12/25/2008 News For: Preferred Medical Health Insurance MiamiHealth insurance waiting list a record State says 145,800 have no coverage, an all-time high. The number of Pennsylvania adults on a waiting list for state-subsidized health insurance has reached an all-time high, a state Insurance Department spokeswoman said this week. Bill: Give lawmakers state insurance CHEYENNE -- A Cheyenne lawmaker is pushing a bill to give full health insurance benefits to all members of the state Legislature. Medical care reform: making it easier to see a doctor Going to see the doctor was too expensive for 54-year-old Chinese peasant Song Zhiyao, but the introduction of a rural cooperative medicine scheme in 2007 has greatly eased his financial burden. A new public-health reform under review might give even more help to Song and millions of other Chinese citizens who have borne their own medical bills for as long as two decades. TOO MUCH TO PAY Song has lived in ... Students may be required to have health plans Students at state colleges and universities could be required to have medical-insurance coverage under a proposal endorsed by a special task force on health-care reform. Effort under way to help with kids' insurance A local organization is trying to ensure that Del Norte County children will not be without health insurance due to the state budget shortfall. Sainsbury's Travel Insurance Offers Award Winning Cover Sainsbury's Travel Insurance is urging winter holidaymakers to make sure that before they hit the slopes, they have their European Health Insurance Cards EHIC and comprehensive travel insurance. Mich. chooses prison health company, angers foes LANSING, Mich. ? Michigan is hiring a new company to treat state prisoners with medical problems after investigators criticized the existing health provider for low productivity and not having enough doctors. City medical waste a health hazard HCM CITY ? With only a third of HCM City?s 130 hospitals equipped with standard wastewater treatment facilities, medical waste poses a severe threat to the city?s environment. Leading Concierge Practice in Miami, EliteHealth, Launches Online Patient Portal Led by one of South Florida's top cardiologists, Steven A. Schnur MD, EliteHealth has quickly become one of the fastest growing Concierge Medical Practices in the country. With a mission of creating customized health and wellness plans for individuals and corporations seeking the best in healthcare, EliteHealth expands its outreach with the launch of their patient portal system -- EliteOnline. Pa. gov's top health care aide to leave HARRISBURG ? The director of Gov. Ed Rendell's efforts to expand health insurance to low-income children and adults and modernize Pennsylvania's health care system is stepping down. |




