Headline News Archive

2009

November

12

• Hispanic advocates jump into health debate. After trying to carefully balance their interests in health-care reform and immigration, the nation's Hispanic lawmakers and largest advocacy groups are scrambling to develop a

08

• House narrowly passes health-care overhaul. President Obama on Sunday thanked House members for their “courageous vote” in approving the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system. “Moments like

• A free credit score, and a monthly bill. On television it’s hard to miss the wildly popular band of slackers singing ruefully from a shabby apartment or while waiting tables in pirate

06

• Shocked into supporting health reform?. By now you’re probably accustomed to your health care costs climbing each year. But brace yourself: 2010 is shaping up to be a doozie — a

October

27

• Healthcare bill will include public option. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid announced Monday that he will include a government-backed insurance plan in the chamber's health-care reform legislation, a key concession

26

• Insurers poised to reap benefits of healthcare overhaul. As President Obama's push for a healthcare overhaul moves toward its final act, the oft-vilified health insurance industry is on the verge of seeing a

25

• Money talks to have before marriage. Divorce tends to be emotionally gut-wrenching for the people who go through it (not to mention those around them). But most couples don’t realize

• Scrutinizing 2010 insurance options. Whatever you do with your health benefits during the current open enrollment season for 2010, there’s a good chance it won’t be what you

20

• Healthcare public option gains support. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows

19

• Healthcare bills lack protections against denials. Despite growing frustration with the way health insurers deny medical treatments, major healthcare bills pending in Congress would give patients little new power to challenge

• Health sites harness power of social networks. In fall 2007, during her 12th week of pregnancy, Garance Genicot and her husband, Shub Debgupta, received worrisome news from the doctor: A preliminary test showed

18

• How healthcare reform affects consumers. The debate over healthcare reform has given one topic short shrift: How would reform affect consumers? While some of the details are not yet decided

• Making sense of high-deductible health plans. And now comes the pitch: What can you do to reduce health care costs? During the open enrollment season for employee benefits, now under way

• Obama threatens insurers' anti-trust exemption. President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of using “deceptive and dishonest ads” to derail his health care

17

• Beware fast credit fixes. With Americans' credit scores plunging amid record numbers of mortgage and credit card delinquencies, companies that promise to eliminate negative information in credit bureaus' files

15

• Perils of ignoring open enrollment. It's that time of year -- open enrollment for your employment benefits. It's time to determine whether you want to stick with your current health

• Hidden costs of Medicare Advantage. TUCSON -- Patrick Higney, 66, doesn't want to give up the freebies that come with his zero-premium Medicare Advantage plan: free aspirin and free Band-Aids, a

13

• Senate panel votes on health care reform. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have

12

• Industry says health bill would raise rates. After months of collaboration on President Obama's attempt to overhaul the nation's health-care system, the insurance industry plans to strike out against the effort on

• If a health bill passes, benefits not immediate. Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They'll have to wait three

11

• Annual task of finding an insurance plan. It's that time of year again. In a few weeks, if you have health benefits through work, you will probably receive e-mail messages and brochures

05

• Health care bills tackle gender gap in coverage. Women's health groups, legal organizations and some female senators are fighting for a host of little-known provisions in the health care legislation being debated in

04

• 'Minute clinics' demand care. Should you be adding “doctor visit” to your grocery list? It is a question that millions of people have probably asked themselves, as hundreds of

01

• What makes a 'Cadillac' health plan?. In the scramble to find money to overhaul the health-care system, Senate Democrats have been eyeing the most generous insurance packages -- what some call

September

29

• Health insurance: Get it at work or go it alone?. Soon you'll get your employer's open enrollment packet, and if the benefits experts are right, you could be facing a premium increase as high as 20