Health Insurance

The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.

One in seven people in the U.S. had no health insurance in 2008, after 2.8 million Americans joined the ranks of the uninsured since 1997, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SEATTLE -- When Mark Moody and Glenda Krull could no longer afford both health insurance and mortgage payments, the Edmonds couple knew which had to go....

If you want to know why it's important to know the health of your life insurance company, ask Phoenix resident Vince Watson. His daughter, Katie, was left severely disabled and in need of 24-hour care because of a series of tragic errors at a hospital.

Oakland County Democrats want to expand a health insurance program for the county’s “poorest of the poor.”

Among the 47 million Americans who don't have health insurance, 11 million of those are voluntarily uninsured, people who may not welcome Washington's efforts to make sure that all Americans have some kind of health coverage.

WASHINGTON (AP) — First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.

The percentage of Americans with private health insurance is at its lowest level in 50 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. "About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the (CDC).

WASHINGTON - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now.

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