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• Health Care Services Through Your Individual Health Insurance Plan

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 137
  An individual health insurance cover, simply stated, is an agreement between you and the insurance firm, aimed at protecting you against any financial constraints on account of a medical emergency. The one pertinent question you need to ask yourself is -what are the factors to be analyzed before deciding on an ...
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• Walk There! Guide for Portland Oregon

  
  Kelso's Corner — Authority: 124
  Matthew Hampton of Portland Metros GIS team put me on to his beautiful fitness + pretty maps guide walks for Portland, Oregon at NACIS. Its a collaboration with Kaiser HMO and was awarded best of show at ESRIs 2009 User Conference. Check out the legend and download route maps. Or buy a copy from Powells Books.
  2 days ago

• The Medical Advice That Almost Killed Our Baby

  
  Daddy Forever — Authority: 120
  Here’s the story behind our baby’s seizures and the medical advice that almost killed him. Early Halloween morning, baby threw up and had a fever. When my wife told me, I wasn’t alarmed. As a dad of four kids, I’ve had more than my share of kids with fever. Plus I had the baby all to myself from 10 pm to 1 am ...
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• What’s An HMO: Your Questions Answered

  
  The Eye — Authority: 143
  Q. What does HMO stand for? A. This is actually a variation of the phrase, “HEY MOE. ” Its roots go back to a concept pioneered by Moe of the Three Stooges, who discovered that a patient could be made to forget about the pain in his foot if he was poked hard enough in the eyes. Q. I just joined an HMO. How ...
  3 days ago

• Healthcare

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 134
  NYT Topics Health Care Reform ; HealthReform.gov We have arrived, I think, at a difficult point in human history. For millennia, before this moment in time, we had little knowledge of what to do to improve and sustain the health of human beings. We lived in ignorance. The average longevity of a person was ...
  5 days ago

• Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 647
  “Third leg is very controversial but we don’t shy from controversy on this show. It’s WellPoint, now what is WellPoint, WellPoint is the HMO that reported an absolute monster yesterday quarter. Earning $1.53 per share or $1.78 excluding one time items. 16 cents or 41 cents higher than the street...
  1 week ago

• Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

  
  The Razor's Edge — Authority: 132
  “Third leg is very controversial but we don’t shy from controversy on this show. It’s WellPoint, now what is WellPoint, WellPoint is the HMO that reported an absolute monster yesterday quarter. Earning $1.53 per share or $1.78 excluding one time items.  16 cents or 41 cents higher than the street was ...
  1 week ago

• Medical costs finally see the light of day, thanks to new Web sites

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 719
  Filed under: Saving Money , Shopping , Technology , Health , Economizer , Insurance-health Advocates for lower cost health care have for some time argued that arming consumers with data about the costs of medical procedures would help drive down prices. Insurers, however, have kept a tight lid on what they ...
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• Sick Bodies: Health Care and the Body-As-Machine

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 141
  Nothing gets a person thinking deeply about health care faster--it turns out--than being home sick with something that started out looking an awful lot like H1N1. I am newly-insured, and my policy is partialy subsidized by my part-time employer. As a working writer and teaching artist, I am rarely in a position to ...
  1 week ago

• Doctor’s Group Issues Letter Warning Patients About Government-Run Health Care Plans

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  Editor’s Note: As Congressional leaders — and I use that term loosely — consider measures that will put government in charge of the nation’s health care system, I feel compelled to share the “Letter to Patients” below from the group, Docs 4 Patient Care . Dear Patient: Every physician takes an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Doctor’s Group Issues Letter Warning Patients About Government-Run Health Care Plans

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 556
  Editor’s Note: As Congressional leaders — and I use that term loosely — consider measures that will put government in charge of the nation’s health care system, I feel compelled to share the “Letter to Patients” below from the group, Docs 4 Patient Care . Dear Patient: Every physician takes an ...
  2 weeks ago

• United HealthCare Rebranding PacifiCare Name – Moving Patients to United Plans

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  It has been 4 years and the process is finally taking place with the rebranding after the purchase of PacifiCare by United.  As this article reads it appears that patients need to re-apply to select a plan from United HealthCare they feel would best suit their needs.  No word on whether or not the costs remain the ...
  2 weeks ago

• PPO Health Insurance Not Making All Consumers Happy

  
  Health Insurance Blog — Authority: 423
  Consumer Reports recently came out with a survey about consumers and their satisfaction with their current health insurance plan.  This is according to the article “Health Plans Get Only So-So Reviews” on the Washington Post’s website. The survey’s findings were based on responses from 37,481 readers who ...
  3 weeks ago

• Massachusetts Update

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 564
  Couple fined : Must pay Massachusetts $1,000 fine because IBM’s health insurance is not generous enough. Premiums double : for former health care speechwriter for Edwards, Obama and Clinton: For the first time in my life, I am without health insurance and it is a terrible feeling… In D.C., I had a policy with a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Miracle Baby: Mother Successfully Battles for Right to Deliver Healthy Baby Despite Terminal Cancer

  
  Hawaii Right to Life — Authority: 134
  Commentary by Georgia Froncek October 16, 2009 Editors note: Georgia Froncek, a veteran pro-life sidewalk counselor from California, has agreed to publish her experiences with a cancer-stricken woman who was nearly coerced by her insurance company into aborting her child in order to obtain treatment. LONG BEACH, ...
  3 weeks ago

• On Physician Bonuses

  
  Medical Executive-Post @ Healthcare Financials.com — Authority: 133
  Money and Incentive Pools By Brent A. Metfessel; MD, MSSome Managed Care Organizations [MCOs] use medical provider profiles to allocate funds to the top-performing physicians. The MCO may give additional bonuses or preferential allocation of incentive pool funds to providers that perform well on particular ...
  3 weeks ago

• ObamaCare Debate: Freedom vs. Oppression

  
  Big Government — Authority: 798
  On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation:  “That on the 1 st day of January, in the year of our Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be ...
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• Health Insurance Over the Years

  
  Personal Blog of Justin Germino — Authority: 125
  I have worked for a variety of companies over the years that have offered health plans, though I have never had to look for a private Health Insurance plan I still take the care and carefully review all the HealthCare options my companies have provided. I work for big companies so often there are 4 or more HealthPlan ...
  3 weeks ago

• What are the Factors to be Analyzed Before Deciding on an Individual Health Insurance Policy?

  
  Mindmasterclass dot Com: Health and Medical Blog — Authority: 118
  An individual health insurance cover, simply stated, is an agreement between you and the insurance firm , aimed at protecting you against any financial constraints on account of a medical emergency. The one pertinent question you need to ask yourself is - what are the factors to be analyzed before deciding on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cheaper Home Owners Insurance — Pay Less With These | Health …

  
  Compare Home Insurance Rates — Authority: 151
  Motion-sensitive lighting lowers your home’s risk of burglary and, therefore, helps you get lower home insurance premiums. Burglars generally don’t like to operate in any environment they could be easily seen or caught. … Continue here: Cheaper Home Owners Insurance — Pay Less With These | Health …
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