11/30/2008 News For: Cinergy Health Discount Family Medical InsuranceState considers health insurance for students Some state officials are trying to decide whether all college students should be required to have health insurance. Florida children without health insurance Nearly 19 percent of Florida children do not have health insurance, the second highest percentage in the country. Many continue to rely on ERs The vast majority of Bay State residents have health insurance and a primary-care physician, but many are still relying on hospital emergency rooms for care that could have been handled less expensively by their family doctors, according to a new survey. 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. 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 ... Health centers need, offer help Community Health Centers, Inc. is wishing for cash, children's books -- and a new parking lot. The health centers help provide medical care to the uninsured and others. Ending The Cycle Of Vulnerability - Australian Medical Association Indigenous Health Report Card 2008 The Australian Medical Association today released its seventh AMA Indigenous Health Report Card in Canberra - focusing on Indigenous children and the discrepancies in their health outcomes. Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability: The Health of Indigenous Children reveals the plight confronting these most vulnerable of citizens. Innovis drops health plan FARGO - Innovis Health in Fargo is notifying 1,500 patients that it will no longer honor Medicare Advantage health insurance plans as of April 1. Lake Forest family flees terrorists in India The daughter of a Lake Forest family says she's grateful this Thanksgiving for the safety of her family who was vacationing in Mumbai, India when terrorists burst into their hotel, spraying the area with gunfire and taking hostages. Deepak Dalia, a radiologist at Gurnee Radiology, and his wife, Himani, a pathologist at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan were able to flee. Pentagon, VA improve sharing of health info Dr. Ross Fletcher, chief of staff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., asked a recent patient, a war veteran, how many times he had been exposed to the blast of an improvised explosive device. Answer: about 11. |




