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Archive for February, 2008

Newspapers Examine Presidential Candidates Clinton, Obama … - Kaiser network.org (Health Insurance News)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

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Newspapers Examine Presidential Candidates Clinton, Obama …Kaiser network.org, DC - 16 hours agoHowever, Obama and other opponents of a health insurance mandate have raised concerns about the financial penalties required for enforcement ( Wall Street …Experts to Obama: No More Harry and Louise! The Plank on TNR.comFACTBOX: Clinton and Obama's health plans ReutersClinton’s health plan […]

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Hospital challenges ministry's decision to revoke insurance - The Daily Yomiuri (Health Insurance News)

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Hospital challenges ministry's decision to revoke insuranceThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 2 hours ago… decided to hold the hearing again on May 19 to explain why it decided to revoke the qualifications for treating patients covered by health insurance. …

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A Hagerstown-based advocate says 'consumer-directed' health …Baltimore Sun, United States - Feb 24, 2008For example, employers could […]

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Beneficial genetic tests shunned over dire financial worries (Health Insurance News)

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Los Angeles Daily News - Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for the DNA test that would tell her. She worried that she might not be able to get health insurance […]

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2008 Candidates’ Positions on the Issues (Health Insurance News)

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Lincoln Journal Star - Expand Medicare and federal employees’ health insurance plan to cover those without adequate workplace insurance. Raise taxes on wealthier families to help pay estimated cost of $110 billion a year. Read More
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - The accident occurred while Clinton was addressing supporters at a rally in Dallas, talking about […]

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Kerry says Obama best for the job (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Galveston County Daily News - It’s an issue of particular importance here because a high portion of Texans don’t have health insurance, and the medical branch where Kerry spoke is the biggest employer in the county. Read More
Associated Press - All the company’s full-time workers who lose their jobs without “cause” or quit “for […]

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Global players keen to firm up insurance partnerships - Hindu Business Line (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

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Global players keen to firm up insurance partnershipsHindu Business Line, India - Feb 23, 2008US health insurers Aetna and Cigna and UK-based company Bupa are interested in setting up stand-alone health insurance companies, said a senior official …Pan-American Life taps new vice president The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comall 4 news articles

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No health insurance: Family pays high price (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Asbury Park Press - For Stephen and Tina Seaman, it boiled down to this: Either pay the rent on their Seaside Heights apartment, or pay for their son’s medication. They couldn’t afford both. The Seamans chose to buy the medication that prevents Devin, 9, from having Read More
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Statehouse may address teacher insurance costs (Health Insurance News)

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Marion Chronicle-Tribune - The General Assembly could consider putting Indiana teachers on a state health insurance plan as it looks to soften the blow of property tax caps on school budgets. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, chairman of the Tax and Fiscal Policy committee in the Read More
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Health Net Ordered to Pay $9 Million (Health Insurance News)

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Los Angeles Business Journal - It’s difficult to imagine a policy more reprehensible than tying bonuses to encourage the rescission of health insurance that keeps the public well and alive,” he said in a 21-page opinion. Read More
News.com.au - So, no health insurance, no other insurance, no disposable income, no pay TV, no outings […]

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Experts Give Answers on Health Care (Health Insurance News)

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

The Ledger - You wrote that pre-existing conditions may make it tough for pre-Medicare retirees to buy individual health insurance policies, but I don’t think that’s completely accurate. Read More
Wall Street Journal - WASHINGTON — Among the sharpest policy disputes between Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is whether all Americans should […]

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