10/13/2008 News For: Whole Sale InsuranceAnalyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non?related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. Looking 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. State's health insurance enrollees up 9% HONOLULU - The number of Hawaii residents receiving free health insurance from the state rose 9.1% in the past two months. State officials say the number could climb further as the economy deteriorates. Insurance studies planned CHICOPEE - Independent and internal studies analyzing the cost of providing health insurance to municipal employees and retirees will not be completed until next year. Analyst says organ donors should get lifelong medical insurance SINGAPORE: On the issue of legalising non-related living organ donation, one health policy analyst has suggested providing free medical insurance for organ donors and to only allow donations from Singaporeans for a start. Employees reject state health insurance plan Braintree employees have turned down the opportunity to participate in a state-run health insurance plan starting in the summer of 2009. Major health care reform likely, says Kaiser's CEO George Halvorson, CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, recently talked with the Portland Business Journal about health reform. The vertically integrated health system operates the second-largest health insurance plan in Oregon, with 468,603 members at the end of the second quarter, in addition to running Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas and myriad outpatient clinics ... SNAPSHOTS AROUND AMERICA: Cheaper care is across border Lacking health insurance for herself, Ivonne Moreno of El Paso, Texas, crosses the border to Mexico to find cheaper doctor visits and prescriptions. It's hardly an ideal solution to the challenges of being a single mother with two teenagers. Health Insurance numbers released by census bureau It?s an important issue to many here in the east; health insurance. When it comes to who has it and who doesn?t, some counties here in the east are faring better than others. Breakout drug Herceptin brings new age in breast cancer care Experts say the drug that has kept Barbara Bradfield healthy for so long, Herceptin, has changed the nature of breast cancer and helped doctors better understand what causes the disease. In the 10 years since it was approved, doctors say Herceptin also has encouraged the development of a growing arsenal of new therapies that target cancer cells but spare patients from many of the grueling side ... |




