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Children and Health Coverage Studied  More than two million children in the U.S. who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said.

Health care plans: Obama vs. McCain  Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have dramatically divergent visions of how to reshape the health insurance system.

Health insurers reinvent themselves as money managers  Many rush to open banks as more Americans open health savings accounts, a tax-sheltered way to pay medical bills. Managing that money is more profitable than offering health insurance. Second of three parts

Aetna CEO urges mandatory health care coverage  Americans should be required to buy health insurance, bringing healthier people into plans that will help bring down costs, the chairman of one of the nation's largest private insurance companies told a Detroit audience Tuesday.

Health Highlights: Oct. 21, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Health care to test next president  WASHINGTON ? Barack Obama and John McCain both have big-ticket proposals to change how people obtain and pay for health insurance. A long history of failed health-reform plans shows how difficult it is to achieve that goal. And, with the financial meltdown, the job only got tougher for any future president.

McCain, Obama diverge radically on health care  Health insurance, a costly need that haunts millions of Americans, is pitting the 2008 presidential candidates against each other along primal political lines.

Health funds may be hit by crisis  THE private health insurance regulator cannot guarantee Australian funds are free from exposure to institutions crippled by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.

Campbell to lead United Health Foundation  UnitedHealth Group Inc. has appointed Jim Campbell, former chief executive of Wells Fargo Minnesota, as a special adviser for its charitable giving. Campbell has also been elected chairman of the board of the United Health Foundation.

Health insurance takes NA spotlight  Ha Noi ? The national health insurance plan for 2014 took the spotlight at the National Assembly yesterday. The plan aims to see the majority of the population covered by national health insurance by 2014.

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