Collapse costly for Ironman competitor
Penticton Western, Canada - Aug 30, 2006… McGuigan had considered purchasing travel medical insurance before he left Australia, but learned it doesn t cover travellers if they participate in extreme …
Source: www.pentictonwesternnews.com

The good, bad and ugly of insurance
Daily News & Analysis, India - Aug 29, 2006Vakil needed no special care. The hospital had simply resorted to the well-worn practice of overcharging a patient if he has medical insurance. …
Source: www.dnaindia.com

Legislator eager for next step
Catonsville Times,  United States - 4 hours ago… prescription drug coverage to seniors. More than 46 million Americans lack medical insurance, she said. “I have seen every version …
Source: news.mywebpal.com

Christian Scientists Chafe Under New Health Care Law
Beliefnet.com, NY - Aug 28, 2006… have had a change of heart if they later seek medical care after an injury or illness sets in, and soon would be required to carry medical insurance, like it …
Source: www.beliefnet.com

Patients need choice not mere guarantees
Canada Free Press, Canada - 10 hours ago… brought by Dr. Jacques Chaoulli to laws forbidding Quebec residents from purchasing a full range of private medical services and private medical insurance. …
Source: www.canadafreepress.com

Patients Caught In Middle Of Messy Health Insurance Negotiation
TheDenverChannel.com, CO - Aug 28, 2006… If the two do not come to an agreement, patients with United Health Care medical insurance would not be able to go to the Health One hospital. …
Source: www.thedenverchannel.com

Medical tourism can fetch Rs.100 bn annually by 2012
DailyIndia.com, NY - Aug 30, 2006… have any form of health insurance. ‘We hope there will be a massive surge in medical insurance in the next five years,’ he said. …
Source: www.dailyindia.com

Gordon: Medicare Part D refunds sent by mistake
Daily News Journal (subscription), TN - 9 hours agoBy JOHN CALLOW. A mistake in Washington is causing confusion for many Middle Tennessee seniors who are enrolled in the Medicare Part D program. …
Source: dnj.midsouthnews.com

US Attorney Reports Four Guilty in $24 Million Medicare Billing …
Lawfuel (press release), New Zealand - Aug 29, 2006… News Network - An Orange County man who was one of the ringleaders of a large-scale durable medical equipment ( DME ) scheme that defrauded Medicare out of …
Source: lawfuel.com

‘Medicare should be affordable to poor’
News Today, India - Aug 30, 2006Deserving rural students aspiring for medical education should be given incentives by the governments, said Sushil Kumar Shinde, Union Minister for Power. …
Source: newstodaynet.com

Medicare rules, rates hurt elderly
Anchorage Daily News, AK - Aug 30, 2006Medicare in Alaska is broken. The federal program … will treat them. The Daily News asked Alaskans to share their Medicare experiences. …
Source: www.adn.com

Medicare Mishap Sends $50 Million to Recipients
All Headline News - Aug 24, 2006Washington, DC (AHN) - A Medicare computer mishap accidentally sent the wrong information to 230,000 people. The incident gave recipients …
Source: www.allheadlinenews.com

Basic medical care would save money: report
Scientific American - 4 hours ago… The report tracked Medicare patients hospitalized for pneumonia, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, heart attack, hip and knee replacement and heart failure …
Source: www.sciam.com

Chronic illnesses drive rise in Medicare costs
Oxford Press, OH - Aug 24, 2006ATLANTA Almost all of the massive growth in Medicare spending from 1987 to 2002 can be traced to patients being treated for five or more chronic medical …
Source: www.oxfordpress.com

Officials Say PhRMA Funded U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Ads Touting
Medical News Today - In a second statement, Johnson said that as a result of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, “millions of Medicare patients who previously had no prescription drug coverage are now benefiting from substantial discounts negotiated by Medicare drug

Nevadans must repay ‘mistake’ by Medicare
Las Vegas Review Journal - The refunds were for several months’ premiums Medicare recipients had paid for their prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Those funds were not supposed to be sent, but due to a computer error, some 230,000 Americans received either a

Prescription for trouble
Hutchinson News - said it’s important for individuals to consult their physicians regarding all types of medications, whether prescription, over With Medicare Part D, there are now some insurance companies paying pharmacists to help customers by going over their drug

PCMA: Average Georgia Pharmacist Income Rises Almost 13 Percent from
TMCnet - enjoy “high salaries and good job prospects,” and that employment of pharmacists is expected to grow “faster than average through 2014,” due in part to “coverage of prescription drugs by a greater number of health insurance plans and Medicare.” (see

Government is not up to task of Medicare reform
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - August 30, 2006) In response to the Democrat and Chronicle editorial “Cut Medicare costs” (Aug. 23): You increases on the order of $30 trillion to meet our current benefits under the program. (An increase in the Part D prescription

Is Bush’s Brain Shrinking?
Slate - Perhaps the best recent example of paint-by-number politics was the Medicare prescription drug bill. One prominent Hack, Tom Scully then an assistant secretary at HHS, later a health care lobbyist allegedly threatened to fire Richard Foster, a

Springfield to discontinue Canadian drug program 
WRGB - Aug 24 7:57 PM
(Springfield, MASS - AP) - The first city in the nation to offer employees prescription drugs from Canada is ending its program. The Republican newspaper of Springfield reports the city is preparing to switch to a state-run program.Save to My Web

Your hurricane kit 
St. Petersburg Times - 9 minutes ago
Here are some basic items you’ll need to stock your hurricane kit.Save to My Web

In Tomorrow’s Paper 
EdmontonSun.com - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Skinny jeans are the new low-rise. Jennifer Parks gives you the latest in back-to-school fashion.Save to My Web

