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Almost Everyone Would Do Better Under the McCain Health Plan - Wall Street Journal
The McCain health-care insurance tax credit may well be one of the most misunderstood proposals of this presidential election. Barack Obama has been ruthless in his attacks. But the tax credit is highly progressive and will provide a powerful

Backgrounder: U.S. presidential candidates’ views on key issues - Xinhua News Agency
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are expected to have their showdown on Nov. 4, the election day, waiting for voters to judge their policies and stance on key issues, including economy, foreign

Election: Your health insurance at stake - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Both presidential candidates want to turn employer-sponsored health insurance on its head. A principal goal: to make sure more Americans get coverage. But in helping the 45 million uninsured, both Republican nominee John

Judge rips lawyers over excessive fees - Globe and Mail
Mr Ottawa from Canada writes: It would be absolutely amazing if a light went off in someones brain and the government stepped in and regulated and controlled the fees lawyers can charge their clients and locked them to a reasonable level. Doctors

A new plague for obese adolescents: Liver disease - Miami Herald
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s. The condition

Learn where the candidates stand on health-care issues - Kansas City Star
I will be 64 in December, and any thought of retiring anytime before age 70 has evaporated. Oh, I did save for retirement since I was in my early 20s, so no one can say I wasn t doing my part. But several factors lead me to my conclusion as to when

Increase affordable health for all - Detroit News
All Americans should have high-quality, affordable medical care that improves health, reduces burdens on families, and enhances doctor-patient relationships. Currently, 47 million Americans lack any health insurance (more than 1 million in Michigan

Small business owners excited about health program - San Francisco Examiner
Related Topics: HAGERSTOWN, Md. HAGERSTOWN, Md. ( Map , News ) - Sharpsburg auto repair shop owner Bryan Gabriel is excited about Maryland ’s new health insurance subsidy plan for small businesses. It means affordable coverage for him and his wife

Will McCain’s $5,000-Tax Credit Make Health Insurance Affordable? - eMaxHealth.com
Consumer-Directed Health Plans Encourage Preventive Care Future Medical Care Demands No Insurance Contingencies Firefighters Attack McCain’s Health Insurance Plan No Need For Dumbing Down On Health Insurance And Policy Physician Shortage Will Stop

Tightening reins on cost of healthcare - Boston Globe
With budgets being squeezed from all sides, nearly every community is looking to save money, particularly on big-ticket items like healthcare. But only some have taken advantage of a law enacted last year that allows cities and towns, as well as

Schwarzenegger to press Legislature to bolster unemployment fund - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved Friday to bolster the financial health of California’s nearly broke fund that pays unemployment benefits to the state’s jobless. The governor added the state’s unemployment insurance fund

An unfair, shameful proposal - Miami Herald
‘’G ay marriage'’ is not on the ballot in Florida. What is on the ballot is prohibiting the legal recognition of anything “that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof.'’ This is a vote to ban civil unions, domestic partnerships

Worry in TennCare insurer shift - Memphis Commercial Appeal
With only hours left before a critical deadline, it appeared all but certain that thousands of patients in the TennCare health insurance program will face many barriers if they want to receive care at the doctors’ offices and hospitals they use now

Buy in The Mansion on Peachtree, get your own doctor - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Talk about a selling point in a tough housing market: Buy a home and get a doctor who makes house calls. If, that is, you have a few million to spend. Along with butler and concierge service, spa and sauna, buyers who purchase homes at the new luxury

Sen. John McCain’s health-care plan helps fittest - Los Angeles Daily News
WASHINGTON - John McCain’s health plan would bring about a dramatic shift in how millions of people get health insurance coverage. He would let people shop around for plans offered by insurers in other states. New Yorkers could look to Alabama, for

McCain, Obama take different approaches to health-care fix - Greenville News
Both John McCain and Barack Obama agree the U.S. health care system is broken and in need of repair. But they share little in their approach to changing how the nation spends $2 trillion a year for health care that is not always the best in the world

Medicare officials hint at coming crackdown on growing insurance agent - Newsday
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health officials said Friday they will soon address growing concerns about the lucrative commissions that some Medicare insurers plan to pay their agents and brokers this year. In Medicare, the elderly and disabled can

The Election Choice: Health Care - Wall Street Journal
Editor’s note: As the election approaches, we thought readers might appreciate a summary of the differences between the two presidential candidates on the key economic issues. We’ll offer an issue a day, starting with health care: In few policy

Strategies: Keep an extra eye on receivables this holiday season - USA Today
This holiday season, I have an important warning for every small company that sells to large corporations, especially big retailers. Carefully watch how much they owe you, and do everything possible to collect before December 24. Why? Because I’m

Business start up advice from startups.co.uk - startups.co.uk
Startups.co.uk is your number-one online resource for starting a business. Whether you are a budding entrepreneur ready to start a business for the first time or you are an established entrepreneur looking to do it a second time, we have all the news

Northeast posts small September sales decline - San Diego Union-Tribune
NEW YORK Existing home sales in the Northeast dipped more than 1 percent in September from last year, while the median sales price in the region sank 5.4 percent to $246,800 the lowest level in four years, the National Association of Realtors

