Articles in Health Insurance
The US Senate passed a bill that extends healthcare coverage to 4 million children and the bill met with overwhelming approval of the US House of Representatives today. Passage in both chambers of Congress allows …
In a move that has raised the ire of many a Georgia legislator, Governor Sonny Perdue has proposed a plan to tax hospitals and health insurers, a move he wants as a means of offsetting …
Countless Americans have known it since 1985, when the federal government approved the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) but either suffered in silence or their cries of foul play were ignored. Now, however, with …
The National Research Council and the US Institute of Medicine released a report that describes the nation’s current healthcare system as fragmented and poorly designed when it comes to the matter of health care for …
During a Chicago press conference this morning, President-elect Barack Obama officially announced his appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. Perhaps reflecting the sea of change promised by the …
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Senate majority leader Thomas A. Daschle to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and he expects Daschle to run the administration in a different fashion than …
In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece, one of the nation’s top economists says more Americans would benefit from the health plan presented by presidential hopeful, John McCain, than that of his opponent, Barack …
In last week’s vice-presidential debate, Democratic Senator Joseph R. Biden made reference to the health-coverage plan proposed by his opponents as “the ultimate bridge to nowhere,” among other disparaging remarks. Post-debate fact-checking individuals and …
After more than a decade of lobbying for equal coverage for mental health treatments in health care plans, both the US Senate and the House of Representatives approved a bill yesterday that makes coverage for …
On August 26, the US Census Bureau released the news that although the number of Americans living without healthcare insurance, and the level of medical care that insurance promises, has dropped by 1.3 million since …
