"Health insurance uk is a consumer guide for obtaining and keeping various types of health insurances like medical health insurance, student health insurance, travel insurance, car insurance, pet insurance,dental insurance etc." http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/index.html en-us Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0530 David Thompson and Rebeccah Wassner each earned their third victory in the 5-year history of the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon yesterday. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/thompson_wassner_win_philadelphia_insurance_triathlon.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0530 If federal efforts to reform the U.S. health care system fall short, Wisconsin should be ready to implement its own plan for universal coverage, a former state budget director says. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/advocate_state_should_have_health_plan_ready.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0530 Officials in many countries say their governments are too cash-strapped to offer some form of health insurance to their citizens. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/mexicos_pilot_health_insurance_plan_gets_high_marks.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0530 President Obama has rightly called for sweeping health care reform and charged Congress with coming up with a program. Expect a tough political fight. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/a_public_plan_for_health_insurance.html Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40:04 +0530 By and large, the chance to change insurance plans came and went for many people several months ago. But new employees of companies offering healthcare get a second chance to choose a plan that best suits them in terms of coverage and cost. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/how_to_decide_on_a_company_health_plan.html Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40:04 +0530 BEIJING — China announced Wednesday that it intended to spend $123 billion by 2011 to establish universal health care for the country’s 1.3 billion people. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/china_announces_subsidies_for_health_care.html Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40:04 +0530 IN a sign of the growing public clamor for a solution to the state’s ailing health care system, more than 1,000 residents packed a downtown meeting space here Tuesday night as a new universal program that promises to cover 98 percent of Connecticut residents by 2014 was unveiled. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/hartford_hears_health_care_proposal.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 The civic administration has tabled a proposal before the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee to implement a health insurance scheme for those living in slums and those below the poverty line (BPL). http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/pmc_proposes_health_insurance_scheme_for_the_poor.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Health insurance coverage will be expanded next year to pay for expensive types of surgery benefiting more than 200,000 patients, the Bureau of National Health Insurance announced yesterday. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_coverage_to_include_more_types_of_surgery.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 One out of 10 children in Alaska has no health insurance, according to a new report by a national organization for health care consumers. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/19000_alaska_kids_lack_health_insurance.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it would support a health care overhaul requiring insurers to accept all customers, regardless of illness or disability. But in return, the industry said, Congress should require all Americans to have coverage. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurers_offer_to_accept_all_applicants_on_condition.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 MIAMI (CBS4) ― The tough economy may be forcing you to cut back on your family's healthcare coverage, but it doesn't have to. CBS4's Gwen Belton shows you how you might benefit from a specific type of health insurance. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/4_your_money_buying_your_own_health_insurance.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 COLUMBIA - Although some 700,000 Missourians don't have health insurance, some that do have insurance still experience problems. Those with health insurance are often fighting an uphill battle with finding the best plans http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_continues_to_be_big_issue.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Important problems we face as a national community are little discussed during this election campaign. Here are two quotes from recently published sources that bear serious thought: http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/these_are_contrasting_ideas_on_health_insurance.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Infomercial king Billy Mays, known for screaming about the wonders of cleaning solutions Kaboom!, OxiClean, and other household products, is now starring in a commercial for what he calls "the most important product I've ever endorsed. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/is_low_cost_health_insurance_worth_it.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 If you listen only to presidential campaign rhetoric, you might conclude that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama proposed bold new changes for our health-care system, while John McCain is offering only small improvements. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/mccain_is_the_radical_on_health_reform.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Government is delaying the mandatory National Social Health Insurance Scheme for another year at a time when National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is first tacking the scheme for all its members. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/govt_postpones_health_insurance_scheme.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 We are awash in health-care proposals. President Bush has one. So does California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Democratic Sen. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/lets_not_hide_health_costs.