Health Insurance
Lucky number seven for Jelf employee benefits
Jelf Employee Benefits had seven successes at the Health Insurance magazine Intermediary awards last week: winning in four categories and being highly commended in...
Young adults can remain on parents’ health cover until 26 (U.S.)
New legislation means that parents can keep their children on their individual or group health insurance plans until they are 26 years old, regardless...
Study : Western diseases spread to developing world
Chronic illnesses like obesity and diabetes, generally seen as "Western", are making worryingly rapid inroads in the developing world, health experts warned at a...
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,...
Short news : Bulgaria names new health minister
Bulgaria's government named a top official from the doctors' union as its new health minister Thursday, just as the union was preparing to take...
Report : McDonald’s may drop health care
US fast food giant McDonald's may drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement, The...
Short news : Bulgarian health minister quits amid funding row
Bulgarian Health Minister Anna-Maria Borisova quit Wednesday after a disagreement with the prime minister over how to handle an insurance fund crisis that has...
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...
Short news : canned sandwiches
If you thought 'fast food' couldn't get any quicker than McDonalds, meet "Candwich," the brand-new sandwich in a can. In August, Mark One Foods...
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...
Hannover Re : life reinsurer company of the year
Having already been honoured on multiple occasions in the past as "Reinsurance Company of the Year", Hannover Re has now been crowned "Life Reinsurance...
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...
ERGO in Korea’s insurance market
ERGO, Europe’s 12th-largest insurance company entered the Korean market in 2008 by buying a 65 percent stake in Daum Direct Auto Insurance Co., an...
Study : Children’s health at risk from non-prescription drugs
Many parents give their children too large or frequent doses of non-prescription medicines for fever, coughs and colds, putting their health at risk, according...
Health : Concerns as obesity surgery soars in Britain
British health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss...
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...
Trip to Mars could leave crew dangerously weak
If a human ever sets foot on Mars, will it be a giant step or an exhausted shuffle? Long-term space flight so weakens fitness...
BP to fund mental health in oil-hit Gulf states
BP announced Monday 52 million dollars in funding for health groups dealing with stress and depression in four southern US states hit by the...
Health: New Zealand still experiencing ‘significant’ swine flu
New Zealand is still experiencing a significant level of swine flu, health authorities said Wednesday, despite the World Health Organization's declaration that the global...
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