FDA broadens sales for Plan B 
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Aug 25 3:06 AM
WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that the Plan B morning-after pill can now be bought without a prescription by women 18 years and older.Save to My Web

Prescription discount deal reached 
The Sacramento Bee - Aug 25 3:03 AM
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats announced Thursday they have agreed on a plan to force drug companies to offer discounts for low- and middle-income Californians who do not have health insurance.Save to My Web

Morrision bio boxes 
Montana Standard - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Name: John Morrison. Office sought: United States Senate. Political party: Democrat.Save to My Web

Reader views 
Eastern Arizona Courier - Aug 25 3:45 PM
It is amazing how so many Americans have been duped by Corporate America into opposition to trial lawyers. Today, Americans have been divided into two economic camps of Corporate America and lower-middle-class hourly workers.Save to My Web

Landmark New Orleans hospital operates in department store 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 12:25 AM
In a makeshift hospital room steps from a former lingerie department, nurse Sheri Pellagalle comforts a man who tried to kill himself.Save to My Web

Two circus units still use train for travel 
The Longview News-Journal - Aug 26 9:04 PM
QUESTION: Does the Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus still travel from city to city by train?Save to My Web

Caught in drug plan’s ‘hole’ 
The Sacramento Bee - Aug 24 1:08 AM
Retired nurse Elaine Murrill of Roseville starts to cry when she talks about the $3,000 she needs to pay for prescriptions not covered by Medicare’s new drug plan.Save to My Web

ATTIRE 
The Myrtle Beach Sun News - Aug 27 12:15 AM
Cooler looks may burn your chances in an interview. “The way you look and carry yourself will send subtle signals to a prospective employer, which can improve or derail your chances for making the cut,” said Richard Bayer, COO of the Five O’Clock Club. “It’s even trickier during the summer, when lighter, more casual attire is ubiquitous.”Save to My Web

FDA eases limits on morning-after pill 
Inside Bay Area - Aug 24 11:56 AM
Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription but only with proof they’re 18 or older, federal health officials decided Thursday.Save to My Web

FDA Grants OTC Status to Barr’s Plan B(R) Emergency Contraceptive 
RedNova - Aug 24 8:49 AM
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today said that the U.S.Save to My Web

Obituaries 
East Brunswick Sentinel - Aug 25 4:02 AM
Nina Celona Bugnikos Mrs. Bugnikos, 41, of Milltown, formerly of North Brunswick, died Aug. 10 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a former employee of Milltown Pharmacy. Surviving are her husband, Tony Bugnikos; a daughter, Deanna Bugnikos, at home; her parents,Save to My Web

Is nationalized health care terminal?
WorldNetDaily - Brian Day, a Vancouver surgeon and one-time supporter of state medicine, who is now an outspoken critic of Canada’s “Medicare” system. In fact, he runs the largest private clinic in the country, offering an array of surgical procedures to people

A System Bloated With Waste American Prospect : Reform Of Employer
CBS News - the question that way, it turns out that taxpayers bankroll 51 percent of the nation’s $2 trillion health care bill: this includes paying for private insurance for public employees (accounting for 6 percent of total health care spending), Medicare

Governor, Democrats close to deal on drug discount plan
Biloxi Sun Herald - The program also would cover those in the so-called Medicare “doughnut hole.” Medicare recipients whose annual drug bills have exceeded $2,251 have to pay out-of-pocket for their drugs until they reach $5,100 in annual drug costs. Speaking at a

Take Charge Of Your Future
WFTV - Unlike traditional health insurance (including Medicare), which mainly covers medically necessary care to help those who are sick or disabled recuperate, long-term-care insurance kicks in when a policyholder suffers from a chronic condition and needs

Computer glitch throws off Part D
Independent Record - BILLINGS (LEE) A government computer glitch that sent erroneous refunds to more than 200,000 Medicare beneficiaries has some senior citizens worried their health benefits will be cut off. There s nothing to be concerned about, a spokesman for

Health Care Providers to Delay Payments
All Headline News - Providers who take care of elderly and disabled people will get paid in full after Oct. 1, when the new budget year begins. By delaying the payments, the government is moving $5.2 billion in Medicare expenses to next year’s budget, rather than this

Shares of CardioDynamics decline
San Diego Union-Tribune - CardioDynamics shares tumbled yesterday after the San Diego company announced that Medicare would not pay for an expanded use of its technology for detecting blockages of the arteries through a noninvasive procedure. The Centers for Medicare and

New health care campus named
Middletown Journal - MIDDLETOWN There is a new name for a new era in health Sorg Opera House being sold for $250K New health care campus named What do people think of the hospital’s new name? Narron not afraid to talk about Reds’ postseason plans ‘We’re going to

Gubernatorial candidate health care plans
Middletown Journal - Reds rally past Giants, catch Cards in Central Miami students face zero-tolerance rules United Way braces for loss of AK’s pacesetter campaign Woman’s alleged web of deception keeps widening Geocaching scavenger hunt causes bomb scare Government

Humana Can Gauge Medicare Growth Next Year - Exec
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters) Aug 23 - Health insurer Humana Inc., which has so far enrolled the second-most people into new Medicare drug-coverage plans, should be able to gauge the success of its Medicare membership-growth strategy by the first half of next

Does your school have a health team?
Marion Star - On Sept. 6, the school health and wellness team is hosting a Health and Fitness Fair for the Ridgedale community to detail plans for the coming school year. A healthy dinner for any district resident will be provided. Exhibitors from the American

