Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Libraries join insurance marketplace info sweep - The State

Libraries join insurance marketplace info sweep The State Richland Library, like many libraries across the country, wants to be a go-to source of information on the sweeping changes in the health insurance marketplace beginning Oct. 1. The easiest way to sign up is online, and many people without Internet ...

New health care law spells end to state's high-risk insurance program - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

New health care law spells end to state's high-risk insurance program Milwaukee Journal Sentinel William Tedeschi knew he would need health insurance when he started his own insurance agency, and he knew the Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan would be an option. "I wasn't that familiar with it," Tedeschi said. "But I applied for it, and ...

Feds Say 'Unbanked' Can Buy Insurance With Prepaid Debit Cards - NPR (blog)

NPR (blog)

Feds Say 'Unbanked' Can Buy Insurance With Prepaid Debit Cards NPR (blog) The Obama administration said Wednesday that it is moving ahead with a rule that would requiring health plans to accommodate households that don't have traditional bank accounts. One in four of the uninsured people eligible for federal insurance ...

Insurance scam links killer here to Delaware homicide - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Insurance scam links killer here to Delaware homicide Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Jason Slaughter killed two men trying to collect online life insurance policies he'd fraudulently bought, but he never quite got the scheme right, authorities say. His last mistake was forgetting to leave identification on Michael Haegele's body when ...

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... Green Bay Press Gazette For his efforts, Swanson is the American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media high school football performer of the week for small schools (Division 4-7, 8-player). Below is a look at some of the other top rushing, passing and receiving ...

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA - Watch List News (press release)

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA Watch List News (press release) Finding and reviewing lower priced car insurance used to require direct negotiations with an insurance agent. The Auto Pros USA company is changing the way that consumers interact with insurance rates by installing an auto insurance discounters ...

American Family Insurance All-USA Sioux Empire Preseason Football Team - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

American Family Insurance All-USA Sioux Empire Preseason Football Team Sioux Falls Argus Leader Here are some players to watch heading into the 2013 high school football season (listed in alphabetical order): • Jacob Adams (Brandon Valley). • Isaac Althoff (Sioux Falls O'Gorman). • Aaron Beaird (RCC). • Shay Bratland (Watertown). • Taryn ...

Cheap Car Insurance in Florida Quotes Searchable Online at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Cheap Car Insurance in Florida Quotes Searchable Online at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) "The average driver receives a policy for insurance and never seeks a second review by a competing company," said an insurance expert for the Auto Pros USA company online. The rates finder tool now accessible online gives access to hundreds of ...

Zurich Insurance to Look Into CFO Death - Wall Street Journal

Zurich Insurance to Look Into CFO Death Wall Street Journal ZURICH—Zurich Insurance Group on Friday said it would investigate whether undue pressure was placed on Pierre Wauthier, the company's late chief financial officer, whose suicide triggered the sudden exit of chairman Josef Ackermann.

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Finding and reviewing lower priced car insurance used to require direct negotiations with an insurance agent. The Auto Pros USA company is changing the way that consumers interact with insurance rates by installing an auto insurance discounters ...

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Locating auto insurance rates for any type of policy can require lengthy research for motor vehicle owners. The Auto Pros USA company is helping to simplify the research required to find the best auto insurance companies online. This company has ...

Mutually Insured Destruction - New York Times

Mutually Insured Destruction New York Times In March 1947, a winter of heavy snowfall followed by a quick thaw and torrents of rain swelled rivers throughout England and Wales. Over the course of just 13 days, at least 27,000 homes and businesses were flooded. It was one of the worst natural ...

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... Green Bay Press Gazette For his efforts, Swanson is the American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media high school football performer of the week for small schools (Division 4-7, 8-player). Below is a look at some of the other top rushing, passing and receiving ...

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Proudly Explains How He's Screwing Up ... - Wonkette (satire)

Wonkette (satire)

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Proudly Explains How He's Screwing Up ... Wonkette (satire) After pausing to let applause roll over him, a grinning Hudgens went on to give an example of that obstructionist behavior, this one involving so-called “navigators” who are being hired to guide customers through the process of buying health insurance ...

Colorado's Insurance Commissioner Braces For Bumps In The Road - WebMD

Colorado's Insurance Commissioner Braces For Bumps In The Road WebMD Colorado, which is preparing for the Oct. 1 launch of its new online insurance marketplace, expects bumps in the road as residents start enrolling in new health coverage options created by the Affordable Care Act. “We're going to have 500,000 new ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Finding and reviewing lower priced car insurance used to require direct negotiations with an insurance agent. The Auto Pros USA company is changing the way that consumers interact with insurance rates by installing an auto insurance discounters ...

