Health Insurance
Obama says health reform expended Medicare
US President Barack Obama showcased Friday his health care reform for the elderly, saying it had significantly extended the life of a health insurance...
Health insurance: 656 swine flu deaths in Turkey
Swine flu has killed 656 people in Turkey since October, the health ministry said Thursday.
The death toll was given in a statement issued to...
Health insurers win concession on kids’ coverage
The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children.
The Health and Human Services Department said Wednesday...
Health insurance: Malaysia fund poised to win Singapore health group Parkway
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah is poised to take over Singapore-based healthcare provider Parkway after Fortis Healthcare of India dropped its own takeover plans...
Health : Record number of children getting HIV drugs
Life-saving drugs that quell HIV reached a record 355,000 children at the end of last year, compared with 276,000 a...
Retirement funds : Nearly half of baby boomers are likely to run short of money after 10 years
If you're a baby boomer, the odds are high you'll exhaust your retirement savings after 10 or 20 years of retirement, according to...
Health insurance : Italian surgeons down scalpels to protest austerity plan
Italy's public-sector doctors observed a one-day strike on Monday, notably postponing 40,000 surgical operations in protest at government austerity measures that will freeze hiring...
Justice : Spanish court issues landmark asbestos ruling
A Spanish court has for the first time ordered a firm to pay millions of euros in compensation to residents whose health was harmed...
New delay in WHO reassessment on swine flu pandemic
Experts advising the World Health Organisation on whether to end the year-old swine flu pandemic alert could now meet as late as August, the...
Health care : Amnesty paints desperate picture of North Korea system
Surgery without anaesthetics, unsterilised needles and epidemics worsened by malnutrition illustrate the desperate state of North Korea's health care system, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Food...
Health : Waterborne infections cost US over 500 million a year
Three waterborne diseases account for hospitalizations that cost the US health care system around 539 million dollars a year, the Centers for Disease Control...
Health : Vitamin D levels linked to Parkinson’s disease risk
Greater levels of vitamin D have been linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in a study in Finland where low sunlight leads...
Travel insurance : Britons are better covered while abroad than during the rest of the year
As the holiday season approaches and Britons rush to get travel insurance to cover them while abroad, the protection provider Friends Provident is urging...
Health provider partners may face privacy fines
U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a new federal...
Health insurance : Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius urges insurers to plug gap
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has bashed insurers over rate increases, is seeking their help in making medical coverage accessible for more patients in...
Health insurance : 32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy
Around 32,000 lives could be saved each year if people over 50 got regular colorectal cancer screening as recommended, the US Centers for Disease...
Health insurance : Premiums for uninsured americans won’t be cheap
President Barack Obama's new health coverage for uninsured Americans with health problems won't be cheap, premiums averaging $300 to $600 a month in the...
Health insurance Google strengthens benefits for gay or lesbian workers
Google on Thursday improved health and family leave benefits for its US employees with same-sex domestic partners.
The Internet titan began adjusting the pay of...
Costly US health care falls short: report
The US health care system is the costliest in the world, but underperforms relative to many other industrialized nations, according to a study released...
Health insurance: Obama vows no backtracking on health care, unveils new rules
US President Barack Obama unveiled new measures Tuesday implementing the landmark health care bill that became law this year, telling opponents of...
Prev