Business World
Rapid City Journal - Western Health, a Rapid City-based third-party for self-funded health plans and health maintenance organization administrator, received a number of awards at the third annual Service Industry Advertising Awards. Western Health s awards were in the

Nurses Strike Over Health Plan at Hospital in New Jersey
Herald Tribune - University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., went on strike yesterday morning in a contract dispute over what their health isnt a deductible as the hospital wants to call it, but a penalty, she said, adding that the union had found other plans

Progressive Health Plans Get A Boost
Insurance News Net - Aug. 23–WellPoint Inc. wants to make consumer-driven plans the next big thing in health insurance. The Indianapolis insurer on Tuesday announced plans to offer the plans to individuals and businesses of all sizes nationwide. Consumer-driven health

St. Lucie blacks’ AIDS/HIV rates highest in state
Palm Beach Post - Lucie County Health Department, said her department has not officially received the figures from the state health department in Tallahassee but that local health officials plan to meet with community leaders. “We hope the plan is not our plan,” Hall

The Charleston Gazette: Plan B
Charleston Gazette - Plan B Almost right The federal Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ended a shameful and needless delay in approving a to promiscuity or by prompting people to abandon traditional types of contraception, then there might be a public health

If flu pandemic hits, California likely first, so county prepares
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - It would disrupt the health-care system, the economy — all facets of life.” Officials from the governor’s office unveiled a plan to work with the 10 states along the U.S.-Mexico border –four in the U.S. and six in Mexico — to study the threat of a

Children’s Health News
LEX 18 - Man Dies After Falling Off Cliff At Red River Gorge Death Row Inmate Requests DNA Testing In 1990 Slaying Realignment Plan More from Healthscout.com: —– Health News Health Centers Health Encyclopedia Interactive Human

In the Garden
Fayetteville Observer - Rogers is charged with the overall herd health, but individual horses will have to fend for themselves in most cases, a practice endorsed by the management plan. “If it’s not life-threatening or not caused by man, then let nature take its course,” he

Gubernatorial candidate health care plans
Dayton Daily News - The Greene’s opening day has it all: Shoppers, festivities and protesters Lebanon woman gets 4 years for thefts Gubernatorial candidate health care plans Blackwell unveils five-point health care plan for Ohio Teen arrested in sex case is out on bond

Durbin unveils plan to educate more nurses
Belleville News-Democrat - Durbin unveils plan to educate more nurses BY SCOTT WUERZ News-Democrat EDWARDSVILLE - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday told Department of Health and Human Services found that in 2000, this country was 110,000 short of the number of nurses needed to

Public health insurance reaching more families
Press of Atlantic City, NJ - Aug 9, 2006… Child health insurance data for the entire nation is being released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to …
Source: www.pressofatlanticcity.com

Mayors pledge support for health insurance program
Sun.Star, Philippines - Aug 11, 2006SIX mayors signed pledges of commitment further assuring the implementation by 2007 of the Cotabato Health Insurance Program (Chip). …
Source: www.sunstar.com.ph

Decision might improve access
Santa Fe New Mexican, NM - 6 hours ago… Medicaid, the federal insurance program for the poor and some private health-insurance companies cover the prescription version of Plan B now. …
Source: www.freenewmexican.com

Health insurance advocates gather downtown
Chattanooga Times Free Press,  USA - Aug 22, 2006… sponsored by Americans for Health Care, a project of the Service Employees International Union. She said the group met in front of the insurance company s …
Source: www.tfponline.com

Insure Montana rule change provides more small businesses health …
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Aug 10, 2006… Auditor John Morrison announced this week that an additional 250 Montana small businesses could receive assistance with their health insurance through Insure …
Source: www.greatfallstribune.com

Record numbers sign for health insurance
The Age, Australia - Aug 14, 2006Record numbers of Australians are covered by private health insurance after an extra 150,000 took out a policy in the past year, Health Minister Tony Abbott …
Source: www.theage.com.au

CMS Issues Draft Decision to Continue Current Hypertension Coverage for CardioDynamics’ BioZ(R) ICG Technology 
Boursorama - Aug 24 10:21 PM
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CardioDynamics , the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced the draft coverage decision for high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The draft decision proposes continuing the current policy for coverage of ICG for resistant Save to My Web

Oops: Medicare recipients are sent drug-plan refunds, must repay them 
The Plain Dealer - Aug 23 4:47 AM
Washington- About 230,000 Medicare recipients are getting checks that erroneously reimburse them for monthly premiums they have paid for prescription drug coverage this year.Save to My Web

Addiction to doctors: gap trap 
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
PEOPLE in NSW see the doctor more than any other state, but they also pay more when their doctor charges a gap, new Medicare figures reveal. -Save to My Web

CMS Issues Draft Decision to Continue Current Hypertension Coverage for CardioDynamics’ BioZ(R) ICG Technology 
RedNova - Aug 24 11:48 PM
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CardioDynamics , the innovator and leader of BioZ(R) impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, today announced the draft coverage decision for high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Save to My Web

Medicare Asks For Public Input On Benefits Of Infrared Treatments 
WAVE 3 Louisville - Aug 23 1:54 PM
The clock is ticking for thousands plagued with peripheral neuropathy. Many people say the only relief from this painful condition is through infrared therapy, but Medicare is set to stop coverage of the treatment unless, as WAVE 3 Medical Reporter Lori Lyle explains, outcry from patients convinces the government otherwise.Save to My Web

Medicare ‘refunds’ have to be repaid 
The Wichita Eagle - Aug 23 11:18 PM
WASHINGTON — Don’t cash that check. The federal government erroneously reimbursed about 230,000 Medicare recipients for monthly premiums they paid this year for prescription drug coverage. For many, the checks have already arrived.Save to My Web

