News For: Vytra Health Insurance RatesHealth care charges cloaked in confusion It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment. County adopts insurance plans The Crawford County Board of Commissioners on Friday approved health insurance coverage plans for its employees for next year. Pratt study shows normal rates of brain cancer among workers EAST HARTFORD ��� A study six years in the making of nearly 225,000 people shows that the rates of cancer deaths among workers at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is the same or lower than in Connecticut and the U.S., researchers said Thursday. UAE firm plans to launch insurance scheme By Arvind Nair A UAE-BASED group plans to launch a new medical insurance scheme in Doha by next month. CAT Says It Will Appeal Health Insurance Decision Caterpillar says it will appeal a retiree health insurance decision. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that Cat must stop deducting health insurance premiums of some of its retirees and spouses. Bladder cancer rates high in region; researchers studying why Bladder cancer rates are significantly higher in most of New England and three other northeastern states than in the rest of the nation, and researchers in the region as well as at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., are working to determine why. Pennsylvania Physicians Concerned About Renewal Of Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy Program Physicians in Pennsylvania are concerned that the state's Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error fund, which provides doctors with subsidies for malpractice insurance, could expire this year as lawmakers debate changes to the state's health care system, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.Gov. Insurance choices for jobless Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? Health insurer reenters R.I. market Tufts Health Plan, which left the state in 1999 following a price war, has gained approval to begin offering medical insurance to Rhode Island residents. Health Highlights: Sept. 20, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: |




