Iran nuclear deal shipping insurance element may help oil sales - Reuters

Iran nuclear deal shipping insurance element may help oil sales Reuters In addition to having to reduce their purchases to win waivers from U.S. sanctions, Iran's big oil customers in Asia have been put off importing even permitted volumes because of difficulties getting insurance for shipments. India's imports from Iran ...

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 […]

Insurance is most ignored in financial planning - USA TODAY

Insurance is most ignored in financial planning USA TODAY Discussing death and disability hardly ranks as a favorite activity for most people. But failure to plan adequately for the financial consequences involved could mean unnecessary hardship for your loved ones and you. Risk management should form the ...

With insurance deadline looming, some can't wait for coverage - Tampabay.com

Tampabay.com

With insurance deadline looming, some can't wait for coverage Tampabay.com When they were locked out of the troubled federal insurance web site in its first week, Karen and Bobby Cox didn't panic. The uninsured couple from Dunedin figured they could wait until the site got fixed. But just days after that first attempt, the ...

Floridians frustrated by flood-insurance hike - Sun-Sentinel

Floridians frustrated by flood-insurance hike Sun-Sentinel Despite a stream of angry complaints from Floridians and coastal residents across the country, steep rate hikes for flood insurance are likely to continue at least into next year. Attempts to delay or roll back the increases, which amount to thousands ...

A.M. BestTV: Hiscox USA CEO Discusses Insurance Industry Trends - HispanicBusiness.com

A.M. BestTV: Hiscox USA CEO Discusses Insurance Industry Trends HispanicBusiness.com In an episode of A.M. BestTV, Ben Walter , Hiscox USA CEO, visits the A.M. Best video studio to discuss major trends facing the insurance industry, including the low interest rate environment, a potential reserving crisis and regulatory uncertainty ...

Nicks passed on disability insurance - NBCSports.com

Nicks passed on disability insurance NBCSports.com While having disability insurance may give some players the peace of mind to play with the same reckless abandon that helped put them in line for a big contract in the first place, the truth is that a torn ACL or a ruptured Achilles or any other injury ...

UPDATE 2-US delays online health insurance enrollment for small businesses - Reuters

UPDATE 2-US delays online health insurance enrollment for small businesses Reuters "It was important for us to prioritize the functionality that would enable consumers individually to shop and enroll online in coverage," said Julie Bataille, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal ...

Some Motorists To Pay More For Car Insurance Under New Law - CBS2 Chicago

Some Motorists To Pay More For Car Insurance Under New Law CBS2 Chicago (CBS) – Some Illinois motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay car insurance so that they can increase their minimum liability coverage. For one Chicago man, the change is a little late, after he was injured while riding his bike ...

White House delays online health insurance shopping for small businesses by ... - The Verge

White House delays online health insurance shopping for small businesses by ... The Verge Small businesses will be able to compare plans online, but they're being directed to an agent, broker, or insurance company in order to get enrolled. The agent will "help the employer fill out a paper application for SHOP eligibility and send it in to ...

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal - USA TODAY

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal USA TODAY David Isenstadt has spent the past six weeks working 12-hour days, seven days a week, trying to reach all of his insurance clients with canceled policies to switch them to new policies. Now this. President Obama's announcement Thursday that consumers ...

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 […]

Insurance companies prepare for their Obamacare deadline - Marketplace.org

Marketplace.org

Insurance companies prepare for their Obamacare deadline Marketplace.org But as the glitches that have plagued users attempting to sign up for insurance through the website are resolved, it may shift attention to the other major player in the healthcare exchange: the insurance companies. "Anyone who signs up on healthcare ...

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 […]

Iran nuclear deal shipping insurance element may help oil sales - Reuters

Iran nuclear deal shipping insurance element may help oil sales Reuters In addition to having to reduce their purchases to win waivers from U.S. sanctions, Iran's big oil customers in Asia have been put off importing even permitted volumes because of difficulties getting insurance for shipments. India's imports from Iran ...

Climate Change and the Insurance Industry - Triple Pundit

Triple Pundit

Climate Change and the Insurance Industry Triple Pundit The insurance industry conjures up images of old guys wearing suits and fighting anything that threatens the status quo. But perception isn't reality when it comes to the insurance industry and climate change. Since at least the late 1980s, insurance ...