Their votes are their business - Concord Monitor
The top issue of the presidential election is obvious to small-business owners. Which candidate is best suited to turn around the economy is a more complicated question. Some small-business owners like the tax breaks and health policy Democratic

Women Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty - Blueridgenow.com
WASHINGTON Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, as women pay much more than men of the same age for individual insurance policies providing identical coverage, according to new data from insurance

US diabetes rate doubles over 10 years - Seattle Post Intelligencer
ATLANTA — The nation’s obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South, according to the first

Q & A: Erin Hoeflinger, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog
Erin Hoeflinger moved back to her home state of Ohio to take over as president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in February, but it has turned into a volatile time for insurers and those insured. Hoeflinger, 42, grew up outside of Dayton and has

Survey: 1 in 6 Florida children without health insurance - Miami Herald
With nearly 800,000 children without health insurance, Florida has the second highest rate of uninsured kids in the nation, according to a national survey released Thursday in Washington. Families USA, a nonpartisan healthcare consumer group, uses

Cigna’s Quarterly Net Drops 53% on Declining Stocks (Update2) - Bloomberg
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Cigna Corp. , the U.S. insurer that specializes in employer-sponsored medical benefits, said profit declined 53 percent on falling stock values tied to its annuities business and shrinking health-plan membership. Third-quarter

Aetna Signs Contract with Orlando Health Physicians - MSN MoneyCentral
Aetna AET announced today that it has reached agreement with the Orlando Health physicians group on a three-year contract renewal. Under the new contract, Aetna for the first time will have a direct contract with South Seminole Behavioral Specialists

Assurant swings to 3Q loss as investments deflate - Forbes
Assurant Inc., a specialized insurance provider, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter loss as the value of its investments dropped and hurricane-related catastrophe losses surged. New York-based Assurant reported a net loss of $111.4 million, or

Survey: 1 in 6 Florida children without health insurance - Miami Herald
With nearly 800,000 children without health insurance, Florida has the second highest rate of uninsured kids in the nation, according to a national survey released Thursday in Washington. Families USA, a nonpartisan healthcare consumer group, uses

Perils to prosperity - The Washington Times
Are Barack Obama ’s proposed tax increases adversely affecting our financial markets? We say yes, unambiguously. The senator has done a masterful job distracting attention from his tax increases with his $500-per-worker tax credit supposedly for 95

Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes - Forbes
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — Changing the rules about prescribing a clot-preventing drug made a difference in the lives of heart patients, a new Canadian study finds. When the Ontario health insurance system made it easier for doctors to

How Obama Would Change Health Care: Obama’s Approach Emulates - Washington Post
BOSTON — On the ninth floor of an office building just off the Boston Common , a group called Health Care for All runs a help line that, not long ago, got 40 calls a month. Today, the calls each month have swelled to 3,000, as people throughout

US hospitals may have to buy back $8bn in debt - Financial Times
US hospitals may be forced to buy back more than $8bn ( 5bn, 2bn) of debt as a result of turmoil in the credit markets, adding to their burdens just as a weakening economy is draining resources. The problem for the hospitals involves so-called

How Obama Would Change Health Care - Washington Post
BOSTON — On the ninth floor of an office building just off the Boston Common, a group called Health Care for All runs a help line that, not long ago, got 40 calls a month. Today, the calls each month have swelled to 3,000, as people throughout

Rep. Adam Putnam - The Ledger
Rep. Adam Putnam [R-Bartow] makes sure his staff is responsive to constituent’s needs. He supports lowering the cost of health insurance for our small businesses. He is a true conservative leader. He carefully examines and studies an issue before he

How McCain, Obama health plans stack up - Detroit Free Press
He wants consumers to have more choices and not be as directly tied to employer-provided insurance. To accomplish that, he would do two things: Employees who continue to get their health insurance from employers would pay income tax (but not Social

Deepening market penetration in W/A with micro insurance - Businessday Online
Insurance operators in Anglophone West African countries comprising Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia are taking a further step to boost insurance penetration in the region. They are in agreement that using micro insurance as a

Campaign Roundup: On the trail Oct. 28 - Kansas City Star
HARRISONBURG, Va. | Barack Obama seized upon comments by a top aide to John McCain about the Republican s health-care plan. This morning, we were offered a stunning bit of straight talk from his top economic adviser, who actually said that

Obama lambastes McCain’s health plan - San Jose Mercury News
HARRISONBURG, Va. Sen. Barack Obama seized upon comments by a top aide to Sen. John McCain about the Republican’s health-care plan, saying that they amounted to an “October surprise” at a boisterous rally in this Shenandoah Valley town. “This

Obama pounces on McCain aide’s remark about healthcare - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Harrisonburg, Va., and — Barack Obama on Tuesday seized on comments made by a top aide to rival John McCain about the Republican’s healthcare plan, saying they amounted to a different kind of “October surprise.” “This morning, we were

MVP Health Care Goes Live with ikaSystems Sales/Broker Portal - Businesswire.com
Rapid Implementation of Web-Based Quote to Card Technology Makes It Easier and Faster for Brokers to Sell MVP Insurance Products SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–In partnership with ikaSystems, MVP Health Care , a regional, not-for