Medicare Erroneously Pays Patients $50M
KFMB - WASHINGTON — Don’t cash that check. The federal government erroneously has reimbursed about 230,000 Medicare recipients for monthly premiums they paid this year for prescription drug coverage. For many, the checks _ totaling nearly $50 million

Obesity Driving Medicare Costs Higher
Austin American-Statesman - TUESDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — The epidemic of obesity sweeping America is the prime culprit behind recent sharp increases in Medicare spending, researchers report. The reason: Older, heavier people are much more likely to enter the program

Bipartisans: Don’t Cut Doctors’ Medicare Payments
NewsMax.com - It will cost billions of dollars to override required cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, but the perennial stopgap move is necessary to ensure that patients receive the health care they need, lawmakers said Tuesday. For free access to this article

Chronic Illness Boosting Medicare Costs
Sci-Tech Today - The researchers conclude that Medicare premiums are bound to rise, along with the age of eligibility, and it’s possible that benefits could be cut. In the near future, Medicare will likely account for a bigger share of the federal budget, unless

Medicare Adds Nearly 14,000 Beneficiaries to Doctor House Call Project
Insurance News Net - WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Care Level Management announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have added 13,600 chronically ill beneficiaries to the demonstration project. Beginning September 2006 , the new

‘Data Processing Error’ Was a Medicare Slip-Up
Washington Post - When a program is as big as Medicare, even a little bureaucratic mistake can affect a lot of people. What Medicare chief Mark McClellan yesterday called a “data processing error” recently led the government to erroneously send 231,000 Medicare

Focusing on senior citizens
Baltimore Sun - A senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Cardin was author of legislation to expand Medicare to cover cancer screenings and to expand the amounts that Americans could save in 401(k) and individual retirement accounts. Last week, Cardin

Obesity Driving Medicare Costs Higher
Austin American-Statesman - TUESDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — The epidemic of obesity sweeping America is the prime culprit behind recent sharp increases in Medicare spending, researchers report. The reason: Older, heavier people are much more likely to enter the program

Medicare check is in the mail, but it needs to be returned
Detroit News - WASHINGTON — The federal government has erroneously reimbursed about 230,000 Medicare recipients for monthly premiums they paid this year for prescription drug coverage. For many, the checks — totaling nearly $50 million — have arrived. The refund

Humana Can Gauge Medicare Growth Next Year - Exec
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters) Aug 23 - Health insurer Humana Inc., which has so far enrolled the second-most people into new Medicare drug-coverage plans, should be able to gauge the success of its Medicare membership-growth strategy by the first half of next

Checks wrongly sent to Medicare clients
Seattle Times - About 230,000 Medicare recipients are getting checks that erroneously reimburse them for monthly premiums they have paid for prescription-drug coverage this year. The checks, which are sure to leave many beneficiaries confused, average about $215

Medicare error could mean extra money that must be returned
Shreveport Times - WASHINGTON — Thousands of Medicare beneficiaries are facing a pocketbook pinch because of what advocates for senior citizens say has become a chronic problem: computer glitches. About 230,000 beneficiaries may have found extra money in their August

Focusing on senior citizens
Baltimore Sun - A senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Cardin was author of legislation to expand Medicare to cover cancer screenings and to expand the amounts that Americans could save in 401(k) and individual retirement accounts. Last week, Cardin

Herald news … 100 years ago 
Grand Traverse Herald - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
A. Pohoral has opened a collection agency and insurance office in room 10 over the Hamilton Clothing Co. Mr. Pohoral will make all kinds of collections and plans to continue selling health and accident insurance.Save to My Web

Bush Signs Order on Health Care 
Washington Post - Aug 22 8:30 PM
MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 22 — President Bush signed a measure Tuesday ordering federal agencies to do more to inform beneficiaries about the cost and quality of their health-care services, which federal officials hailed as a major step toward bringing greater efficiency to the nation’s medical…Save to My Web

Aetna Statement in Support of Executive Order to Broaden Transparency in Health Care; First Insurer to Provide  
RedNova - Aug 22 6:25 PM
Aetna (NYSE:AET) today announced its support for the executive order on health care transparency signed by President Bush.Save to My Web

Health insurance premiums increase for city employees 
The Advocate - Aug 22 4:28 AM
NEWARK — The city council approved Monday an increase from 10 percent to 12 percent in the medical insurance premiums paid by non-union, non grant-funded city employees.Save to My Web

Career calendar 
The Indianapolis Star - Aug 22 11:52 PM
Job Fairs Sept. 5 Indianapolis Career Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, 350 W. Maryland St. Represented industries include accounting, advertising, health care, insurance, retail and sales. Call (317) 822-3500, or visit www.nationalcareerfairs.com.Save to My Web

Massachusetts Agency Proposes Health Care Premium Levels For Low-Income Residents 
Medical News Today - Aug 22 8:04 AM
The Massachusetts Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector, which is tasked under the state’s new health insurance law with determining what premiums are affordable for low-income state residents, is proposing that the state’s lower-income uninsured residents spend up to 6.6% of their income to purchase health coverage, the Boston Globe reports. [click link for full article]Save to My Web

No income requirement for small biz insurance program 
BizJournals - Aug 20 10:21 PM
If your business has fewer than 50 employees and you have not been providing health insurance to them for at least a year, the state of New Mexico has an offer for you.Save to My Web

Fitch Rates Clarian Health Partners (Indiana) $382MM Bonds ‘A+’; Affirms Outstanding Debt 
RedNova - Aug 22 6:23 PM
Fitch assigns an ‘A+’ rating to Clarian HealthSave to My Web