Small Businesses Get One-Year Delay In Health Insurance Process - NPR (blog)

Small Businesses Get One-Year Delay In Health Insurance Process NPR (blog) The Obama administration announced it is delaying until November 2014 a requirement that small businesses shop for health insurance via the troubled federal HealthCare.gov site, which has been blamed for many problems since its launch last month.

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal - USA TODAY

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal USA TODAY David Isenstadt has spent the past six weeks working 12-hour days, seven days a week, trying to reach all of his insurance clients with canceled policies to switch them to new policies. Now this. President Obama's announcement Thursday that consumers ...

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 […]

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance - USA TODAY

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved, in a 261-157 vote Friday, a GOP proposal to allow insurers to continue offering health care plans to new and existing customers through next year, even if the plans do not meet new federal requirements.

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 […]

Obama administration delays online insurance marketplace for small businesses ... - Deseret News

Deseret News

Obama administration delays online insurance marketplace for small businesses ... Deseret News Medical claims costs _ the biggest driver of health insurance premiums _ will jump an average 32 percent for individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts ...

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 […]

Obamacare's business insurance site delayed a year - CBS News

Obamacare's business insurance site delayed a year CBS News President Barack Obama's administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law. An online health insurance marketplace for small businesses is being put off until November 2014 to make sure the HealthCare.gov website gets fixed first.

White House delays online health insurance shopping for small businesses by ... - The Verge

The Verge

White House delays online health insurance shopping for small businesses by ... The Verge Small businesses will be able to compare plans online, but they're being directed to an agent, broker, or insurance company in order to get enrolled. The agent will "help the employer fill out a paper application for SHOP eligibility and send it in to ...

Warnings issued over gun-owner liability insurance model - Insurance Business America

Warnings issued over gun-owner liability insurance model Insurance Business America Following the Sandy Hook school shooting last December, nine states introduced legislation this year attempting to prevent future atrocities by requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance. However, the intended goals of such legislation would ...

California latest state to rule on Obama insurance plan - USA TODAY

California latest state to rule on Obama insurance plan USA TODAY With California's refusal Thursday, two of the nation's most populous states are bucking President Obama's plan to permit Americans to keep current low-benefit individual health insurance policies for another year, if they want them. The Covered ...

Justin Timberlake's Union Dancers, 'Baffling World' of Health Insurance, More ... - Businessweek

Justin Timberlake's Union Dancers, 'Baffling World' of Health Insurance, More ... Businessweek Small business owner Paul Downs spent the last two weeks “fully immersed in the baffling world of health insurance” and has seven takeaways. [New York Times]. Part-time workers will likely get better health coverage under the Affordable Care Act ...

How to Tallk About Insurance During the Holiday Season - Insurance Journal

Insurance Journal

How to Tallk About Insurance During the Holiday Season Insurance Journal Vandevere Holiday get-togethers with friends and family are full of opportunities to discuss what you do for a living. Unfortunately for those of us in the insurance industry, these opportunities aren't always easy ones. It seems to happen every year ...

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal - USA TODAY

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal USA TODAY David Isenstadt has spent the past six weeks working 12-hour days, seven days a week, trying to reach all of his insurance clients with canceled policies to switch them to new policies. Now this. President Obama's announcement Thursday that consumers ...

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 […]

Old Mutual to Sanlam to Gain From Nigerian Insurance Growth - Bloomberg

Old Mutual to Sanlam to Gain From Nigerian Insurance Growth Bloomberg Nigerian insurance premiums will increase fourfold over the next five years as companies from Old Mutual Plc to Sanlam Ltd. tap an acceleration in economic growth in Africa's most populous nation. Premiums will grow to more than 1 trillion naira ($6.3 ...

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance - USA TODAY

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved, in a 261-157 vote Friday, a GOP proposal to allow insurers to continue offering health care plans to new and existing customers through next year, even if the plans do not meet new federal requirements.

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 […]

A.M. BestTV: Hiscox USA CEO Discusses Insurance Industry Trends - HispanicBusiness.com

A.M. BestTV: Hiscox USA CEO Discusses Insurance Industry Trends HispanicBusiness.com In an episode of A.M. BestTV, Ben Walter , Hiscox USA CEO, visits the A.M. Best video studio to discuss major trends facing the insurance industry, including the low interest rate environment, a potential reserving crisis and regulatory uncertainty ...