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Some executives at California health insurance providers paid themselves handsomely while their companies were raking in more than $4.3 billion in profits in the last year. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/study_calif_hmos_raked_in_4B_in_profits.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 A newly introduced cover is forcing a rethink of premiums charged for medical insurance in the country, as more players seek to extend the intake below the traditional upper middle class niche. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/new_plan_for_low_cost_insurance_launched.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 How far would you go to land or keep affordable health insurance? http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_extreme_matrimony_edition.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 THE flight from private health cover will be double that predicted by the Rudd Government. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/exodus_will_be_double_the_prediction.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 The other day I finally got around to filling out a bunch of forms which hopefully will result in reimbursement of out-of-pocket medical expenses incurred while waiting for my COBRA benefits to get straightened out from the recent change in insurance carriers my former employer instituted. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/baby_boom_the_answer_to_dilemma.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Just a few months after the governor's state health-reform proposal collapsed, it appears California voters liked his idea by a landslide. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/voters_feel_let_down_on_health_care_plan.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 STRASBURG – What the Brigham family does have is each other, even though they have lost a lot. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/few_options_for_the_uninsured_to_get_health_care.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Bank of America Corp. (BAC) said Thursday it will consolidate health and insurance benefits under one carrier; give most plan participants new, company- funded health-care accounts to pay for out-of-pocket medical expenses; and offer improved financial support for new parents, child care and ongoing education starting next year. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/bank_of_america_to_consolidate_health_insurance_benefits.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 After reading my article "The Art of Complaining," in which I mention that Aetna incorrectly rejected one of my claims, reader David Porinchak wrote U.S. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_denial_compounds_grief.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 WASHINGTON — Health care insurance is key to a family’s financial security, perhaps second only to a paycheck. For the vast majority of workers, medical coverage comes through an employer. But more employers, particularly smaller ones, say it is too expensive to provide health insurance for workers. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/securing_coverage_its_nasty_out_there.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 Lawmakers in several states are limiting insurers' ability to cancel health policies for consumers who buy their own coverage. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/states_act_to_protect_individual_health_insurance_coverage.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 he funding will help Opportunity International's subsidiary, the Micro Insurance Agency, greatly expand its insurance products to the poor in Africa, Asia and Latin America and will enable the world's first stand-alone microinsurance agency to enter 11 new countries and provide life, health and crop insurance to 21 million poor people by 2012. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/develop_and_provide_life_health_and_crop_insurance_for_21_million_poor_people.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 As presidential candidates push their plans to makeover the nation's health-care system, some of America's largest employers presented their own suggested fix Wednesday. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/big_business_backs_health_insurance.html Sat, 17 Jan 2009 2:24:04 +0530 The European Commission wants people to have the right to health care across the EU if they are entitled to receive it in their own country. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_care_across_europes_borders.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 A WOMAN will be denied free National Health Service treatment for breast cancer if she seeks to improve her chances by paying privately for an additional drug. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/nhs_threat_to_halt_care_for_cancer_patient.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Britain's insurance lobby redoubled its efforts to force the Government into a long-term plan to manage flood risk today as the likely bill for the summer's torrential rain damage rose to £3 billion. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/cost_of_uk_summer_floods_rises_to_%A33bn.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 When you choose to travel, you take the risk of lost luggage, flight cancellations, reservation cancellations, theft and many other situations which may cause anxiety. Planning a vacation is stressful enough without having to worry about something going horribly wrong. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/why_buy_travel_insurance.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Holidaymakers who don’t shop around for travel insurance could end up spending twice as much as they need to. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/how_to_get_the_cheapest_travel_insurance_every_time.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Taking out annual travel insurance rather than just for short trips is becoming more common, according to Halifax. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/halifax_annual_travel_insurance_growing_more_popular.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 This is one made-to-order device that everyone will love to have: the cellphone. If you are a music lover, why not have a phone which can hold more songs rather than heavy graphics. http://www.mobilephoneshopuk.net/news/custom_made_mobile_phones_to_suit_your_choices.