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Middle-class households lose eligibility for health insurance
The rising cost of individual and family health insurance policies have put them out of reach for many middle-class households, according to a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.It...
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Health insurance fraud bilks consumers out of millions
Consumers and businesses are increasingly falling prey to fraudulent health insurance plans.A recent report by BestWire News noted the prevalence of "limited benefit" or medical discount cards that...
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Healthcare reform aims to eliminate gender-rating
Individual health insurance policies may soon become more affordable for women thanks to provisions in the recent healthcare reform bill aimed at eliminating gender-rating practices.Research by the...
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Column: Health insurance mandate redistributes costs
They're included in every universal healthcare system in the world. They're now part of America's.And yet, individual mandates have not received overwhelming welcome within the United States. A recent...
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Exercise can prevent weight gain for those with obesity gene, study says
Maintaining a healthy weight is one way consumers can avoid medical complications and secure affordable health insurance quotes.Some individuals, however, may be been born with a predisposition toward...
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Column: Reform represents large advance for women's healthcare
Starting in 2014, healthcare reform will prohibit insurers from charging Americans with pre-existing medical conditions higher health insurance quotes. Among these conditions are pregnancy and breast...
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AG urges colleges to review health insurance policies
Healthcare is one of the costs many young adults incur when pursuing their higher education.However, the health insurance quotes students face through school-sponsored plans are not always comparable...
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Survey shows reluctance toward dropping coverage to cut costs
For many small businesses, it may be more prudent to drop healthcare coverage and face the fees rather than try to insure each employee.The majority of employers are opposed to this approach,...
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Healthcare reforms apply to self-insured employers as well
Americans unable to obtain employer-sponsored coverage often turn to the individual health insurance market. Recent healthcare reform gives individuals under age 26 another option: their parents'...
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H1N1 continues spreading throughout Southeast
Consumers who already face increased health insurance quotes due to pre-existing health conditions may be at additional risk to H1N1 swine flu. Despite falling out of headlines recently, the pandemic...
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What reform means for insured Americans
Recent healthcare reform was most widely hailed - or criticized - for the changes it would make for people without health insurance.But these are not the only Americans who will be affected by the...
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New campaign aims to change perception on obesity
About 10 percent of the nation's annual medical expenses go toward treating conditions related to being overweight or obese.With this in mind, Allergan Inc. has launched the Choosing Health over...
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Combining medical, pharmacy benefits may prevent healthcare gaps
Healthcare gaps often cause consumers to forgo the treatment they need - until such habits land them in a doctor's office or emergency room. A recent report by one major health showed that healthcare...
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Optimism towards health care grows
Americans are feeling more optimistic about their ability to pay for and obtain health care, the consumer sentiment index from Thomson Reuters found.The survey asks respondents to reflect on their...
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Procedures block Arkansas children from health insurance
Thousands of eligible children are not enrolled in the Arkansas state health insurance program, ARKids First, a report by the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families found.Of the 65,000 uninsured...
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Health insurance a costly benefit for employers
It's no secret that health insurance is expensive for consumers, but few know what it costs employers.The average employee's compensation was $29.71 per hour in March, reports the Bureau of Labor...
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Americans going without health insurance
Over 15 percent of Americans lacked health insurance last year, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The 15.4 percent (46.3 million) uninsured rate marks an increase...
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California Insurance Department reviews rate hikes
Double digit premium hikes proposed by several California health insurers drew criticism earlier this year.Nearly 2.5 million individual health insurance holders would be subject to these increases,...
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Group helps uninsured children by knocking on doors
Efforts to find and enroll uninsured children in government health insurance programs are being done with social media, searching through databases and old-fashioned door knocking.Door knockers are...
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Psoriasis suffers put off treatment because of cost
Health insurance problems prevented a third of psoriasis sufferers from getting the treatment they need, a study conducted by the National Psoriasis Foundation found.Patients suffering from the...
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