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 […]

Sandusky scandal could lead to higher liability insurance costs at ... - Tribune-Review

Sandusky scandal could lead to higher liability insurance costs at ... Tribune-Review “Whenever you have an event like this, it can change insurance underwriters' view of the risk not only at the specific institution, but at institutions of higher education more broadly,” said Scott Harrington, director at the Wharton/Penn Risk and ...

Some patients prefer to bypass insurance provider with cash-only doctors - KSHB

KSHB

Some patients prefer to bypass insurance provider with cash-only doctors KSHB PLATTE CITY, Mo. - What if you paid for all your medical bills out-of-pocket? It is a new cash-only trend known as “direct pay.” Doctors promise to keep prices low by avoiding the insurance companies. With four kids and high medical insurance ...

Ex-insurance agent charged with financial elder abuse against aunt - Los Angeles Times

Ex-insurance agent charged with financial elder abuse against aunt Los Angeles Times A former insurance agent has been charged with financial elder abuse for allegedly forging his aunt's signature to make withdrawals from a life insurance policy he sold to her, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said. Myles Seishin Hanashiro ...

Dems ramp up pressure on unemployment insurance - Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)

Dems ramp up pressure on unemployment insurance Washington Post (blog) But over one million other Americans are also set to lose another form of insurance — and in this case, it is Democrats who will be highlighting their stories in an effort to prod Republicans into doing something to stop it from happening. The ...

CBS: Obamacare Causing Small Businesses To Drop Insurance - Washington Free Beacon

CBS: Obamacare Causing Small Businesses To Drop Insurance Washington Free Beacon With just four days left to fulfill their promise of a fixed website, the Obama administration is scrambling to fulfill fix their other promise: ensure that millions of Americans' insurance plans are not dropped. One woman's story of never ending ...

6K sign up for Colo. health insurance, state needs 136K+ enrollees - The Denver Channel

The Denver Channel

6K sign up for Colo. health insurance, state needs 136K+ enrollees The Denver Channel DENVER - Colorado is dramatically behind its goals for getting people to sign up for health insurance under the new health care law. The Denver Post reports Monday that enrollment through Colorado's state-run exchange is barely half the state's worst ...

DreamBank insurance store offers community gathering space - UW Badger Herald

DreamBank insurance store offers community gathering space UW Badger Herald Phillips came to the American Family Insurance flagship store to host a small event, one of many events that DreamBank puts on, Chris Rudolph, one of the store's “dream curators,” said. He said the store is less focused on selling insurance policies ...

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal - USA TODAY

Chaos ensues after insurance cancellation reversal USA TODAY David Isenstadt has spent the past six weeks working 12-hour days, seven days a week, trying to reach all of his insurance clients with canceled policies to switch them to new policies. Now this. President Obama's announcement Thursday that consumers ...

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 […]

New Pitch for Health Initiative: Mind Your Mom. Get Insured. - New York Times

New Pitch for Health Initiative: Mind Your Mom. Get Insured. New York Times As the Obama administration's health overhaul sputters in its opening weeks, insurers and advocacy groups are pursuing a new strategy in the quest to get millions of young people to sign up for health insurance: They're appealing to their mothers.

Eleven-Country Survey Finds US Insurance Most Complex - Health Affairs (blog)

Eleven-Country Survey Finds US Insurance Most Complex Health Affairs (blog) According to a November 13 Health Affairs Web First survey of eleven different countries' health care, US adults are significantly more likely than their counterparts in other countries to forgo care because of cost, to have difficulty paying for care ...

Seven Conclusions About Small-Business Health Insurance - New York Times (blog)

Seven Conclusions About Small-Business Health Insurance New York Times (blog) In my recent posts, I have told the story of how I started to explore my options for renewing my insurance this year. It's been my habit in writing for this blog to try to convey useful information, derived from my experience as an ordinary small ...

Donohue: Many taxi fleets don't provide drivers with disability insurance, as ... - New York Daily News

New York Daily News

Donohue: Many taxi fleets don't provide drivers with disability insurance, as ... New York Daily News Many taxi fleets don't provide disability insurance for drivers who become ill or are injured while off-duty, according to the state Workers Compensation Board. Drivers are provided with workers' compensation insurance for on-the-job injuries, however.

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 […]

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance - USA TODAY

House approves bill to allow people to keep insurance USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved, in a 261-157 vote Friday, a GOP proposal to allow insurers to continue offering health care plans to new and existing customers through next year, even if the plans do not meet new federal requirements.