11/29/2008 News For: BCBS Health Insurance PrescriptionState considers health insurance for students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. Innovis Drops Health Plan Innovis Health in Fargo is notifying 1,500 patients that it will no longer honor Medicare Advantage health insurance plans as of April 1. The health plans for seniors are an alternative to traditional Medicare with supplemental coverage. Scientists doubt CT scan as heart test The US health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of Medicine said. Workshop set for employee health insurance Business owners not previously able to afford health insurance for their employees have a new tool available to them ��� government subsidies for employee health insurance. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News Doctors debate new cancer treatment... Northwestern U. opens obesity clinic... Gene flap delays babies' epilepsy care... EU says drug firms blocked generics... Health/Science news from UPI. Sliver of good news in kids��� health care A new report shows the number of children nationwide without health insurance declined in 2007, but 8.6 million remained uninsured, and that number is poised to rise dramatically as this year���s economic downturn takes its toll. Health of Guantanamo prisoner in doubt, attorney says SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | The health of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike for more than three years has deteriorated sharply, his lawyer said in legal papers seeking an independent medical examination. Florida second in number of uninsured children Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance. Debakey health school seeks partners THE newly established Michael E Debakey High School for Health Professions DHSHP in Doha has sought the assistance of the local medical community to be able to smoothly deliver the goals it has set out to achieve. 18,000 Hawaii kids lack insurance Hawai'i is rated fifth in the nation in making sure children have health insurance, according to a report released yesterday. But that still leaves about 18,000 uninsured children, or about 5.8 percent of Hawai'i's youngsters, according to the Families USA report based on Census data from 2005-07. |

