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Health insurance firm is expanding Fontana office

Henry Romero, president of HR Benefits Consulting, Inc. Business is booming for Henry Romero, president of HR Benefits Consulting, Inc., an inland company that provides health care insurance plans to small and large companies, individuals and seniors on Medicare.

Massachusetts law on insured birth control is similar to US rule set by Barack Obama

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of attacking religious freedom because of a federal mandate requiring insurers to cover contraception. But Romney, who overhauled the Massachusetts health care system, did not change an almost identical mandate in Massachusetts.

Malaysian health reform socio-economics: Part 4 — David KL Quek

FEB 10 — Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Payments So what is so terrible about out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare? Why are health economists and policymakers so enamoured with this unsavoury OOP payment that this healthcare financing mechanism has been universally targeted to be eradicated, or at least reduced? Many health authorities from ...

Waiting for Health Reform, Mini-meds and Junk Insurance Plans Are Still in Business

"Consumers don’t realize that a bargain on health insurance isn’t like a bargain on a flat-screen TV. With health insurance, you truly get what you pay for."

Malaysian health reform socio-economics: Part 4

— David KL Quek The Malaysian Insider Feb 10, 2012 FEB 10 — Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Payments So what is so terrible about out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare? Why are health economists and policymakers so enamoured with this unsavoury OOP payment that this healthcare financing mechanism has been universally targeted to be eradicated, or at [...]

Health insurance no guarantee for diabetes care in developing countries

As incomes rise around the world, health experts expect a more troubling figure to increase as well: the number of diabetics in developing countries.

Letter: Got it covered

Richard E. Bond, Naples: The present dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church on the content of health insurance raises an interesting question: where should the ultimate decision making authority be located?

Health insurance no guarantee for diabetes care in developing countries, Stanford researchers find

With little chance of complete diabetes prevention, programs and policies must be established to care for those who develop the disease. If not, illnesses will increase along with the costs of care.

Rick Santorum's 1994 Alternative to the Individual Mandate

I've written previously that the Allentown Morning Call described Rick Santorum on several occasions in 1994 as seeking to "require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for benefits." Earlier this week, Santorum took to the airwaves to rebut the charge. Santorum points instead to a bill he sponsored alongside Sen. Phil Gramm (R., Tex.) that proposed an ...