11/29/2008 News For: Low Cost Family Health Care PlanAetna Stresses the Importance of Sharing Family Health Information to Help Physicians Personalize Medical Care HARTFORD, Conn.----Throughout this holiday season and into the new year, Aetna is encouraging its employees and health plan members to learn about their family?s medical history and share this information with their physicians. Support new health-care plan The United Health Foundation was one of the first organizations to rank Louisiana on the quality of health care. The organization listed us as the sickest state in the nation in 1990 and we have held that position or hovered one rank above it ever since. The Jindal administration is trying to change that. The Council for a Better Louisiana says the administration's health plan is not going to ... Health care task force's plan offers little immediate help to middle class Ross William Hamilton/The OregonianLike a growing number of middle-class Oregonians, Kathy Brown, 60, and her husband, Steve, 63, have seen health care costs erode their standard of living and retirement plans. Both had jobs and health insurance when Steve suffered... Braintree seems increasingly unlikely to join state health insurance plan Braintree?s chance to join a state health insurance plan may finally be dead. The police union?s president, leading a group of several unions, said the town?s offer fell far short. But the mayor said Wednesday that he remains optimistic an agreement can be reached. Frisco Cares Clinic may move into building of its own With the faltering economy leaving more people jobless and without health insurance for their family, the low-cost Frisco Cares Clinic may soon be able to expand their hours and help more children. See how your health care plan, medical provider rates California's annual Health Care Quality Report Card, which rates health care plans, medical groups and providers, is now available online. The report is intended to help families and individuals make more informed decisions about health care. It can be viewed at In addition to providing overall ratings for HMOs, PPOs and other health plans, the report offers a breakdown of how well each insurer ... Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... World Medical Association supports mercury phase-out in health care Manila - Health Care Without Harm HCWH-Southeast Asia commends the World Medical Association WMA for unanimously passing a resolution calling for the phase-out of mercury in health care and urges health professional organizations in the Southeast Asian region to follow suit. Trinity opens new care units STEUBENVILLE - Officials at Trinity Health System announced the opening of two new patient care units at Trinity Medical Center West. Located on the second and third floors of the new tower building, the unit boasts a new patient care delivery system. Innovis drops health plan Medicare Advantage 'not best deal for patients' Innovis Health is notifying 1,500 patients that it will no longer honor Medicare Advantage health insurance plans as of April 1. Advertisement: GOURMET GAME PROCESSING 10% off your ENTIRE Purchase!! Call Neil @ Gourmet Game Processing to set up your custom order- 218-236-7440 and receive 10% off your entire purchase! |




