12/25/2008 News For: CDphd Health PlanSharia-compliant health insurance plan launched in UAE Dubai: Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company AMAN has launched a health insurance scheme in the UAE. The new plan will offer comprehensive products that are consistent with the Sharia rules and are based on Islamic Takaful principles. Health insurance waiting list a record State says 145,800 have no coverage, an all-time high. The number of Pennsylvania adults on a waiting list for state-subsidized health insurance has reached an all-time high, a state Insurance Department spokeswoman said this week. Breast health center a success Published: Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 6:15 p.m. Spartanburg Regional Medical Center's Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health opened a little more than three months ago, and it has already exceeded expectations. Health Highlights: Dec. 24, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: County reviews Sutter's medical plan Sutter Medical Center in Santa Rosa has taken the entire Sonoma County health-care industry for a ride these past two years with its ever-changing plans to build a new hospital. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News Orbital, SpaceX to resupply space station ... Boosting blood flow may fight Alzheimer's ... Cancer enzymes found in zebrafish study ...Older people at risk from mixing drugs ... Health/Science news from UPI. Angola: Eleven Health Units Built in Kwanza Norte Province Ndalatando ? Eleven new health units, including a maternity hospital, were built and rehabilitated during the year 2008, in the northern Kwanza Norte province, in the light of local action of increasing the supply of basic health and medical assistance services to the population. Aetna, BayCare Health System sign agreement to continue services in Tampa Bay Aetna, a US-based provider of health insurance products and related services, and BayCare Health System have reached an agreement on a new multi-year contract that ensures continuation of their long-term relationship in the Tampa Bay area. The new contract takes effect on January 1, 2009. Boston Globe Examines Massachusetts Health Insurance Law As Model For National Health Overhaul Plan The Boston Globe on Friday examined how "[k]ey players in the debate over how to provide health care coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured" residents believe that the Massachusetts health insurance law is "an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done. Gerald McEntee: Health Care Reform Needs a Public Option If we fail to insist on a public health insurance option as part of any health care reform legislation enacted in Congress, we won't have the kind of change that America voted for in November. |




