Is world outpacing U.S. on health care?

Published - 05/14/2012 12:00 AM

Even as Americans debate whether President Obama’s health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens. China, after years of underfunding health care, is on track to ... 

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Insurers must credit ObamaCare when giving new round of rebates, feds say

Published - 05/13/2012 12:00 AM

Health-insurance companies must tell customers who get a premium rebate this summer that the check is the result of the Obama administration's health-care law, according to federal guidelines released Friday. The move is the latest sign the Obama administration is trying to draw attention to the law's benefits ... 

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Most Workers Lack Disability Insurance, Survey Finds

Published - 05/01/2012 12:00 AM

Two-thirds of Americans who work in the private sector lack disability insurance, even though most workers say missing work for three months or more because of sickness or injury would cause “financial hardship,” a new survey finds. The survey was conducted for the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit ... 

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Short-term health insurance's limits noted

Published - 04/29/2012 12:00 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (UPI) -- Short-term health insurance policies are better than no coverage but people should be aware of their limitations, Minnesota's attorney general says. "Before you buy such a policy, keep in mind the policy is temporary. They are not renewable. At the expiration, the insurance company ... 

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U.S. watchdog blasts Medicare quality insurance project

Published - 04/23/2012 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. healthcare program for the elderly, is spending $8.3 billion on a test project that is supposed to improve the quality of private health coverage but has mainly rewarded mediocre insurance plans, a government watchdog said on Monday. A report by the Government Accountability ... 

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One in four Americans without health coverage

Published - 04/19/2012 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study released on Thursday shows that one in four working-age Americans went without insurance at some point in 2011, often as a result of unemployment and other job changes. ... 

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The Supreme Court mulls Obamacare; The health care industry mulls the Supreme Court

Published - 04/17/2012 12:00 AM

With a marathon three days of arguments about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act  now completed, the U.S. Supreme Court justices , are turning their attention to drafting and the discussions that will lead to a majority opinion and, likely, several dissents and concurrences. ... 

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Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?

Published - 04/10/2012 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is. During the recent oral arguments some of the justices and the lawyers appearing ... 

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