10/12/2008 News For: Care Source InsuranceInternet Surpasses Doctors As The Top Source Of Health Information More U.S. adults used the Internet than doctors to obtain health and medical information over the past year, according to pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research. This trend represents a noticeable change in consumer behavior from previous years, as doctors have traditionally been the top source of health information. A question of coverage This time, health care plays a smaller role Unemployed maintenance worker Jim Denning got the news six years ago that he didn't want to hear. Denning's doctor told him that he had cancer of the larynx. Forum at TMH tackles health-care issues With the goal of airing and tackling child health-care issues, more than 25 members of the North Florida medical community gathered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday for the North Florida Children's Health Forum. Local teachers tied to failing AIG, face rising insurance costs Hammond teachers are getting a lesson in economics. Not only are they facing rising health insurance costs in their new contract, but the retirement investments they made in annuities are falling along with the U.S. economy. Seniors Feel Health Care Will Improve Under Obama DSS Research, the largest research and analytics firm dedicated to the market information needs of health insurance organizations, released today the latest wave of its quarterly, national SeniorTrax? Survey of the 65 and over population. 50,000 in county had no health insurance Nearly 50,000 people under the age of 65 living in Anne Arundel County in 2005 did not have health insurance, giving it one of the lowest percentages of uninsured populations in the state, according to new figures released from the Census Bureau. BCAA backs away from plan for private health insurance The B.C. Automobile Association has cancelled plans to offer its 800,000 members private insurance policies for speedy medical treatment in the United States or in private clinics in B.C. if they faced lengthy waits in the public health-care system. Insurance studiesplanned CHICOPEE - Independent and internal studies analyzing the cost of providing health insurance to municipal employees and retirees will not be completed until next year. Free Clinic Opens In Germantown Hundreds of upper Montgomery County residents without health insurance have access to free health care with this week's opening of the MobileMed Upcounty Care Clinic in Germantown. Health care coverage in state dropping, report says Nearly half of all North Carolina children are not covered by health insurance. And more children statewide are expected to become uninsured in this economic downturn. That bleak assessment was part of a national report delivered Thursday afternoon by the non-profit group, Economic Policy Institute, which is based in Washington, D.C. The report ... |