Hometown Health Plan Selects Dynamic Healthcare Systems’ HCC Quick Assessment to Meet Medicare Challenges 
[Press Release] PR Web - Aug 22 12:18 AM
Dynamics HCC Quick Assessment, designed to maximize revenue for Medicare Advantage Plans like Hometown Health Plan, allows Hometown Health Plan to meet current risk adjustment reimbursement requirements defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). (PRWEB Aug 22, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/SG9yci1DcmFzLVBpZ2ctVGhpci1JbnNlLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Mass. Weighs Low-Income Health Plan Payments 
Insurance Journal - Aug 21 7:11 AM
Low-income residents would pay between $10 and $100 a month for health care under draft regulations set to be reviewed by the board overseeing the state’s sweeping new insurance law. Under the draSave to My Web

CORZINE SIGNS LAW 
Home News Tribune - Aug 22 1:23 AM
EAST BRUNSWICK Gov. Jon S. Corzine yesterday signed into law the New Jersey Prescription Drug Retail Price Registry, which will allow consumers to comparison shop for the lowest-priced prescription medication.Save to My Web

Uninsured get safety net 
The Fort Collins Coloradoan - Aug 21 4:15 AM
At a time when one of six Coloradans is uninsured, and major career decisions can be made out of fear of losing one’s health insurance benefits, it’s comforting to know new options exist.Save to My Web

Caring for elderly relative isn’t just about money 
Eagle-Tribune Online - Aug 22 9:17 AM
Dear Abby: I just read the letter from “Perturbed in N. Carolina” (July 20) describing the living arrangements of her grandmother, who has chosen to live with her daughter. The arrangement she has for $600 to $700 a month, plus a few extra items, sounds like a steal to me.Save to My Web

State to compare drug prices online 
Press of Atlantic City - Aug 22 4:14 AM
TRENTON Soon you will be able to find the best price for your prescription drugs by logging on to a state-run Web site.Save to My Web

BusinessNorth Exclusives Hatch, Lourey battle for shot at Pawlenty 
BusinessNorth - Aug 21 8:55 AM
Minnesota State Senator Becky Lourey and Attorney General Mike Hatch are unlikely political rivals. Both prefer to talk more about unseating the incumbent governor, Republican Tim Pawlenty, than the Sept. 12 primary that pits them against each other.Save to My Web

Be Wary Of Risky Prescriptions
Evening Bulletin, PA - 13 hours ago… importance, but it only takes a few seconds to scratch out a prescription order (often illegible, among other problems). * HMOs and insurance companies have …
Source: www.theeveningbulletin.com

Mass. Weighs Low-Income Health Plan Payments
Insurance Journal, CA - 14 hours ago… two and three times the poverty level would be offered two insurance options, a lower … surgery to up to $40 for a month’s supply of prescription medication from …
Source: www.insurancejournal.com

Insurance costs likely to rise for county
Paris News, TX - Aug 15, 2006… to employees with less benefits but allows employees who use insurance less to … Prescription drug coverage remains at $5 for generic and $20 for preferred drugs …
Source: web.theparisnews.com

Medicare Advocates Question CMS Tip Sheet on Drug Program’s Donut …
SeniorJournal.com, TX - Aug 18, 2006″Many health insurance plans have limits on how much they will cover for prescription drugs, and Medicare drug plans are no different.” This sentence is the …
Source: www.seniorjournal.com

Residents save money on prescription drugs
News 10 Now, NY - 4 hours ago… whether you have health insurance or not. A new discount card developed by county legislators will help lower costs of medical services and prescription drugs. …
Source: news10now.com

A New Breed Of ‘Diet’ Pills
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago… wanted to drop a few pounds, a friend with an Adderall prescription offered her … To begin with, the drugs can be expensive, and insurance companies typically don …
Source: online.wsj.com

Getting Affordable Health Insurance - Get Your Priorities Right
Best Syndication, CA - Aug 17, 2006… For some people they face a monthly burden of prescription drug coverage and for them finding affordable health insurance that offers savings on medications …
Source: www.bestsyndication.com

Ped Med: Antidepressant use needs watching
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 11 hours ago… ‘You can`t just write a prescription and see them in six months,’ he said. Yet, due in large part to restricted health-insurance coverage of such services …
Source: news.monstersandcritics.com

Prescription discount cards still available to Bossier Parish …
Shreveport Times, LA - 10 hours ago… An unlimited number of cards are available to parish residents, regardless of age, income or insurance coverage. … There s one prescription my family saved …
Source: www.shreveporttimes.com

Average Medicare Drug Benefit Premium To Remain Unchanged At $24 …
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Aug 18, 2006… March 2005 projected that the average monthly premium for Medicare prescription drug plans … next year, but some companies have modified the coverage they plan …
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

New laws target repeaters, molesters
SunJournal.com (subscription), ME - 19 hours ago… budget, such as funding to augment the federal Medicare prescription drug program … Health insurers must continue to provide coverage to dependent children who …
Source: www.sunjournal.com

Unwitting Part D subscribers can lose retiree health coverage
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Aug 13, 2006… that White likely didn’t even need Part D. She already gets prescription coverage, such as from the state’s Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program. …
Source: www.democratandchronicle.com

Venango launches discount drug program
Oil City Derrick, PA - Aug 16, 2006… Hazleton said individuals who do have a prescription coverage plan can still use the NACo card “to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan …
Source: www.thederrick.com

Donut Hole Adds to Medicare Part D Drug Benefits Confusion
Ergoweb, Utah - Aug 14, 2006… for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), argues that beneficiaries will have saved $1,500 in prescription drug costs by the time they reach the coverage gap. …
Source: www.ergoweb.com

