Topic: United States
BOSTON (Reuters) - For many years, Rebeccah Pearson, a retail store manager in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was among the state residents who had to forego medical insurance. "It was pretty much pay rent and eat, or go to the doctor. I chose the ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - For many years, Rebeccah Pearson, a retail store manager in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was among the state residents who had to forego medical insurance. "It was pretty much pay rent and eat, or go to the doctor. I chose the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official who helped lead President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will step down from the helm of the Medicare program after Republicans blocked his Senate confirmation for the job.Obama appointed Dr. Donald Berwick as U.S. government insurance ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The breakdown of deficit talks in Congress will exact little pain on the U.S. healthcare industry, but it's a temporary reprieve from steeper cuts that could be put back on the table in 2013.The failure of the congressional "super ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows.A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday."When extreme weather hits, we hear about the property damage and insurance costs," ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most elderly Americans covered by the government's Medicare insurance program will see a smaller-than-expected rise in their monthly premiums next year, health officials said on Thursday.Standard premiums for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, outpatient services and some ...
American retail giant Wal-Mart said it will no longer provide health insurance to new part-time US employees working less than 24 hours a week and charge more for workers who smoke.Wal-Mart, which has 1.4 million employees in the United States, will also ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Most Massachusetts residents want their state government to take action to reduce high healthcare costs that they blame on drug and insurance companies charging too much, a survey showed on Friday.Massachusetts has almost universal healthcare insurance coverage thanks to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Families with special needs kids can save up to a third of their out-of pocket medical expenses by having a so-called "medical home" coordinate the care for their child, a news study suggests.A medical home could be ...
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