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MH370: How Do Insurers Put a Price on Life?
On Monday, when Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 “ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” it wasn’t simply a concession to the reality of the situation. It was a signal to the carrier’s insurance companies, and to lawyers around the world.
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California insurance provider mistakenly directs hearing impaired to sex hotline
Some hearing-impaired California residents got quite a surprise as they tried to sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act by the March 31 deadline. When they called the insurance provider Covered California, they were connected with a sex chat hotline, instead of an insurance company.
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Forget Obamacare: Vermont wants to bring single payer to America
Saskatchewan is a vast prairie province in the middle of Canada. It’s home to hockey great Gordie Howe and the world’s first curling museum. But Canadians know it for another reason: it’s the birthplace of the country’s single-payer health-care system.
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Why the Obamacare fight never ends
Conservatives will never agree it's working no matter what the evidence shows. They're ideologues who believe that if something is wrong, it can't possibly work. Even if it works.
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What the U.S. Can Learn From Brazil's Healthcare System
Here’s what it looks like when a sprawling, diverse nation tries to cover everybody.
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Fears of doctor shortages under new health law may have been overblown
The headlines were ominous: Good luck finding a doctor under Obamacare. Not enough doctors for newly insured. Obamacare, doctor shortage could crash health system. Despite these dire predictions, the nation’s primary care system is handling the increased number of insured .
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Health-care subsidies may be incorrect for 1 million people
The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors, according to internal documents and three people familiar with the situation.
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Solving the mystery of health-care prices could save $100 billion
Health care is the largest American industry where tracking down prices can prove a Herculean task. Charges for medical care are all over the map — and research shows that most hospitals can't even provide a quote for a routine procedure like a hip replacement.
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Taylor Agency Insurance Benifits
There are quite a few organizations which take group health insurance just so that they can retain their employees. That's right, with so many employees choosing to switch jobs just because they want a better health insurance plan, it is now become more important than ever for employers to ensure they have the best group health insurance plan on the market.
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Obamacare may slow insurance rate hikes
Nonpartisan industry watchers say they expect big premium increases to hit less frequently in years to come
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Top 5 Dumbest Life Insurance Frauds
It's hard to believe anyone could be so stupid. The again, who wants smart crooks?
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41 charged in $5-million Philadelphia dead deer car insurance scam
Forty-one people in Philadelphia are facing charges in what prosecutors call an elaborate insurance fraud scheme that used dead deer to fake car accidents. Ronald Galati Sr. is accused of running a $5 million US scam out of his auto body shop.
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What’s At Stake For Birth Control In Upcoming SCOTUS Decision
One of the most watched issues before the Supreme Court this term will may turn on the question of religious freedom. But it will also likely determine how women will be able to access a key provision of the Affordable Care Act – one seeking to guarantee no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance plans.
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U.S. Health Care Ranked Worst in the Developed World
The U.S. ranks worst among 11 wealthy nations in terms of “efficiency, equity and outcomes" despite having the world's most expensive health care system
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Corporate America is taking out life insurance on its employees so companies can profit from workers' deaths
Employees at The Orange County Register received an unsettling email from corporate headquarters this year. The owner of the newspaper, Freedom Communications, was writing to request workers’ consent to take out life insurance policies on them.
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When Is Health Insurance Too Affordable?
How Obamacare's insurance mandate is playing out in one unhealthy county
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Even Pot Dealers Need Insurance. The Problem Is, Where to Get It?
Pot dealers of yore never had to worry about this, but here it is: Even in states where selling marijuana is legal, pot retailers are finding they can’t get standard-issue business insurance.
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Delano teen survives cancer, insurance won't pay for new teeth
An extra ordinary teen is facing yet another challenge after surviving two different cancers. Alex Hunter was diagnosed with stage four cancer at four-years-old and though it was hard, Alex always stayed strong. "When we were down, he was always up. He would say grandma let's pray, I'm in pain and so we would pray," grandmother Roberta Hunters said.
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Gardeners with sit-on lawnmowers face buying motor insurance
European ruling next month could force gardeners with ride-on mowers to take out insurance against accidents on private land.
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NJ Hospital Charges Man Nearly $9K to Bandage Cut Finger
A New Jersey hospital charged a teacher nearly $9,000 to put a bandage on his middle finger, an NBC 4 New York I-Team investigation has found. Last August, Baer Hanusz-Rajkowski, of Bayonne, accidentally cut his finger with the claw-end of a hammer. He says he waited a few days for it to heal but the cut didn’t seem to be closing, so he went to the Bayonne Medical Center emergency room to ask whether he should get stitches.
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