Medicare recipients to hit gap in prescription coverage
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - Jul 23, 2006… to millions of Americans who never had drug coverage before.”. Rep. Fortney H. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who had opposed the Medicare prescription drug legislation …
Source: www.timesargus.com

New look at adult care rules
Charlotte.com - He and others in the industry say centers that house Medicaid patients can’t afford them. That could change in October, when a higher state-approved reimbursement rate for Alzheimer’s units kicks in. In recent months, several people with Alzheimer’s

Judge Rules Wal-Mart Healthcare Law Invalid
CRM Buyer - In Maryland, where state budget writers were looking for ways to rein in a US$4.6 billion annual Medicaid tab, the Wal-Mart law was seen as a way to encourage companies to keep employees off public rolls. It became law last winter when the Democratic

Lack of doctors getting worse
Olympian - About 90 percent of the 80 family doctors in Thurston County are closed to or limit new Medicare and Medicaid patients, according to The Champion Group, a Vashon Island-based consulting firm. About 84 percent of the 25 internists in Thurston County

Ohio to get $541K in settlement with GlaxoSmithKline
Columbus Business Journal - GlaxoSmithKline Plc will pay $541,000 to Ohio’s Medicaid program as part of a settlement resolving allegations the company inflated the average wholesale price paid by government health plans for certain prescription drugs. Glaxo (NYSE:GSK) will be

Caremark Medicare drug plan in top 10
Nashville Tennessean - is one of the nation’s top 10 providers of stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans, a government report said Thursday. SilverScript is ranked No. 9 among 63 prescription drug plans, according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Copyright 2005 Deseret Morning News
Deseret News - Experts say the aging population will have financial impacts on everything from the already cash-strapped Medicaid budget to the cells in prison, which remain overcrowded. Ron Stromberg, assistant director of the state Division on Aging and

C-Section Rate at All-Time High in U.S.
HealthCentral.com - by a 33 percent rise in the rate of repeat C-sections. The national bill for childbirth as a whole in 2003 totaled $34 billion, with hospital stays involving C-section delivery accounting for nearly half this amount — $15 billion. Medicaid — the

Business Right Now
KATC 3 - Bush says “unsustainable” growth in spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid can’t go on. He says Congress has to reform those programs. CHINA-APPLE COMPUTER Apple: mixed results from probe of China factory SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ Apple

A ‘hole’ lot of frustration / Gap in Medicare prescription drug plan leaves some seniors with a $2,850 surprise 
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 16 1:49 PM
Violet Lawton fell into the hole — the “doughnut hole” in Medicare’s prescription drug plan. The hole is a gap in coverage that Congress built into Medicare’s first-ever prescription plan. The gap requires most people with drug expenses over $2,250 to… Save to My Web

Mark Green: Losing our Democracy to the “New Authoritarians” 
HuffingtonPost - Aug 17 2:17 PM
With today’s federal court ruling that Bush’s domestic spying program is unconstitutional, here’s the first of a two-part commentary from Mark’s new book , Losing Our Democracy: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. ” Democracy can come undone. It’s not something that’s necessarily going to last forever once it’s been established. “– Save to My Web

African American And Latino Health Care Leaders Criticize Schwarzenegger’s Use Of Medi-Cal Patients As Bargaining Chips  
Medical News Today - Aug 18 12:06 AM
African American and Latino healthcare leaders gathered today in Los Angeles to protest GovernorSchwarzenegger’s California Rx proposal and the negative consequences itwill have on the state’s Medi-Cal patients. The leaders are troubled thatCalifornia Rx will restrict access to prescription drugs for the state’spoorest and sickest patients. [click link for full article]Save to My Web

Medicare drug-plan cost stable Post a comment  
Akron Beacon Journal - Aug 16 6:44 AM
Seniors and some disabled Americans who enrolled in Medicare prescription drug plans this year probably will pay the same amount for equivalent benefits next year.Save to My Web

Welch calls for Medicare reform 
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Aug 16 12:02 AM
MONTPELIER — U.S. House candidate Peter Welch said Tuesday that Congress must overhaul the new Medicare prescription drug plan, making it less expensive for the nation’s senior citizens and taxpayers. … - By Wilson Ring Associated PressSave to My Web

Prescription payment help is available 
The Warren Reporter - Aug 17 9:19 PM
Some 1,200 people in Warren County could be eligible to receive help paying for Medicare prescription drug coverage, but have yet to apply for the program that provides it.Save to My Web

Kean brings campaign to Millville 
Daily Journal - Aug 18 3:04 AM
MILLVILLE — The name was familiar — but the face likely was not — for many of the people who turned out Thursday to meet Thomas H. Kean Jr.Save to My Web

Ohio hospital system settles suit filed by Toronto-area …
CBC News, Canada - 8 hours ago… financial statements and will have no effect on current finances or its recently announced $1.2-billion expansion plans, said a statement from the health system …
Source: www.cbc.ca

Kaiser to offer HSA in California
Bizjournals.com, NC - Aug 15, 2006… individuals, employers and their employees, Kaiser said, along with other tools and services including HSA-qualified high-deductible health plans, the CarePay …
Source: www.bizjournals.com

In Business Q and A Ted DeCorte, president of the Clark County …
In Business Las Vegas, NV - 13 hours ago… People just look at health plans as being very vanilla. … It is my belief that cost shifting is what you see in a lot of these consumer driven health plans. …
Source: www.inbusinesslasvegas.com

