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Employer-Sponsored Coverage
The most common way that Americans get health insurance coverage is through their employer. Federal and state laws have provided employees numerous consumer protections.
Individual Health Insurance
Individual health insurance policies may be an option for people who do not have access to job-based coverage. Some states offer individual coverage to all persons regardless of their health status.
Health Care News
Could Medicaid up flu shots to poor kids?| | Mon, 18 Oct 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study hints that higher Medicaid reimbursement rates could help get more poor kids vaccinated against the flu. |
Crime group charged in $100 million Medicare fraud| | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of people alleged to be members of an Armenian-American crime group were charged in federal court on Wednesday with what prosecutors said was the country's largest single Medicare fraud, involving at least $100 million in false medical claims. |
Online health services need tighter rules| | Tue, 12 Oct 2010 LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Online health information and disease-risk tests can mislead, confuse and create needless anxiety, and governments should do more ensure the people who use them know what they are buying, UK experts said on Tuesday. |
Humana, Walmart unveil low-cost Medicare drug plan| | Fri, 01 Oct 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc and Walmart will team up to offer a U.S. Medicare prescription drug coverage plan next year that will have the lowest premiums in the country, the companies said on Friday. |
Health reform to worsen doctor shortage| | Fri, 01 Oct 2010 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare reform law will worsen a shortage of physicians as millions of newly insured patients seek care, the Association of American Medical Colleges said on Thursday. |
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