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The U.S. Census Bureau has released the results of a survey showing employer-provided health care coverage is falling both nationally and in Minnesota. The numbers, based on the bureau’s Current Population Survey for 2008, underscore the need for President Obama and Congress to enact reform [...]
While health insurance coverage is not affordable for millions of Americans, it is even less affordable for people with certain conditions such as obesity. However, some health insurance providers may give discounts on premiums if you pledge to stay active and improve your health.
One of the largest growing health concerns in the United States is [...]
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Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Last week Michelle Obama gave a powerful speech explaining why health insurance reform was a woman’s issue. Her arguments were subsequently dramatized by a telling exchange between Senator John Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, and Senator [...]
My hat is off to Max Baucus. He’s produced a credible plan to make health care both a right and a responsibility of all Americans while beginning to rein in health spending in a way that is politically acceptable to a majority of Americans. In many ways it is the most robust proposal so far [...]
In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers is pressing for state constitutional amendments that would outlaw a crucial element of the health care plans under discussion in Washington: the requirement that everyone buy insurance or pay a penalty.
Approval of the measures, the lawmakers suggest, would set [...]
Who is covered by employee-provided health insurance?
Most Americans — 162 million — get health insurance through their employers. Sixty percent of employers offer health benefits, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. Generally, employers subsidize the cost of the insurance, but workers share the [...]
Health insurance for cancer patients can be a battle. People with cancer must often wage two battles: They fight to regain their health and to get what they deserve from their insurance plan. Here, advice from cancer organizations, advocacy groups and survivors about how to get the most out of your coverage so you’ll be assured [...]
As Congress struggles to move forward with an overhaul of health care, people are focusing on what it might mean to them. Many are concerned and confused, judging by the flood of reader questions I got after last week’s Healthy Consumer column on the possible consumer impact. For an overview of the bills in Congress, [...]
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Speaking to members of AARP, the advocacy group for senior citizens, President Obama said today that Medicare benefits could be at risk without reform.
“We all know right now we’ve got a problem that threatens Medicare and our entire health care system,” the president said. “Unless we act, within a decade, the Medicare trust fund will [...]
The recession is taking a toll on many U.S. children, especially the poor and uninsured, according to a survey of 1,471 parents and their children.
The poll, conducted in the United States last May, found that 44 percent of families’ financial circumstances worsened in the previous six months, forcing them to spend less on extras (65 [...]
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Doug Fieger, leader of The Knack passed away last Sunday of cancer at the age of 57. Doug had battled cancer for several years and told the Detroit News in January that “I’ve had 10 great lives. And I expect to have some more. I don’t feel cheated in any way, shape or form.”
Doug [...]
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, who led the department for more than a decade, has been hospitalized with bladder cancer, sources said Tuesday.
Chief Charlie Beck informed the police commission during its Tuesday meeting that he had visited the former LAPD chief in the hospital over the weekend. Beck said Gates, 83, had [...]
With his eyes watering and his team standing by his side, Denver Nuggets coach George Karl announced Tuesday night that he is again battling cancer, and he will miss some games and practices during the next six weeks to undergo intense radiation treatment.
Karl has squamous cell carcinoma in his right tonsil that has metastasized to [...]
When doctors perform cancer surgery, they often remove so much tissue that it leaves serious indentations — altering a person’s appearance.
If you saw Hersel Mikelian’s face now, you’d never know he used to have a gaping hole on the right side of his face.
“I was very sad. I was very angry that the doctors previously [...]
Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 20,920 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry who were diagnosed with liver cancer between 1973 and 2004. The researchers [...]
People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says.
Until now, there has been little proof that quitting smoking after developing lung cancer makes any difference to survival.
British researchers analyzed previous data from 10 studies examining how long smokers survived after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
People with [...]
Being diagnosed with Mesothelioma cancer is serious. As a life threatening disease, Mesothelioma cancer should be handled with care. Not only is it about the medical treatments you will undergo, but also the mental trauma. Hence, it is important to learn some important information about the disease and the ways to handle it.
What you [...]
Mesothelioma is technically considered a symptom, not an actual illness. Mesothelioma can eventually lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer affects the lungs and breathing functions in the human body. In a few cases, it can also be found lining the abdominal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
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The root [...]
Mesothelioma actually considered a symptom, not an actual disease. Mesothelioma can ultimately lead to mesothelioma cancer. This kind of cancer is affecting the lungs and breathing functions in the body. In a number of cases, it can also be found lining the intestinal cavity. Mesothelioma can also cause liver and intestinal cancers.
The real cause of [...]
A former paper mill worker and his wife have been awarded $10.2 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit in Washington over exposure to asbestos fibers from dryer fabrics during his nearly 40 year career.
A Seattle jury awarded the damages to Henry and Geraldine Barbin last month in a lawsuit filed against Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. and [...]
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