Health Insurance News

Infant victims of abuse whose families don't have private health insurance are almost four times more likely to die, compared with abused babies who are privately insured, a new study finds.

Health care - cost and coverage - has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the Nov.

When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to ...

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 12 Oct 2008 - 2:00 PDT In an effort to spread the word about benefits made possible through Governor Martin O'Malley's Working Families and ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, as part of a series titled "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," examined how some emergency department patients register under false names because ...

A Conservative candidate's suggestion that a private clinic be used as a model for health delivery across Canada prompted opposition charges that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to expand for-profit health ...

It's Mental Illness Awareness Week, so let's talk about the elections. One in four adults -- approximately 57.7 million Americans -- experiences a mental health disorder in any given year.

A new report by a consumer group says family health insurance premiums in Connecticut increased 81 percent from 2000 to 2007, which has led to more people joining the ranks of the uninsured.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 09 Oct 2008 - 7:00 PDT Pennsylvania Gov.

A new report from the Census Bureau provides a detailed analysis of the uninsured population in the U.S., providing breakdowns by state, county, and demographic groups, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Caregivers / Homecare Article Date: 07 Oct 2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday as part of a series titled "Falling Through: Casualties ...

A new report provides grist for a gubernatorial health policy debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are ...

A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday proposed a bill to require employers that offer health insurance to disclose to employees the amount spent on their premiums, CQ Today reports.

I am an internist practicing in Ithaca, and I am writing to contrast the health care reform policies of the two presidential candidates.

The U.S. Census Bureau released the most extensive estimates it has ever published on county-level demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage.

HEALTHCREDIT< WASHINGTON - John McCain's health care tax credit plan would save the average household an estimated $1,241 next year.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 10 Oct 2008 - 7:00 PDT With the open enrollment period for health insurance beginning and employee wages remaining static, many employers are ...

What's not included in a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau on the uninsured is 'even darker and more ominous,'' one local expert said.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's Cover Florida program and two other proposed measures intended to expand health care coverage to more state residents have stalled, Florida Health News reports.

For those who like listening to live music, Tuesday was the chance to support Austin musicians.