Faced with a choice between higher insurance prices or exercising, people who were obese enrolled in and stuck with Internet-tracked walking program for a year. Continue reading
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April 26, 2013
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U.S. health insurance survey: 84 million people were uninsured for a time or underinsured in 2012
84 million people — nearly half of working-age US adults — went without health insurance for a time last year or had out-of-pocket costs that were so high relative to income they were considered underinsured. Continue reading
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ERs have become de facto psych wards
Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency department waste thousands of hours of physician time, given that most requests for authorization are ultimately granted. A new study… Continue reading
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How the insurance industry can help fight climate change. Or not!
Last month, I posted about how the insurance industry could help fight climate change. Well, maybe I was too optimistic. Continue reading
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New insight into how people choose insurance plans
A new paper suggests that forecasting the likely spending reduction associated with high deductibles requires a fine-grained approach, to account for the differing ways consumers respond to incentives in the health-care market. The research indicates t… Continue reading
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How insurance industry can help fight climate change
Jim Malewitz at Stateline reports on the role the insurance industry can help reduce loses by addressing climate change. Continue reading
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The high cost of climate change inaction (VIDEO)
From oysters to insurance, our inaction on climate change is already costing businesses and taxpayers in the United States billions, each year. Continue reading
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Record number of U.S. children covered by health insurance in 2011
A record number of U.S. children were covered by health insurance in 2011, mostly due to substantial increases in the enrollment rates of public insurance, according to new research. Continue reading
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U.S. Healthcare: State action on Affordable Care Act’s 2014 health insurance market reforms
Only 11 states and DC have passed laws or issued regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act’s major reforms that go into effect in 2014 — including bans on denying health insurance due to preexisting conditions, minimum benefit standards, and li… Continue reading
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Disparities exist in kidney transplant timing
African Americans and individuals without private health insurance are less likely to receive a kidney transplant before needing dialysis. Geographic region is not a major factor in determining whether a patient receives a kidney transplant before star… Continue reading
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Are You Working from Home Illegally? Better Check Your Insurance
An increasing number of people are working out of the home, but haven’t adjusted their insurance policies to match their lifestyles. Are you one of them? Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 10, 2013
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Unemployment benefits not sought by jobless
Employment insurance is a vital safety net for the unemployed across North America, yet some take advantage of the system. Recent headlines have made much of a recent report from the US Department of Labor that 11 percent of all unemployment benefits w… Continue reading
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Affordable Care Act’s impact on uncompensated care
The decision by several states not to expand Medicaid health insurance for the poor may create unintended cuts for hospitals that provide uncompensated care, according to a new study. Continue reading
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A fresh take on texting while driving, which you shouldn’t
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Traffic laws in the US (and certainly elsewhere) are pretty much a joke in my experience. Openly flouted and seldom enforced. It’s a matter of math, I guess: &… Continue reading
November 23, 2010
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Four steps to reduce diabetes risk
Half of all Americans may be diabetic or prediabetic by 2020, a report from an insurance company warned Tuesday. That’s an even bleaker projection than the Centers for Disease Control’s recent estimate that one in three Americans would have diabetes by 2050. Continue reading
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