health care
Aon Hewitt : Survey Reveals Growing Shift in How Employers Intend to Offer Health Care Benefits in the Future
In the wake of unprecedented health care market changes and rising health care costs, new survey findings from Aon Hewitt reveal that the way...
Research from Jelf Employee Benefits : companies looking for more from healthcare
48% of companies will be considering new initiatives to engage, retain and reward staff in the next 12 months, according to research carried out...
US insurer Aetna announces acquisition of Coventry Health Care for $7.3 billion
The US insurance giant Aetna will acquire managed health care company Coventry in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion, the two companies announced early...
Spain : modifies sensitive immigrant health law
Spain will modify a controversial plan to deny public healthcare to undocumented immigrants, maintaining care while billing their country of origin where treaties allow,...
U.S. : John Roberts ‘wrote both sides of US health care ruling’
Chief Justice John Roberts flipped late in the game on the Supreme Court ruling on "Obamacare" and ended up writing both the majority opinion...
Spain : no more health benefits for illegal immigrants
Spain takes pride in its universal health care but Europe's debt crisis has spurred tough budget cuts that will bring sometimes life-saving treatment for...
Medicaid patients half as likely to survive cancer in the U.S.
Cancer patients on Medicaid, a US public medical cover, survived less time than people with private or no insurance, new data shows.
The research, which...
Aon Hewitt : employees expect more from employer’s health plan
New research revealed by Aon Hewitt, The Futures Company and the National Business Group on Health, shows that employees expect more from their employers’...
Canadian health-care costs should rise
If Canadians truly want a public health care system that's sustainable, they're going to have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for...
Study : 59 million in US lack health insurance
In the first quarter of 2010, some 59.1 million people in the United States reported having no health insurance for at least part of...
US health care : Obama admits big political hit from reform
In his first major interview since a mid-term electoral drubbing, US President Barack Obama conceded he had taken a bigger political hit than expected...
Research : does Competition benefit health insurance subscribers?
Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field.
How does competition work in the...
Appointment : John Willet is Aon Risk Solutions new national industry practice leader
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corporation, today announced that John Willett, most recently managing director for Aon’s New England...
Study : Health care blamed for US slump on global longevity scale
Life expectancy is shorter in the United States compared with other wealthy nations because of its health care system -- and not obesity, smoking,...
Justice : US lawmakers OK health coverage for 9/11 rescue workers
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation covering health care costs for rescue workers and volunteers sickened as a result of the September...
Good to know : college health plans are failing students in the US
On Thursday, the first big pieces of the new health-care overhaul took effect. Among other things, the rules mandate that insurance companies offer coverage...
US health care : Obama back to defend reform
President Barack Obama was back defending his historic health care reforms Wednesday, as key elements of the unpopular law came into effect despite Republican...
Report : 7 percent rise in health premiums in the U.S.A.
US health insurance premiums for individual, group or other policies rose 7 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, even as the number...
Study / U.S. : medical programs report 5 million children not insured
It is estimated that five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid (medical care to the poor, to children and...
Sweden opens inquiry into suspect flu vaccine
Sweden's Medical Products Agency opened an inquiry Wednesday into vaccinations for swine flu made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, suspected of provoking narcolepsy.
"The MPA...