State Policy Makers Taking Action To Drive Improvements in …
Yahoo! News (press release) - Aug 16, 2006… eHI engages multiple stakeholders, including clinicians, consumer and patient groups, employers, health plans, healthcare IT suppliers, hospitals and other …
Source: biz.yahoo.com

The Medicare Drug Dilemma: Part 1
Motley Fool - 19 hours ago… In this example, say that you live in a state that offers two health plans. Plan 1 is available for an annual premium of $30. It …
Source: www.fool.com

Michigan Association of Health Plans Honors Three Outstanding …
Yahoo! News (press release) - Jul 25, 2006… Three major awards in the health care industry were presented at the 21st Annual Summer Conference of the Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) on July …
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Edmonton’s Capital Health plans e-records upgrade, scheduling …
ITBusiness.ca, Canada - Jul 27, 2006… Edmonton’s Capital Health, which is affiliated with the University of Alberta and one of the country’s largest health regions, provides integrated health …
Source: www.itbusiness.ca

Crossing for Care
Brownsville Herald, TX United States - Aug 12, 2006… Springfield served on the legislative committee that studied binational health plans, along with state senators and local health officials. …
Source: www.brownsvilleherald.com

Morning-after pill could be available without a prescription
University Daily Kansan - Food and Drug Administration is considering making the emergency contraceptive drug Plan B available without a prescription to Plan B costs $20 including the required pregnancy test at Watkins and is covered by insurance companies on a case

Detroit Area Meetups
Detroit Free Press - Purchase all of your insurance from the same company to get a discount. 70. Cut your cable television down to basic. 71. Go to an optometrist for routine vision tests or to change an eyeglass prescription. 72. Buy pre-owned toys and children’s books at

PharmaCare’s Aggressive Outreach Successfully Shifts 95% of its
MSN MoneyCentral - The company helps large employers, managed care organizations, insurance companies, unions and government agencies provide safe, cost effective prescription drug coverage for millions of Americans. PharmaCare’s comprehensive offerings include

A practice from the past
Sentinel & Enterprise - compounding laboratory at Westminster Pharmacy, which means that he mixes chemicals himself, following a doctor’s prescription Insurance companies make it cheaper for patients to

Doyle proposes tax break for health care: Under plan, workers who help
TMCnet - He has pioneered a way to order cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, signed into law a 100% tax deduction for employees whose companies offer no health care coverage and asked the Legislature to ensure every child has health insurance, Canter said

Workers at Catholic Healthcare West reach tentative deal
Contra Costa Times - It calls on the hospitals to provide paid dental and vision insurance and to refrain from increasing prescription drug co-payments for the retirees. The health care plan also features guaranteed access to an employer-provided Medicare supplement plan.

Pharmacist arrested on fraud, theft counts
Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - Aug 11, 2006… W. Rastocky of La Crescenta faces 22 counts of insurance fraud, identity … Attorney’s Office investigated Rastocky, a pharmacist at Lombard Pharmacy, 2230 Lynn …
Source: www.venturacountystar.com

Bitter pill from prescription plan
Chicago Tribune, United States - Aug 16, 2006… But when she went to the pharmacy to pick up her monthly heart medicine on June 15, Hanson still had no insurance card. She had …
Source: www.chicagotribune.com

ACS Signs $19.9 Million Healthcare Contract With South Carolina
dBusinessNews Dallas (press release), TX - Aug 14, 2006… TPL) insurance verification, benefit recovery, and health insurance program administration … solutions and child health programs to pharmacy benefits management …
Source: dallas.dbusinessnews.com

Kindred Healthcare Provides Additional Guidance Supporting Its …
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - 13 hours ago… a willing tenant from taking advantage of aggressive insurance restructurings employed … LTACHs and nursing centers incur costs for pharmacy and rehabilitation …
Source: www.genengnews.com

Fiserv Customer Centered Solutions Implements InformEnt for …
Business Wire (press release), CA - 7 hours ago… lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation, the insurance premium finance … Fiserv Health provides health plan management, pharmacy benefits management and …
Source: home.businesswire.com

Illinois : Illinois Gov. Blagojevich urges the FDA to approve Plan …
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Aug 10, 2006… and providing information on where to file a complaint with the state if a pharmacy violates that right. … Contraceptive Equity in Health Insurance Act: In …
Source: www.allamericanpatriots.com

10 stolen HCA computers contained patient, doctor, worker records 
49 ABC News Topeka - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Ten computers containing critical information on Kansas patients and doctors have been stolen from the Hospital Corporation of America.Save to My Web

Medicaid problem a bipartisan issue that won’t be solved quickly 
djournal.com - Aug 14 6:12 AM
JACKSON - Medicaid has been a nonpartisan pain in the political posterior for Mississippi governors in recent years.Save to My Web

Whig.com 
The Quincy Herald-Whig - Aug 17 2:23 PM
Chuck Scholz has withdrawn from the 93rd District House campaign due to a life-threatening illness. Scholz, surrounded by family and friends, made the emotional announcement at his home on Thursday afternoon. He has been diagnosed with an autoimmunity disease that has damaged his liver.Save to My Web

Fletcher challenges GOP critics to run against him 
Louisville Courier-Journal - Aug 17 12:18 PM
Responding to calls to end his re-election campaign, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Thursday that his GOP critics should formally to run against him if they don’t think he can be re-elected. Lt. Gov. Steve Pence said Thursday in an interview with The Courier-Journal that Fletcher, his former running mate, cannot win a second term unless he quickly regains support of the state Republican Party. And Save to My Web

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AccessNorthGA - Aug 17 3:01 PM
DISCLAIMER: AccessNorthGa.com nor parent company, Jacobs Media Corporation, guarantee the accuracy of the Survey Question results other than that they reflect the choices of the users who participated.Save to My Web

