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Health Costs In the News
With continually rising costs for health care services and health insurance, the American Health Association is devoted to helping Americans expand their health and well-being while saving substantially on the costs that are not covered by insurance.
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| March 2, 2004 |
Inquiry Finds Sharp Increase in Health Insurance Schemes
The New York Times
Federal investigators said Tuesday that they had found a sharp increase in health insurance scams by unlicensed companies that offer cheap coverage, collect millions of dollars in premiums from consumers and small businesses, but then refuse to pay claims. In a new report, the General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress, said that every state had been affected by the insurance schemes. In many cases, it said, policyholders discover that they have been defrauded only after they incur large medical bills, which their health plans will not pay. |
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| March 2004 |
Safeguard Your Health
Fitness Magazine
In the age of managed care, keeping accurate records is more important than ever. Learn useful information to keep your medical records at your fingertips. |
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| January 29, 2004 |
Consumers Need Health-Care Data
The Wall Street Journal
Health-care ratings data still aren't widely used and aren't changing consumer behavior such as how to choose health-care services, and how to figure out if your care your doctor before surgery or treatment. |
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| January 24, 2004 |
U.S. Steps Up Effort Against Drug Imports
The New York Times
A second "blitz" inspection by federal drug and customs officials of medicines imported from Canada has found that nearly all of the almost 2,000 packages opened contained foreign versions of American pharmaceuticals that officials said might not be safe. Five of the packages contained Serevent, an asthma medicine made by GlaxoSmithKline that had been recalled in Canada because of a manufacturing defect. People in the United States who ordered the drug from Canada "probably got that defective product and weren't notified," said Tom McGinnis, the Food and Drug Administration's chief pharmacist. |
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| September 10, 2003 |
Employees Pay 48% More for Company Health Plans
The New York Times
People in employer-sponsored health plans are paying 48 percent more out of their own pockets for care than they did three years ago, according to an authoritative new study, and the cost will be even higher next year. Almost two-thirds of large employers raised the amounts that employees are contributing to the cost of their health plans this year, and 79 percent say they will do so again in 2004, according to the study, by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. |
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| July 31, 2003 |
American Homeowners Association (AHA) Renews and Expands Marketing Agreement with iVillage
Yahoo Finance
iVillage Inc., a leading women's media company and the number one source for women's information online, and American Homeowners Association (AHA)®, the nation's #1 member-based homeowner organization, today announced a renewed and expanded marketing relationship. Under the new agreement, AHA will market to iVillage visitors several subscription services of interest to women. |
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| September 30, 2002 |
After Decline, the Number of Uninsured Rose in 2001
The New York Times
The number of Americans without health insurance rose to 41.2 million last year, an increase of 1.4 million, and small businesses accounted for much of the erosion in coverage, the Census Bureau said today. The proportion of the population without insurance also increased, to 14.6 percent in 2001, from 14.2 percent in 2000, the bureau said. |
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| September 29, 2002 |
Janitors in the Boston Area Are Threatening to Strike
The New York Times
Boston is the latest battleground for Justice for Janitors, a nationwide union crusade that has resonated with the public more than any other labor effort over the last decade. The campaign seeks higher wages, health insurance, full-time jobs and respect for a largely invisible, largely immigrant work force - one that works at night, cleaning toilets, vacuuming rugs and emptying wastebaskets. |
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| September 6, 2002 |
Health Coverage Down As Costs Rise
Forbes.com
Health insurance premiums are spiraling out of control, forcing many employers to pass on more of the costs or to cancel insurance plans altogether. |
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| September 6, 2002 |
Small Employers Severely Reduce Health Benefits
The New York Times
Although most large employers still offer health benefits, fewer small companies are providing coverage. Forty-five percent of employers with three to nine workers now offer no health benefits, up three percentage points from 2001, the Kaiser Family Foundation said yesterday in its annual report on employer-based insurance. That translates into almost 150,000 more workers and dependents without insurance. |
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| June 11, 2002 |
Study Finds Inefficiency in Health Care
The New York Times
Warning that a surge in costs threatens to swamp the employer-subsidized health systems within a decade, a new study by a group representing large employers says that $390 billion a year is being wasted on outmoded and inefficient medical procedures. |
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