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Locating auto insurance rates for any type of policy can require lengthy research for motor vehicle owners. The Auto Pros USA company is helping to simplify the research required to find the best auto insurance companies online. This company has ...

Mutually Insured Destruction - New York Times

Mutually Insured Destruction New York Times In March 1947, a winter of heavy snowfall followed by a quick thaw and torrents of rain swelled rivers throughout England and Wales. Over the course of just 13 days, at least 27,000 homes and businesses were flooded. It was one of the worst natural ...

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... - IT Business Net

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... IT Business Net National health insurance provider Online USA Doctors is now able to offer health insurance options in all 50 states across the USA. Online USA Doctors is able to help people with common or sensitive health issues, such as; erectile dysfunction ...

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... Green Bay Press Gazette For his efforts, Swanson is the American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media high school football performer of the week for small schools (Division 4-7, 8-player). Below is a look at some of the other top rushing, passing and receiving ...

Frank Ridge, insurance salesman and financial planner, dies at 90 - Washington Post

Washington Post

Frank Ridge, insurance salesman and financial planner, dies at 90 Washington Post Frank Ridge, a Northern Virginia life insurance salesman and financial planner, died Aug. 4 at an assisted-living facility in Brockton, Mass., where he had lived for the past 18 months. Previously, he had lived in Reston. He was 90. He died of ...

The Untimely Death of Unemployment Insurance - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

The Untimely Death of Unemployment Insurance Bloomberg In 1934, one year before signing the bill that created a national system of unemployment insurance, President Franklin D. Roosevelt voiced an American sense of what a safety net should and shouldn't be. “We must not allow this type of insurance to ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) National health insurance provider Online USA Doctors is now able to offer health insurance options in all 50 states across the USA. Online USA Doctors is able to help people with common or sensitive health issues, such as; erectile dysfunction ...

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... - DigitalJournal.com

USA Doctors Online Announces They Are Now Able to Offer Health Insurance ... DigitalJournal.com National health insurance provider Online USA Doctors is now able to offer health insurance options in all 50 states across the USA. Online USA Doctors is able to help people with common or sensitive health issues, such as; erectile dysfunction ...

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Auto Insurance Discounters Database Now Updated at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Finding and reviewing lower priced car insurance used to require direct negotiations with an insurance agent. The Auto Pros USA company is changing the way that consumers interact with insurance rates by installing an auto insurance discounters ...

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Best Auto Insurance Companies Now Listed at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Locating auto insurance rates for any type of policy can require lengthy research for motor vehicle owners. The Auto Pros USA company is helping to simplify the research required to find the best auto insurance companies online. This company has ...

Mutually Insured Destruction - New York Times

Mutually Insured Destruction New York Times In March 1947, a winter of heavy snowfall followed by a quick thaw and torrents of rain swelled rivers throughout England and Wales. Over the course of just 13 days, at least 27,000 homes and businesses were flooded. It was one of the worst natural ...

Colorado's Insurance Commissioner Braces For Bumps - WebMD

Colorado's Insurance Commissioner Braces For Bumps WebMD Colorado, which is preparing for the Oct. 1 launch of its new online insurance marketplace, expects bumps in the road as residents start enrolling in new health coverage options created by the Affordable Care Act. “We're going to have 500,000 new ...

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... Green Bay Press Gazette For his efforts, Swanson is the American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media high school football performer of the week for small schools (Division 4-7, 8-player). Below is a look at some of the other top rushing, passing and receiving ...

Why Shop Around for Home Insurance Quotes? - Fox Business

Why Shop Around for Home Insurance Quotes? Fox Business You've probably heard this before, maybe loads of times. When it comes to insurance, it pays to shop around. There's a reason that line is repeated so often: It's solid advice, because big savings are possible. Just look at the evidence from a recent ...

Car Insurance Quote System for Drivers Installed at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Car Insurance Quote System for Drivers Installed at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Drivers of motor vehicles in the United States can pay different rates for insurance depending on multiple factors that are used by insurers when creating or updating a policy. The Auto Pros USA company has launched its car insurance quote system for ...

Flood insurance 'crisis' may pummel St. Pete Beach real estate market - Tampabay.com (blog)

Flood insurance 'crisis' may pummel St. Pete Beach real estate market Tampabay.com (blog) ST. PETE BEACH — City officials are worried that rising federal flood insurance costs for home and business owners will pummel the local real estate market and property tax revenue. "There is a looming flood insurance crisis that is about to hit us ...

