11/11/2008 News For: Health Insurance Major Medical Low Cost estCanyon Gate Medical Group Empowers Senior Citizens to Receive Southern Nevada's Premier Healthcare at No Additional Cost Beginning November 15, 2008, senior citizens in southern Nevada can make the choice to receive the premier healthcare in Las Vegas at no additional cost by ensuring their insurance provider covers Canyon Gate Medical Group. Rendell urges Senate to take up health-insurance expansion HARRISBURG - In June, Gov. Rendell called on Senate Republican leaders to strike a deal on expanding health insurance for the uninsured before the end of the budget season. GCCC looks to revise health insurance options In an effort to save money after a 44-percent increase over the last two years in health insurance premiums, a Garden City Community College committee is recommending that GCCC revise its Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to include high- and low-level usage options. Seven Corners Announces First Insurance Program for International Medical Tourism Seven Corners announces the launch of the first worldwide medical tourism insurance program that reduces travel-related and medical risks associated with patients electing to have surgical procedures abroad. Ensuring the health of Tarrant County residents From rising medical costs, poor access to physicians, and a lack of adequate health insurance for nearly 16 percent of Americans 47 million in 2006, according to the U.S. Census, it?s no wonder that people consider our health care system broken. U.S. Medical Students Call On President-Elect Obama To Deliver Accessible Health Care System The American Medical Student Association AMSA, the nation's oldest and largest, independent association for physicians-in-training, congratulates President-elect Barack Obama and urges him to move the country toward a health care system that delivers accessible, affordable, high-quality health care to all Americans. "The country is in a state of crisis," says Dr. State Helps Unemployed Find Health Insurance The increasingly rocky economy and the higher state unemployment rate have pushed Tennessee to expand one of its health insurance programs. Workers who have lost their jobs now have a reasonable option for health insurance. American Medical Association Approves Resolution from New York State Delegation Which Calls for the Creation of a Code ... ALBANY, N.Y.----Armed with data that show that ninety percent of physicians surveyed have had to change the way they treat patients based on restrictions from an insurance company, a delegation of physicians from New York State submitted a resolution calling upon the American Medical Association to create and implement a Code of Conduct for the health insurance industry. Combining health with wealth The Governments move to allow top-up funding for drugs not available on the NHS could create a rival product to traditional private medical insurance. ... Zimbabwe: Medical Aid Schemes Scale Down Services Many kidney patients in need of regular dialysis treatment are in danger after medical aid schemes reportedly stopped providing full cover to members requiring specialist care at private health centres. |

