Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Countering a McKinsey survey, the Robert Wood Johnson report finds that employers will largely continue their health plans to compete for workers, John Tozzi writes
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Saturday, October 15th, 2011
The Medicare Rights Center, a national, nonprofit consumer service organization, advises that everyone enrolled in a private health or drug plan with Medicare should review their cover during the upcoming Fall Open Enrollment Period. This includes those who are currently satisfied with their plan as providers change their benefit packages ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Kaiser Family Foundation's annual study, published today (Tuesday 27th Sept) found insurance costs for the 150 Million Americans that have health coverage through their employers jumped by nearly 10% this year, presenting a quite a problem. Kaiser and the Health Research & Educational Trust surveyed 2,088 randomly selected public ...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
In a groundbreaking and somewhat controversial decision coming from the Nation's capital this week, U.S. health insurance companies will now be required to offer women free birth control and other preventive health care services. In addition, free screening for gestational diabetes, testing for human papillomavirus in women over 30, ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two decades after Brazil's constitution recognized health as a citizen's right and a duty of the state, the country has vastly expanded health care coverage, improved the population's health, and reduced many health inequalities, but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive, experts from four major Brazilian universities and New York ...
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