Insurance
The New York Times, February 4th, 2010During my training, I took care of a man in his 50s with a devastating
surgical complication: His abdominal incision had split open a week
after an emergency operation. Even after we had taken him back to the
operating
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Time Magazine, December 8th, 2009Tucked deep inside the Senate health reform bill — beginning on page
1,926 — is a plan for a new federal insurance program. Average premiums
could be as high as $180 per month and could be automatically deducted
from
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Frost Illustrated, December 9th, 2009Long-term care issues have been everywhere in the news lately— from
stories of people needing these services to how the government is
responding. But there is also a lot of conflicting, and even mistaken,
information.
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The New York Times, November 27th, 2009CAN you really shop for doctors and hospitals the way you would for airfares and flat-screen TVs? Health care consumers are encouraged to comparison-shop on things
like doctor’s fees and heart surgery rates. But
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Detroit Free Press, November 9th, 2009Seniors looking to buy supplemental Medicare policies may have to do
more work to learn about them. They often aren't widely advertised by
leading insurers.
But several companies new to the business
hope
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The Wall Street Journal, October 14th, 2009As companies begin unveiling their workplace benefits for next year,
many employees are learning they will have to dig even deeper into
their pockets for health coverage.
Such price increases have become
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Market Watch, October 8th, 2009Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus promises
that the huge health-care reform bill his committee will vote on next
week will protect Medicare benefits for seniors. But not everyone
agrees, and a fight is brewing
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Forbes, August 26th, 2009Many variable annuity skeptics are taking a second look at these
complex insurance-investment hybrids that hold your money in a mutual
fund look-alike, have a life insurance death benefit and offer
income-for-life guarantees.
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The New York Times, July 14th, 2009House Democratic leaders took a big step toward guaranteeing health insurance for most Americans on Tuesday as they unveiled a bill that detailed how they would expand coverage, slow the growth of Medicare, raise taxes
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Dallas Star-Telegram, July 10th, 2009Nancy Morrow was angry that her parents paid tens of thousands of
dollars in long-term-care insurance premiums, but when her parents
needed care, CNA Insurance Companies refused to pay.The family hired a senior advocate
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Insurance News Net, June 30th, 2009Early this
year the woman overseeing the 401(k) plan for a rural Oregon company
gathered her 25 colleagues together to hold an election. At stake:
whether to continue paying AIG an annual 1.25% of assets to manage
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The National Center for Policy Analysis, May 27th, 2009Many people assume Medicare will cover most of their health care
costs when they retire, and that Medicaid, the health care program for
the poor, will cover them if they need nursing home care.
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The New York Times, May 11th, 2009One of the most contentious issues in the Congressional debate over
health care reform is over whether to create a new public plan to
compete with private insurers. Senator Charles Schumer of New York is
making strenuous
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The New York Times, May 11th, 2009Re “Schumer Points to a Middle Ground on Government-Run Health Insurance” (news article, May 5): Republican “moderates” who oppose the public option in President
Obama’s health care reform plan are concerned that insurance
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The New York Times - April 1, 2009
EARLY this year, Barbara Plumb, a freelance editor and writer in New York who is on Medicare, received a disturbing letter. Her gynecologist informed her that she was opting out of Medicare. When Ms. Plumb asked her
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