Feingold listening session in Park Falls mirrors others in state on war; questioners thanked for information 
Park Falls Herald - Aug 16 11:34 AM
PARK FALLS — A listening session by U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold at Park Falls City Hall Thursday, Aug. 10, attracted enough people concerned about the war in Iraq to focus much of the sessions attention on that issue, but Feingold did a lot of listening on issues of Medicare, Medicaid, public health and national health insurance coverage as well.Save to My Web

RxUSA / Rxusapbm Pharmacy Offers Programs To Help Nassau And Suffolk County Seniors And Medicaid/Dual Eligible  
PharmiWeb - Aug 15 4:46 AM
( EMAILWIRE.COM, August 15, 2006 ) Washington, NY — RxUSA / RxUSApbm, Inc. and its sister Pharmacy, , located at 81 Seaview Boulevard in Port Washington, NY, announced the implementation of 3 programs to help reduce drug costs for Nassau and Suffolk County Senior Citizens and those who are Medicare/Medicaid Dual-Eligible.Save to My Web

Recreational results 
Poughkeepsie Journal - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
Veith Electric 11, Planet Fitness 0 Fred Newswanger led Veith to an upset of the top seed in the playoffs, throwing a three-hitter. Newswanger and Rick Rassin each had two hits for the winners.Save to My Web

Florida drug price website adds medications 
Miami Herald - Aug 08 9:52 AM
It many cases it’s not the prescription drugs you take, but where you buy them thatdetermines how much you pay. For instance, a month’s supply of 30mg capsules of the prescription medication Adderall, meant to treat attention deficit disorder, cost around $62 at Citrus Health Network pharmacy in Hialeah, but $178 at Continental Pharmacy in Little Havana.Save to My Web

U.S. legislators bring hot issues to Nashville meeting 
Gallatin News Examiner - Aug 13 9:10 AM
Thousands of state legislators from around the country will converge in Nashville starting Monday for an annual gathering that will address some of the most pressing public policy issues faced by government leaders including some that Tennessee has been wrangling with.Save to My Web

U-A seeking more funds for medical, pharmacy school expansions 
KVOA Tucson - Aug 11 7:53 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. The University of Arizona’s initial budget request for next year again focuses on money for key faculty retention along with funds for medical and pharmacy school expansions in Phoenix.Save to My Web

Anacortes American - GoAnacortes.com 
Anacortes American - Aug 16 8:21 AM
_Welcome to Anacortes American Online! Fidalgo Island Walk-In Clinic opened Tuesday, March 14 at 1500 Commercial Ave. People can be seen at the walk-in clinic without an appointment.Save to My Web

An e-prescription for Medicaid
FCW.com, VA - Aug 13, 2006States are beginning to incorporate clinical information technology into their Medicaid systems, but the nation s broadest health care program is by no means …
Source: www.fcw.com

Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States
New York Times, United States - Aug 13, 2006Medicaid relies on federal and state money to pay for health care for more than 50 million people, among them Evelio Martinez of Florida. WASHINGTON, Aug. …
Source: www.nytimes.com

Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States
New York Times, United States - Aug 12, 200612 The White House is clashing with governors of both parties over a plan to cut Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes that care for millions of …
Source: www.nytimes.com

Medicaid contracts approved
Nevada Appeal, NV - Aug 9, 2006… Human Resources Director Mike Willden said the two contracts will provide Medicaid services to more than 170,000 people who are eligible in Nevada - “primarily …
Source: www.nevadaappeal.com

WellPoint unit gets Indiana Medicaid pact
MarketWatch - Aug 4, 2006… from the Indiana Family Social Services Administration to supply health-care benefits to 535,000 enrollees in the Hoosier Healthwise Medicaid managed care …
Source: www.marketwatch.com

Upcoming benefit will help North Port twins
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Aug 14, 2006… 27. The Morleys have exhausted conventional methods like health insurance and Medicaid, and many costs fall back on the family. …
Source: www.sun-herald.com

Bell makes fact-finding trip to Cameron Park
Brownsville Herald - that the community s most pressing needs include acquiring funds for street paving, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting, plus providing medical health care for children, low-income housing, helping families that do not qualify for Medicaid but

Exclusive Reports
Atlanta Business Chronicle - for GSU [Friday] Concurrent Computer annual loss widens [Friday] Lenders grant Novelis extensions [Friday] Verso Technologies continues to chip at loss [Friday] BeltLine Partnership names exec. director [Friday] Some doctors facing problems with Medicaid HMOs

CareSource says it created post for Pero
Dayton Daily News - CareSource, Ohio’s largest Medicaid managed health care plan, also is considering whether to consolidate workers into a $51 million office tower to be built at Main Street and Monument Avenue. The growth of the company springs from a new state

Medicaid transport to change
1960 Sun - KINGSTON - The county’s medical transportation system will soon see changes when the Ulster County Area Transportation Department begins determining the appropriate mode of transportation of social services Medicaid recipients in about two weeks

Health Officials Say Cost of Treating Illegal Immigrants Too High
WVLT - TennCare, the state’s expanded Medicaid program that covers about 1.2 million state residents, does not provide entitlement benefits to illegal immigrants. But federal law requires TennCare to reimburse hospitals for the emergency care they provide to

Oakwood could lose right to receive Medicaid funds
Lexington Herald-Leader - FRANKFORT, Ky. - The state’s largest center for mentally retarded adults will soon learn if it will lose federal Medicaid funds. Plagued by citations and allegations of abuse, Communities at Oakwood faces a 30-day review expected to start Sept. 9 to