Pitfalls That Can Derail Insurance Coverage Disputes - ClaimsJournal.com

Pitfalls That Can Derail Insurance Coverage Disputes ClaimsJournal.com Insurance coverage disputes have a lot of commonalities. And lawyers who represent both sides of the table – defense and plaintiff – say participants in such disputes should be aware of certain potentially adversarial issues that routinely arise in the ...

Oklahomans' homeowners insurance will remain among nation's most expensive - NewsOK.com

Oklahomans' homeowners insurance will remain among nation's most expensive NewsOK.com It's not uncommon for insurance companies to raise rates in a region after a catastrophe like the tornadoes that hit Oklahoma in May, said Amy Bach, executive director for the consumer nonprofit United Policyholders. “As consumer advocates, we often ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

The Power Of Insurance: Why Haiti's Future Depends On Planning For The Worst - Forbes

The Power Of Insurance: Why Haiti's Future Depends On Planning For The Worst Forbes In partnership with the Opportunities for the Majority initiative at the Inter-American Development Bank, the Skoll World Forum asked the chief executives of some of the leading market-based, sustainable businesses that serve the Base of the Pyramid in ...

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Pricing in Your State's Insurance Marketplace - PBS NewsHour

Pricing in Your State's Insurance Marketplace PBS NewsHour Piggy bank with mask and stethoscope for healthcare cost concept Wondering how much insurance premiums will cost under the upcoming insurance exchanges? In many states, information is now becoming available. Photo by Lilli Day / Getty Images.

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

State of Oklahoma employees brace for health insurance cost increase - NewsOK.com

State of Oklahoma employees brace for health insurance cost increase NewsOK.com State of Oklahoma employees brace for health insurance cost increase. Sterling Zearley, director of the Oklahoma Public Employees Association, said the health insurance rate hikes are going to be tough on state employees. By Randy Ellis Modified ...

ASK EMILY: When can you buy, switch insurance? - Bakersfield Californian

ASK EMILY: When can you buy, switch insurance? Bakersfield Californian If your plan does not already offer coverage to children who work and have access to insurance through their jobs, she may have to wait until open enrollment for the 2014 plan year. Starting then, Obamacare will allow children up to age 26 to stay on ...

American Family ending health insurance - kwwl.com

American Family ending health insurance kwwl.com It was a letter, and inside, it said American Family Insurance was canceling his medical policy, effective April 2014. "We were kind of dumbfounded, for lack of a better term,” Brinkman said. “We didn't know what we were going to do." Brinkman is a ...

Minnesota employers see moderate growth in health insurance premiums - Pioneer Press

Minnesota employers see moderate growth in health insurance premiums Pioneer Press Large employers in Minnesota saw health insurance premiums increase by 5.4 percent during 2012 -- a lower rate of annual increase than the previous two years, according to a new survey. In addition, about 30 percent of large employers surveyed said ...

Florida Hospital enters health-insurance business - Orlando Sentinel

Florida Hospital enters health-insurance business Orlando Sentinel ... will launch into the health-insurance business, executives announced today. In partnership with Health First Health Plans, the hospital system expects ultimately to offer both Medicare and private health insurance in as many as 11 Central Florida ...

Car Insurance Estimates for Drivers Now Posted Online at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Car Insurance Estimates for Drivers Now Posted Online at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) "Our system is built to accept rates from large and small companies nationally," said an insurance reviewer at the Auto Pros USA company. This new system gathers hundreds of rates that are sourced through broker companies and reveals these to drivers ...

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

Week 1: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media football ... Green Bay Press Gazette For his efforts, Swanson is the American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media high school football performer of the week for small schools (Division 4-7, 8-player). Below is a look at some of the other top rushing, passing and receiving ...

Oregonians seeking health insurance financial help can register for Aug. 28 ... - OregonLive.com

Oregonians seeking health insurance financial help can register for Aug. 28 ... OregonLive.com Cover Oregon Health Insurance View full sizeA new state website, Cover Oregon, will help individuals and small businesses enroll in tax credits to defray the cost of health premiums. Here, programmers rush to finish it.Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian. If ...

Car Insurance Quote System for Drivers Installed at Auto Pros USA - PR Web (press release)

Car Insurance Quote System for Drivers Installed at Auto Pros USA PR Web (press release) Drivers of motor vehicles in the United States can pay different rates for insurance depending on multiple factors that are used by insurers when creating or updating a policy. The Auto Pros USA company has launched its car insurance quote system for ...