Topic: Health Insurance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans who have health insurance through their employer slipped to a new low of 44.5 percent in the third quarter, a drop of over 5 percentage points in three years, according to a poll released on ...
Workers approaching retirement -- and many current retirees -- should plan to sock away more money for future health care costs.Workers approaching retirement -- and many current retirees -- should plan to sock away more money for future health care costs.Used to ...
Like many teachers during the boom years, Patricia Davey was lured to Las Vegas by the enticing benefits offered by the Clark County School District. Things were different back in 1997. The population was booming and Las Vegas was flush with money. ...
(Reuters) - A group of Medicare patients and their families sued the Obama administration on Thursday, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday a deficit-reduction deal being negotiated in the Congress could have revenue increases but "there clearly is a limit."Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, complained to reporters that Democrats in "super ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the federal healthcare law's requirements related to insurance exchanges threaten the autonomy of U.S. states, which need more support in establishing the marketplaces, state governors said in a letter released on Thursday."The decision to implement health insurance ...
(Reuters) - U.S. hospital operators HCA Holdings Inc and Tenet Healthcare Corp treated more patients at their facilities during the summer months, boosting profits above investor expectations.Tenet shares rose 4.4 percent and HCA shares increased 0.9 percent, countering a broader market sell-off, ...
Some say that the millions of dollars Clark County taxpayers pay to care for those without health insurance make a convincing argument in favor of "Obamacare" or some form of national health insurance.Regardless of the national policy, the county's funding of indigent ...
CARSON CITY - A quarter of Nevadans under 65 did not have health insurance at some point in 2009, making the Silver State the third most uninsured state per capita in the United States, according to U.S. Census data released this month.Nevada's ...
(Reuters) - Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent would cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger job losses in the tens of thousands by depressing spending by states, hospitals, nursing homes, drug companies and others, a study said on Wednesday."Such a drastic reduction ...
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