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Health insurance is our bulwark against emergency medical expenses that can hit you hard anytime in your life. However, in such a scenario where one has gone through prolonged hospitalization, if one faces a health insurance denial of coverage, then life can be really tough! In this article, I discuss some ways in which you can take adequate measures so ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration asked U.S. doctors Monday to get on board with health reform legislation passed in March, saying those who embrace change will prosper. Administration officials said the new law will provide doctors with information technology and incentives to improve the care they deliver, but only if they cooperate. "The most successful physicians will ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Julia Wood, a 51-year-old mother of 12 from Chicago's East side, has some health insurance through a state program -- but is so worried she may lose it she asks not to give her real name. Wood's husband, a plumbing contractor, watched his business dry up in 2008 with the mortgage crisis. "The economy hit us," said ...
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri voters on Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill, approving a measure that would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. With 78 percent of precincts reporting, 72.6 percent of voters supported the Health Care Freedom Act, also known as Proposition C, while 27.4 percent rejected ...
Virginia's lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care reform law has cleared its first legal hurdle. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson on Monday denied the Justice Department's request to dismiss the lawsuit. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli claims that Congress does not have ...
Some major health insurance companies have stopped issuing certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said in his state UnitedHealthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped issuing new policies that cover children individually — not as dependents of their parents. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim ...
The Obama administration is spelling out new rights for consumers to appeal to a neutral referee if their health insurance company denies a claim. Federal regulations issued Thursday will require a two-stage process. First, consumers will appeal directly to the insurer. If they get a second denial ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Cross Blue Shield's nonprofit health plans raised insurance premiums even as they set aside millions of dollars in surpluses over the past decade, according to a report published on Thursday. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona policyholders faced double-digit rate increases in recent years while the company's surplus grew to seven times the ...
While states across the nation grapple with national health care reform, a new population of patients is gaining attention in California: Fido and Fluffy. Many feline and canine companions face health care challenges similar to those that confront humans. Veterinary care costs are skyrocketing with ...
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The state of Virginia and the government were pitched in a legal battle in a federal courtroom on Thursday that could lead to the undoing of the massive healthcare reform law passed three months ago. Judge Henry Hudson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Richmond heard the federal government's arguments to ...
