News For: Medical Insurance Of South CarolinaStudents help Homestead's PATCHES medical center Penny by penny, children attending Vacation Bible School at South Winds Christian Church learned a lot about giving back when they raised money for the PATCHES medical center in Homestead. Beverly High grad heads to Kenya BEVERLY and mdash; Beverly High School alumna Emily Walk has a passion for helping people. This December, she'll be in Africa building a medical clinic for an orphanage with children who lost their parents to AIDS. A 2007 graduate of Beverly High, she attends the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where she is vice president of Project Harambee, a group that focuses on service learning in ... 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. After attack, victim faces big medical bills Jen Hall has suffered from one cold in the last two decades, so she wasn't worried that her new job didn't offer health insurance during a three-month probationary period. But a random attack outside a South Loop grocery store in August left her dealing with several serious medical issues, including a brain injury, seizures and 20 knocked-out teeth. Police: Ex-Blink 182 drummer detailed plane escape A South Carolina police officer says he listened in disbelief as two men he saw running from blazing plane wreckage described how they escaped the inferno. Lt. Josh Shumpert said Wednesday he later learned the men were former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM. Shumpert had kept the badly burned men talking as they waited for medical help Friday night after the crash ... Fitch Rates Univ Health System of Eastern Carolina's (North Carolina) $246MM VRDBs 'AA-'/Underlying Fitch Ratings has assigned an underlying 'AA-' rating on approximately $246 million of North Carolina Medical Care Commission University Health System of Eastern Carolina's UHSEC f/k/a Pitt County Memorial Hospital series 2008 A-1, A-2, B-1 and B-2 variable rate demand bonds VRDBs. In addition, Fitch affirms UHSEC's outstanding debt at 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Pay lags costs for health coverage The cost of health insurance premiums rose 5.3 times as fast as the median wage in North Carolina over the last eight years, according to a report released Wednesday by Families USA, a national advocacy group. 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. Cause of insurance examiner's death can't be determined An autopsy says the body of a state insurance investigator that was found in South Carolina in May was so badly decomposed that medical examiners can't determine how she died. Health insurance costs rise again in '08 WASHINGTON -- Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. |


