11/30/2008 News For: Badgercare InsuranceState Considers Health Insurance for Students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. About18 percent of Utah residents between 18 and 34 are uninsured, the highest rate in the state, according to a 2008 Utah Healthcare Access Survey. John T. Nielsen, Gov. Jon Huntsman's adviser on health care, said plans for a low-cost health insurance plan for students could be ... Yes, people really do purchase pet insurance "More Kansas Pet Owners Purchasing Health Insurance ..." It was a subject line that could get an ... Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. Hospital explores insurance alternative Administrators, boardmembers and committees at Sonoma Valley Hospital are exploring the feasibility of establishing an alternative health insurance program through its joint powers authority with three other hospital districts. Philadelphia Insurance Companies offers insurance to volunteer fire departments Philadelphia Insurance Companies has partnered with Provident Agency to recommend the purchase of Providents accident and health insurance program to emergency service organizations. Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Millions of parents have taken their daughters to get the "HPV" vaccine, as insurance against cancer. Doctors and the drug company have pushed hard to make "Gardasil" a household name, and a regular part of growing up, but thousands of girls are reporting unexpected side effects. Christine Devine has more in this video report. She thought hospital bill was paid off Dear Greg: In July 2006, my 8-year-old son, Zachary, was hospitalized for two nights at Arnold Palmer Hospital. At the time, our health insurance was Blue Cross Blue Shield through my husband's employer. The charges were $1,766. BCBS paid $1,413, leaving a balance of $353, which I paid as a deductible. In March this year, I began receiving notices from a collection agency that stated it was ... Medicare?s Too Costly Private Plans Congress must remove unjustified subsidies to inefficient private health insurance plans that have added to the cost and complexity of the Medicare program. Book Reviews: 'Medical Miracles,' '7 Wheelchairs,' and 'The Sun and the Moon' Two books - by Jacalyn Duffin and Gary Presley - explore medical miracles; while Matthew Goodman revisits a 19th-century newspaper hoax that took in readers of The Sun in New York. UTMB?s role in indigent care uncertain after Ike For years, John Sealy Hospital at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has been known as the hospital of last resort for the uninsured and indigent in Texas. |

