Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Hundreds of thousands of young adults are taking advantage of the health care law provision that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents’ health plans, some of the nation’s largest insurers are reporting. That pace appears to be faster than the government expected. WellPoint, the nation’s largest [...]

United States (KaiserHealth) – Fed up with the unpredictable cost of health insurance for his small business, Mike Sarafolean last year made a dramatic change: Instead of picking a plan to offer workers, he now sends them to a “private exchange” or marketplace where they compare and choose their own insurance. And the amount his [...]

Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Most people would agree that donating an organ to someone in need is a selfless act. There’s no medical upside in giving up one of your kidneys or part of your liver, lung or pancreas. It’s a risk people take so that someone else — often but not always [...]

AHN News Staff Tunis, Tunisia (AHN) – Weeks after the popular people uprising ousted Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power and forced him to flee to Riyadh with his family, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi’s interim government on Sunday formally asked Saudi Arabia to extradite the deposed man. “The government acted following a [...]

Baptist Health boosts income 140% View full post on Insurance Stories

The Star Tribune looks at the fortunes of a psychiatric hospital which is opening a psychiatric hospital in Maple Grove next month despite having an earlier proposal shot down quickly in 2008. A shareholder of Prairie St. John, whose 2008 proposal was criticized by the Dept. of Health as unnecessary and never even made it [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Prime Minister David Cameron pushed Monday for more public service reforms, particularly in the areas of healthcare, education and peace and order. On top of the coalition government’s reform agenda is the abolition of primary care trusts and health authorities and the turn [...]

Employees say their bosses are guilty of the “Seven Deadly Sins,” especially laziness and pride, and their sins are having negative effects on employees’ productivity and health. In recent years, … View full post on Insurance Stories

The Hawaii Medical Service Association is saying on its website that its hospital contract offer to Hawaii Pacific Health has been rejected. View full post on Insurance Stories

The Hawaii Medical Service Association is saying on its website that its hospital contract offer to Hawaii Pacific Health has been rejected. View full post on Insurance Stories