Health Insurance
Consumer Watchdog Calls Health Insurance Industry-Funded Study “Insurance Fraud”
The four big health insurance companies that control 94% of customers on California's health care exchange paid $50,000 for a deceptive study, released today,...
States Resist, Build Nascent Insurance Markets
Consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder than their counterparts elsewhere for information on how new online health insurance...
Pacific Prime Finds Less Clients Being Declined for Health Insurance
Pacific Prime has unveiled yet another industry trend, this one regarding the likelihood of clients being declined for health insurance.
PPI analysts have found that...
U.S. : 46 46 million Americans lack health insurance
A total of 46.3 million people in the United States do not have health coverage, a trend that has been rising in the past...
Defacto’s star ratings bashed by AMII
The medical insurance world has not responded well to Defacto's new private medical insurance (PMI) star rating system, with the Association of Medical Insurance...
More than 30 percent of cancers preventable
More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization reported on Friday ahead of World Cancer Day...
Mandatory contraception cover for U.S. insurers
Most insurers in the US will be required to cover women for contraception at no extra fee, after US health authorities finalised changes last...
Hospitals ordered to remover personal injury ads
Hospitals are being told to remove a number of advertisments featured in NHS leaflets issued to patients.
The ads, which promote 'no win, no fee'...
BMI and Bupa reach agreement
A dispute between Britain's largest private medical insurance provider and private hospital group has been resolved, after both parties signed a three year agreement...
AXA Healthcare removes limits on cancer treatment
AXA PPP Healthcare, one of the UK's biggest health insurance providers, has joined Aviva in removing all limits on its cover for licensed cancer...
Lack of care sees hospital insurance bills soar
Operating on the wrong part of a body and leaving behind utensils are some of the things behind a soaring UK hospital insurance bill,...
Medicaid patients half as likely to survive cancer in the U.S.
Cancer patients on Medicaid, a US public medical cover, survived less time than people with private or no insurance, new data shows.
The research, which...
Aviva : grandparents now able to protect grandchildren’s health
Grandparents can now help protect the health of their grandchildren by purchasing insurance specially designed and tailored to children and their more common ailments.
The...
Benefits of the European Health Insurance Card
With the summer upon us, many people are heading overseas to other European Union countries for vacation and pleasure, or perhaps business. It is...
AXA health insurance : AXA’s private health insurance benefits
Private medical insurance - sometimes called PMI, private healthcare or private health cover - gives you the reassurance of knowing that, should the need...
AMII sees rise in new members
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has seen an unprecedented increase in membership over the past six months.
Since the launch of the AMII/Chartered...
Men are more likely to take out health insurance
Men are more likely to take out health insurance and consider it as important while people in Scotland are least likely to prioritise it,...
Taiwan health insurance premiums will drop with second generation NHI
About 60 percent of the people covered by national health insurance (NHI) will have lower premiums when a second-generation NHI system is implemented, Taiwan’s...
Health insurance : rise in prices for Ireland
Families are facing the prospect of shelling out an additional €200 a year for private health insurance.
Yesterday, Quinn Healthcare said it would impose average...
Health insurance : will your insurance pay for self inflicted injury? (U.S)
Over an eight-year period, a single Rhode Island hospital treated 305 patients who intentionally swallowed objects such as razors, knives, pens, and batteries. The...
