News tagged with 'Managed Care and Insurance Companies'

What consumers need to watch out for is contained in this, the fourth in a series of reports on the "Tricks of the Trade" behind the multi-trillion dollar insurance industry. The sick and vulnerable are often the victims of denied or cancelled policies.

Six days and counting and a brief overview is presented here on both candidates health care plans.  Health care and the economy are the top issues. Elizabeth Edwards, who has made health care her top priority, says neither plan offers universal coverage, the cheapest way to go.

Whoever is elected president in two weeks will have to face the realities of "Three Inconvenient Truths" about health care. The current delivery of the least health care for the highest dollar is not sustainable and will impact all other sectors, this Stanford professor of economics explains in a very understandable way. 

Having employer-sponsored health coverage does not necessarily extend to the children in the family, this published study finds. Millions of children are going without insurance, even when one parent is covered.

A hospital in Palm Beach County, Florida  has medical residents in training seeing patients for up to an hour at a time at a low cost. It seems to be working for everyone.

Internal medicine is the specialty of last choice among medical students a survey of more than 1,000 finds. Money is the reason. Internists make the least, while specialists can collect a seven-figure salary. Expect the income gap to lead to a health care "crisis" as fewer doctors try to see a doubling of the patient population by 2030.

The American Association for Justice names the Top Ten Worst  Insurers who try to avoid paying when you need them most. Tactics include using a "boxing glove" strategy against policyholders while the industry enjoys record profits.  

With some form of universal health care on the horizon, companies are positioning themselves for a windfall by increasing walk-in clincs in retail outlets. But is there a viable business model?

Consumers are paying too much and getting too little from their property insurance at a time the industry is enjoying major profits according to consumer groups.  

One doctor speaks up, " For the first time, I feel truly helpless at the hands of an insurance company.  My fears have come true: we physicians are quickly becoming pawns in the game of healthcare, with an ever decreasing capability to dictate appropriate care for our patients.”

An arbitration hearing in California opened to the public is shining light on the inner workings of the health insurance industry, specifically Health Net Inc. which has dropped about 1,600 policies between 2000 and 2006. Patsy Bates is suing for $6 million.

According to a report published by financial analysis firm Weiss Ratings Inc., first quarter profits at the nation's health maintenance organizations (HMOs) increased 61 percent in the first quarter of 2003. HMOs recorded a $2.3 billion profit for January, February and March of 2003, a striking increase from the $1.

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