AP) -- Republican senators say chances of reaching a bipartisan deal to overhaul health care dimmed after President Barack Obama issued a letter strongly supporting a new public health insurance plan.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Health insurance from Uncle Sam gets a look

(AP) -- Look out Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare. Senators are meeting behind closed doors to consider whether the federal government should jump into the health insurance business.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As finances fall, fewer know the drill

Some dentists are warning that, just as the recession has eroded the nation's job and stock markets, it's also causing another kind of decay.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0