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Most California Voters Concerned About Health Care, Would Have Supported Governor’s Overhaul Plan, Poll Finds

More than half of California voters are worried about the state's health care system and nearly three-quarters said they would have approved a health system overhaul proposed by Gov. Arnold

BT Test For Breast Cancer Now Covered By Insurance

Provista Life Sciences LLC (PLS) announced it will file private insurance claims on behalf of women who take the BT Test™ and cover 100 percent of the test's cost not

WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING | EUROPE; Britain: Merger To Create Insurer With 9.5. Million Clients

British insurer Resolution will buy rival Friends Provident in all-stock deal that would create one of Britain's largest life insurers; new company, Friends Financial Group, will be valued at 8.6

China: Insurer’s Profit Doubles

The China Life Insurance Company, the country’s largest life insurer, said its first-half profit had more than doubled, topping forecasts. It was helped by investment gains in a strong stock

Iowa Senate Passes Health Care Expansion Legislation Without Mandate

The Iowa Senate on Monday voted 42-6 to approve a bill (HF 2539) that would expand Hawk-I coverage to tens of thousands more children, the Des Moines Register reports.

Texas Delays Program To Expand Coverage To Low-Income Adults

Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Albert Hawkins has announced that a plan to provide health coverage to about 482,000 uninsured parents whose children are enrolled in Medicaid or

Missouri House Republicans Propose Health Coverage Legislation To Replace Governor’s Failed Proposal

Missouri Republican House leaders have introduced legislation that would expand health coverage to low-income state residents and require beneficiaries to contribute money to savings accounts to use toward deductibles and

Reports Shows How Many People Are Likely To Die In Each State Due To Lack Of Health Coverage

In 2002, a groundbreaking national study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrated the direct link between a lack of health coverage and deaths from

Medicare Announces Funding For Health Insurance Counseling Programs For 2008

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that nearly $36 million will be distributed to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) to help people with Medicare get more

Universal Coverage Exacerbating ‘Imbalance’ Between Supply Of Physicians, Number Of Patients In Massachusetts

Massachusetts' health insurance law has had the "unintended consequence" of exacerbating the "imbalance" between supply and demand for primary care physicians, the New York Times reports. Since the law took