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• UnitedHealth to Insure the Right to Insurance

  The company will sell the right to buy an individual health policy in the future even if you become sick. Posted Dec 02 2008, 07:04 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Health Insurance and Managed Care, UnitedHealth Group|UNH|NYSE

• New Medicaid Rules Allow States to Set Premiums and Higher Co-Payments

  A new federal rule is expected to lower costs for federal and state governments, but public health experts predict that the higher charges may keep some from seeking treatment. Posted Nov 26 2008, 11:24 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Medicaid, Health Insurance and Managed Care, States (US)

• Foundation Starts Health Policy News Service

  The Kaiser Family Foundation is seeking to fill a niche left by the decline of the traditional news media. Posted Nov 23 2008, 09:56 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Nonprofit Organizations, News and News Media, Kaiser Family Foundation

• Studies Say Private Medicare Plans Have Added Costs, for Little Gain

  The studies were issued as President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats take aim at the plans and consider cutting the payments they receive. Posted Nov 23 2008, 02:26 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Presidential Election of 2008, Medicare

• Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India

  The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery. Posted Nov 22 2008, 12:36 AM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Surgery and Surgeons, Health Insurance and Managed Care, India, Wellpoint Inc|WLP|NYSE

• Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition

  The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return. Posted Nov 19 2008, 08:35 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation

• AARP Orders Investigation Concerning Its Marketing

  After a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of some of its popular health insurance products. Posted Nov 18 2008, 09:57 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Advertising and Marketing, Health Insurance and Managed Care, AARP

• Americans Skip Care

  More than half of Americans with chronic health problems skip pills and doctors’ appointments because of their costs, according to a new survey. Posted Nov 17 2008, 09:25 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: United States, Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care

• Cuomo Investigating Colleges’ Deals With Health Insurers

  The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students. Posted Nov 16 2008, 11:25 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Colleges and Universities, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Georgetown University, Cuomo, Andrew M, Columbia University, State University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College

• Employers Offer Workers Fewer Health Care Plans

  Many workers are finding that the buffet of options in their medical plans has been trimmed to a very short menu. Posted Nov 14 2008, 09:51 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: United States Economy, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Senator Takes Initiative on Health Care

  Without waiting for Barack Obama, Senator Max Baucus will unveil a blueprint to guarantee health insurance for all Americans. Posted Nov 11 2008, 11:45 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Baucus, Max

• Some G.M. Retirees Are in a Health Care Squeeze

  To conserve cash, General Motors will cut lifetime health care for management retirees at the end of this year. Posted Nov 09 2008, 10:14 PM by NYT > Business Filed under: Layoffs and Job Reductions, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Automobiles, General Motors Corp|GM|NYSE, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• Getting Tough: Deported in a Coma, Saved Back in U.S.

  Antonio Torres’s case illustrates the haphazard way that the health care system handles uninsured immigrants. Posted Nov 09 2008, 11:56 AM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Hospitals, Immigration and Refugees

• Getting Tough: Deported in Coma, Saved Back in U.S.

  Antonio Torres’s case illustrates the haphazard way that the American health care system handles uninsured immigrants with major health problems. Posted Nov 08 2008, 10:02 PM by NYT > Health Filed under: Medicine and Health, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Hospitals, Immigration and Refugees

• Obama Team Weighing What to Take On in First Months

  Aides said the question was whether they could tackle health care, climate change and energy independence at once or needed to stagger these initiatives over time. Posted Nov 08 2008, 04:00 PM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home Filed under: United States Economy, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Obama, Barack, State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)