| Search 1) News For: Nyc Area Health Plans Health Science Center to get two new buildings, green area NT plans to build two new buildings at the Fort Worth Health Science Center as well as a green area that are slated to be completed by 2010. Tentatively called Building A and Building B, the new centers will have classrooms, at least one cafeteria and offices along with study areas and medical training facilities, said Rich Escalante, NT system vice chancellor for administrative services ... Economists Take Critical View of Health Plans WASHINGTON -- John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. Economists critique candidates' health plans John McCain's health plan won't lower the ranks of the uninsured. Barack Obama's fails to curb the soaring cost of health care, meaning initial gains in helping more people buy health insurance would eventually be undermined. That's the assessment of health care economists who critiqued the plans of the two presidential candidates. The critiques, published in the journal Health Affairs on ... Live Pink for Health a lunch with a cause Live Pink for Health, a breast cancer awareness luncheon, is the first of what will be several breast cancer awareness events in the Wichita area. The luncheon will be from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Sedgwick County Extension Center, 21st Street and Ridge Road. It's sponsored by Sedgwick County Extension and the Mid-Kansas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The first 200 women to ... Reports criticize Obama, McCain health plans Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's health care plan would cost too much and create more regulation, while Republican John McCain's plan would leave 60 million Americans without health insurance and reduce coverage, experts said on Tuesday. Sales rules added for Medicare plans The federal government has issued new restrictions on how health insurers, brokers and agents can sell private health and prescription drug plans for people covered by the Medicare program. Health panel: BOSTON -- Members of the state's health insurance board said that proposed additions to mandates for minimum health coverage will likely not be implemented by the original Jan. 1, 2009 timetable. However, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority moved closer to requiring health plans to provide prescription-drug coverage for Maintaining health through down times; Clear Choice Health Plans is in a period of growth and adjustment Rising medical reimbursement and administrative costs have depressed profits over the past year for Clear Choice Health Plans Inc., but the company believes it has positioned itself to compete well and grow.The Bend-based health insurance company reported $54.3 million in revenues in the second quarter that ended June 30, an 18 percent increase over the same quarter in 2007. Profits, however, ... Search 2) News For: Nyc Area Health Plans Health Highlights: Sept. 18, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health insurer, announced yesterday that it is returning to Rhode Island to challenge the two insurers dominating the market. |