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Kara Gammell guides you through the labyrinth of insuring your family vehicle for that motoring trip to France, whether on a quick wine run or summer holiday. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/motor_insurance_keep_your_car_covered_when_you_cross_the_channel.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 As graduates filed into the Mondavi Center for UC Davis commencement exercises last week, many chatted about what's possibly their last carefree summer before new careers limit them to two-week vacations. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_gap_puts_grads_to_the_test.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Cheryl Suydam may forever refer to it as that darned sock. And, no, it had nothing to do with the mending or stitching of the footwear. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/pet_insurance_holders_a_rare_breed_no_more.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 The recent merger announcement from Highmark Blue Cross of Pittsburgh and Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia has both patients and health-care professionals from throughout the state considering if the union will be a blessing or curse. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_insurance_mergers_are_cause_for_examination.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Nearly 1-in-7 New York residents lack health insurance, and the numbers would be far higher if government-provided coverage had not expanded, statistics and interviews show. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/region_faces_gap_in_health_insurance.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Health insurance for pets and companion animals can be almost as confusing as human health insurance, but it also can come in handy - particularly for an animal owner whose companion develops a major medical condition. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/pet_health_insurance_gains_ground_in_north_america.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 WASHINGTON - After more than two years of negotiations, a diverse group of business, consumer and health care organizations will announce a plan on Thursday to dramatically reduce the estimated 47 million Americans without health insurance. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/groups_lawmakers_devise_proposals_on_health_insurance.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose that all Californian children, including those in the state illegally, be guaranteed medical insurance as part of the healthcare overhaul he intends to unveil next week, according to officials familiar with the plan. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/gov_to_seek_insurance_for_all_children.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 There has been growing recognition in the international community that health should be considered a human right, but much less attention has been paid to the ensuing legal obligation to provide international assistance, says a team of authors from Médecins Sans Frontières, led by Gorik Oooms. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/do_we_need_a_world_health_insurance_to_realize_the_right_to_health.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 DOHA • The insurance industry in the country is putting pressure on the authorities concerned to raise the motor insurance premium to help them meet increasing overhead costs. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/call_to_raise_motor_insurance_premium.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 One of the biggest issues facing freshman state Sen. Ronda Storms is the property insurance crisis. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/sen_storms_addresses_rising_property_insurance.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Instead, differences in screening tests and surgical treatment may be part of the reason blacks have lower survival rates than whites, Hispanics and Asians, according to the report in the Dec. 21 online issue of Cancer. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/insurance_doesnot_cure_health_care_disparities.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Insurance giant Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance, which owns brands such as Direct Line, Churchill and Privilege, has admitted that it is starting to increase premiums, following an earlier move by Norwich Union, which increased rates by 40%. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/uk_car_insurance_to_be_hit_by_rising_costs.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 The 52-year-old self-employed newsletter publisher has limited health insurance options for him and his wife, so he signed up for coverage through the Clarence Chamber of Commerce. He's already been stretched thin by past premium increases for his health insurance, which now costs $1,800 a quarter. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/health_costs_clobber_small_firms.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 For several years, employers have whittled the annual growth rate in their total health-benefit costs by embracing new types of insurance plans, by redesigning plans and by shifting more costs to employees. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/employers_seek_ways_to_control.htm Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 Recent Press release from China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) reveals that the total premiums collected by insurance companies in China increased by 14% to RMB 470 billion as at the end of October 2006. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/boom_of_health_insurance.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 ALTOONA -- Those concerned about their health waste no time getting health insurance for themselves and their families. But how about for a family's favorite pooch? http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/pet_health_insurance_becoming_more_popular.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530 BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's social insurance system covers 6 percent more Chinese annually in recent years, said Tian Chengping, the Minister of Labor and Social Security here Saturday. http://www.healthinsuranceuk.org.uk/news/social_insurance_system_covers_6_more_chinese_each_year.html Mon, 03 nov 2007 11:50:04 +0530