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By staff WriterBill Coffin wonders if insurers should consider giving new cars to the most successful dieters.
November 09, 2010
Microinsurance Body Seeks ProposalsA microinsurance group started with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to hear ideas about ways to get microinsurance to low-income people more efficiently.
November 09, 2010
Towers Watson Finds Mixed Wellness SignalsFewer U.S. workers say they are trying to save money by taking better care of themselves, but the percentage who say they have delayed going to a doctor has also dropped.
November 09, 2010
Concern Rises Over Medicare Cuts to DoctorsNinety-four percent of Americans are concerned about a looming Medicare cut to doctors, according to a new AMA poll released recently. Without congressional action, physicians caring for seniors face a 25 percent cut.
November 09, 2010
Why Are Health Insurance Rates in California So High?Everyone's talking about health reform and its estimated additional increases of 3 percent to 6 percent on health care costs. But not many people have talked or written about the other factors affecting the increasing costs in California.
November 09, 2010
Weird ScienceWeird ScienceAccording to a recent article from CNN, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University lost 27 pounds over 10 weeks ...
November 08, 2010
Courts Reject Medicare Skilled Nursing RulesOlder Americans are entitled to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing home care and home health care, even if they are unable to prove such care would improve their conditions, two federal courts ruled recently in separate rulings.