News For: Small business Medical Insurance CoverageZimbabwe: Major Rethink on Medical Aid Benefits Needed MEDICAL aid, especially with the huge extension of coverage to most commercial and industrial workers in the early years of independence, has been a major funder, second only to the State, of Zimbabwe's medical facilities. 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. Job Description: Insurance: Death and disability $ 300���000, Life insurance $ 200���000, advanced medical coverage worldwide for the employee, his wife and kids. Basic income protection in case of sickness on site. Small Patients, Big Consequences in Medical Errors Overdoses and other medical mistakes can put young patients at risk. Managing the E-Mail Security Risk in Business Today It's a rare week when the news doesn't include a report about a corporate data breach -- putting personal, financial, or medical records at risk for theft. Often -- all too often, say security experts -- these breaches are caused by a lack of a solid email policy. Email has not just revolutionized the way we communicate, it has transformed the way we do business today. Along the way, it also ... Medical tourism may be a temporary boom It seems like a fairly straightforward question: Would an uninsured patient rather pay $130,000 for a heart bypass in the United States or pay about $10,000 for the same procedure in India, where the entire medical staff has been trained in the U.S. and the hospital meets standards set by the Joint Commission International? 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. Number of uninsured patients rising at Tuscaloosa hospitals TUSCALOOSA-- Although the number of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2007, local hospitals are seeing a grow ing number of patients who can't pay for their medical treatment. Survey ranks Arkansas No. 1 in amount of teachers' pay going to insurance LITTLE ROCK -- A recent survey of 36 states ranked Arkansas No. 1 in the percentage of teachers' pay taken up by out-of-pocket health insurance costs, the head of the state's largest teachers union told legislators Monday. Nigeria militant leader seeks urgent medical care: wife The suspected leader of Nigeria's main militant group in oil-rich Niger Delta, who is in detention on treason charges, needs urgent medical care for a kidney ailment, his wife and lawyer said Monday. |


