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House Panel Votes To Extend Health Coverage For College Students Who Take Medical Leave

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday by voice vote approved to extend a bill (HR 2851, S 400) that would allow college students who are forced to leave school for a serious illness to continue to receive health care benefits under their parents' health insurance policies, CongressDaily ...

Georgia’s Health Care Laws Unlikely To Reduce Uninsured, Report Says

Monday, July 14th, 2008

New Georgia state laws aimed at reducing the number of uninsured by providing incentives for them to buy lower-premium health care policies are not likely to work, according to a report issued this month by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Florida Times-Union reports.In an effort to reduce ...

House Members Introduce Companion To Universal Health Insurance Bill Sponsored By Sen. Wyden

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) on Wednesday introduced a companion bill (HR 6444) to Senate legislation (S 334) that would establish a universal health insurance system in the U.S., the Salt Lake Tribune reports (Canham, Salt Lake Tribune, 7/10).The Senate bill, sponsored by Sens. Ron ...

New York Times Examines State, Federal Efforts To Expand Health Coverage To Small-Business Workers

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Many states and Congress have begun to address "one of the biggest causes" of the rising number of uninsured U.S. residents: the growing number of small businesses that are unable to afford health insurance for their employees, the New York Times reports. At least 20 million of the 47 ...

Want To Keep Your Privacy? “No Med Exam” Life Insurance Now Available

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Now available is a term life insurance policy from 420lifeinsurance.com that allows individuals to get a quality plan while keeping their privacy. A lot of Americans are without life insurance because of fears dealing with their existing health conditions that typically raise rates. The data collected from blood and ...

AccuQuote, A Leading Provider Of Term Life Insurance Quotes, Provides Tips For Helping Smokers Find Affordable Term Life Insurance

Friday, July 11th, 2008

AccuQuote, a leader in providing term life insurance quotes to people across the United States, recommends several tips to help smokers find affordable term life insurance. "Whether you smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, or have an occasional cigar or pipe, the life insurance quotes you'll most ...

New Jersey Health Care Bill Extends Child, Low-Income Coverage, Allows Insurers To Vary Premiums By Age

Friday, July 11th, 2008

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) on Tuesday signed into law legislation that mandates health coverage for all state residents younger than age 19, expands coverage for low-income families and allows insurers to charge different premiums for individual coverage based on a person's age, the Bergen Record reports. Mandating children's ...

New York Times Examines McCain’s Plan To Expand Federal Support For State High-Risk Pools

Friday, July 11th, 2008

The New York Times on Wednesday examined a plan by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) to expand high-risk health insurance pools as part of his plan to provide greater access to health insurance in an "invigorated individual market." High-risk pools, now based in states, generally help individuals ...

PharmaLive: Wall Street Media Presents Exclusive Videos from the Collins Stewart Fourth Annual Growth Conference and the T. Boone Pickens Press Conference

Friday, July 11th, 2008

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2008 - Wall Street Media is presenting exclusive highlight videos from the presentations given by Mr. Steve Glover, President of Insmed Incorporated, (NASDAQ: INSM), and Dr. Steven R. Deitcher M.D., President and CEO of Hana Biosciences, Inc., (NASDAQ: HNAB), at the Collins Stewart Fourth Annual Growth ...

Proposed Bipartisan Bill To Spur U.S. Health Care Reform Could ‘Cause Large-Scale Disruption,’ According To Business Coalition

Friday, July 11th, 2008

A proposed bipartisan bill (S 344) that seeks to make "sweeping changes" to the existing U.S. system of employer-based health insurance could pose significant problems to other efforts to expand health care and make it more difficult to reduce the number of uninsured people in the country, members of the ...

AHIP: Country Is Eager For A Uniquely American Approach To Health Care Reform, USA

Friday, July 11th, 2008

For decades, health care reform discussions have left those without health care coverage empty handed and those struggling with the high cost of coverage disappointed. Next year there is an opportunity for the nation to try again. The Board of Directors of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has offered ...

Economic Changes Have Weakened ‘Protective Value’ Of Insurance, Other Benefits, According To Columnist

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Although "[j]obs, benefits, housing, health coverage, college and retirement savings, even bought-and-paid-for insurance all played crucial roles in maintaining families' economic stability during the second half of the 20th century ... the protective value of each has been weakened over the last generation," Peter Gosselin, national economic correspondent for the ...

Coverage Mandates Included In Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Cost $1.3B Annually, Report Finds

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Coverage of 26 health benefits mandated under Massachusetts' health insurance law account for 12 cents of every $1 paid for health insurance, and statewide, the mandates cost about $1.3 billion annually, according to a report released on Monday by the state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, the Boston ...

WellPoint Agrees To Pay $11.8M To California Hospitals Over Health Insurance Policy Cancellations

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

WellPoint on Monday agreed to pay $11.8 million to about 480 private and public hospitals in California to resolve allegations that subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross failed to pay the bills of patients who had their health insurance policies canceled after they received treatment, the Los Angeles Times reports (Girion, Los ...

AP Looks At How McCain’s Health Plan Would Affect Employer Coverage

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The number of employers that would drop health insurance for employees under the health care proposal of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) remains a "great unknown," the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. The proposal would replace an income tax break for employees who receive health insurance from employers ...