For-profit health insurance has outlived its usefulness
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 2 hours ago
The plight of the uninsured and uninsurable shows how the for-profit, private health insurance model of financing health care has outlived its usefulness. …
Number of Americans without health insurance falls Los Angeles Times
The Massachusetts Way New York Times
The True Cost of Care America Magazine (subscription)
Seeking Alpha - The Keene Sentinel
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Collegians take intro to health insurance
TMCnet - 2 hours ago
Private schools generally require coverage, and the University of Iowa adopted that standard this year. Most public universities don't require insurance but …

Retirees must plan for pre-Medicare health-care coverage
Chicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
Under the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, people who have been purchasing benefits under Cobra can buy private health insurance …

AMA attacks private hospital benchmarks
The Age, Australia - 6 hours ago
"This would allow private health insurers to make the choices for you," Dr Capolingua said. "Your private health insurance fund will tell you who you can …

Doctors oppose hospitals checklist
The Age, Australia - 21 minutes ago
In a bid to placate the private health insurance industry after the Government's decision to lift the Medicare levy surcharge threshold, Health Minister …

Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care
CNNMoney.com - 16 hours ago
Roughly 16% of Americans do not have health insurance. The cost of expanding coverage to the uninsured through private and public insurance would add 5% to …
Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study Reuters
Uninsured Pay $30 Billion Per Year for Health Care NewsOXY
Uninsured to Spend $30 Billion, Study Says Wall Street Journal
Kaiser network.org - Medical News Today (press release)
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New Insurance, Poverty Data to Play in Races
Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago
John McCain would change the tax treatment of health insurance to help people even if they don't get insurance from their employer. One of Sen. …

Thousands of California children in danger of losing health insurance
Xinhua, China - 12 hours ago
Most of the drop came through aggressive enrollment efforts in state and private healthcare programs and despite the erosion of employer-based insurance, …

Private health reforms 'chaotic'
The Australian, Australia - 19 hours ago
"The commonwealth should avoid further ad hoc policy tinkering and cherry picking of isolated reforms in private health insurance," the ACT Health …

Sen. Obama's Health Care Proposal Favors Government, Cuts Choice
The Heartland Institute, IL - Aug 22, 2008
Those who don't purchase health insurance could have their tax credit assigned to one of several private insurers offering coverage in their state or region …
The Partisan Divide — The McCain and Obama Plans for US Health … New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
OBAMA'S PLEDGES ON HEALTH CARE COME UNDER CLOSER SCRUTINY Volkskrant
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