11/11/2008 News For: Self Employed Insurance HealthLooking for Free or Low-cost Health Insurance? - It's no secret that accessing health care is a challenge for the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Lack of health insurance forces many Americans to choose the health care they receive based on what they can afford, not what they actually need. Marietta chiropractor bilked insurance for millions A suburban Atlanta chiropractor has been convicted of bilking an insurance company out of millions by filing false paperwork. A U.S. District Court jury on Monday found Dr. William Stearns of Marietta guilty of health care fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors say the 47-year-old submitted fraudulent bills to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia to get paid for a back pain treatments that the ... Somervillle reps vote for mental health parity, against renting pets A new law requiring health insurance plans to provide full insurance benefits for four additional non-biologically-based mental health conditions including eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and autism took effect last week. Bupa launches workplace health initiative Bupa UK Health Insurance is introducing Bupa Positive Health to encourage more firms to create a healthy workplace after research found four out 10 employees are overweight. ... Health savings accounts becoming major part of employees? health care benefits Choosing a health insurance plan means finding your way through a labyrinth of facts and figures. 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. ... Arrow Fund's Bachman Recommends WellPoint Adrian Bachman, portfolio manager for the Arrow Alternative Solutions Fund ASFFX, said his fund has been purchasing shares of health insurance giant WellPoint WLP. Health care cited in safe haven case An Omaha mother cited medical and insurance woes as the reasons why she dropped off her 11-year-old daughter Friday morning at Bergan Mercy Medical Center under Nebraska's safe haven law, according to a police affidavit. Diabates group topic Friday is taking care of self when sick Cheryl Kraich from the Northeast Colorado Health Department will present ?Taking Care of Yourself When Sick? at the Morgan County Diabetes Success Group on Friday, Nov.14, from noon to 1 p.m. at Colorado Plains Medical Center. Racial health gap draws experts to Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. - National experts gather in Prior Lake this week to focus on a stubborn racial health gap in one of the nation's healthiest states. Minorities in Minnesota face greater odds of dying from violence, diabetes and heart disease and less chance of having health insurance. |

