News For: Major Combined Medical health InsuranceStudy: Wages not keeping up with health costs Feeling a bigger bite in your paycheck? Health insurance costs are a major culprit, according to a survey released Wednesday. Obama Criticizes McCain On Health Insurance Regulation Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama Ill. over the weekend criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain Ariz. for an article that McCain wrote about the health insurance market in an "obscure journal," the Washington Post reports. FMC ties up with AXA-Alkoot Insurance Doha ��� Future Medical Center FMC has tied up with AXA-Al Koot Insurance, which will enable all those having health insurance coverage by AXA-Al Koot to avail the services of the clinic without making any payment at the clinic. RM50,000 ACTIVE INSURANCE MEDICAL CARD FAILS TO FULFIL OBLIGATIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 Bernama -- A father of an engineering student is fuming mad that a medical card active for RM50,000 issued by an insurance company to his son did not fulfil the obligations under the terms and conditions. Health Highlights: Sept. 24, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Permanently Disabled At Age 46 Because Insurance Refused To Pay For MRI "My medical problems started in 1998, but I wasn't diagnosed for five years" begins Carol Black of Cleveland, Ohio. "My doctor at the time wanted to do an MRI of my spine, because my symptoms mimicked those of multiple sclerosis. The MRI was denied by the insurance company, who claimed my symptoms were not severe enough to warrant the test. Researching Medical Literature on the Internet - 2008 The Internet is an accepted place to turn for research, and nowhere has this become more apparent than in the fields of medicine and health care. A veritable explosion of available medical information seeks to meet the needs of both professionals and the public. Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills As Washington debates the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills. Health insurance compromise reached They have reached a compromise in the planned increase in health insurance premiums for city of Shreveport employees: Employees were looking at their premiums going up 16. 8 percent. It now will go up 5. 1 percent, with the difference next year picked up by reserves in the Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. |

