Catastrophic Health Care Coverage News
Medical groups slam plan to cut refugee health coverage
The federal government’s plans to reduce health-care coverage for refugees and cancel their supplemental benefits are more likely to increase health-care costs than save money, and risk “catastrophic” consequences in the health of some individuals, according to a group of eight national health-care associations.
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Caixin Online: Inadequacies of China’s health insurance system
Fault lines in the basic insurance system appear not only in the disparities of coverage for those in the cities and the countryside, but also in how health care institutions deal with the chronically ill, Caixin Online reports.
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Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves US behind
Even as Americans debate whether President Barack Obama’s health care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
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Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves U.S. behind
Even as Americans debate whether President Barack Obama’s health care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
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Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal ...
Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial worldwide and national attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanisms, especially to protect people outside the formal employment sector.
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Tenth annual Elder Law Fair at OnCenter Thursday
Legal issues involving health care, estate planning and protecting the elderly and vulnerable in the community will be discussed during free seminars.
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Universal Healthcare
MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos' access to quality healthcare, although a right even guaranteed by the Constitution, is still hindered by financial, physical, social, and cultural barriers.
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Health groups urge Ottawa to save refugee services
The heads of several of Canada's leading health-care organizations have written a strongly worded letter to the federal immigration minister, urging him to rescind plans to cut health services to refugees and refugee claimants.
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Health Insurance Outlet: Health Insurance 101
LOS ANGELES, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Navali & Company, insurance agency and parent company of Health Insurance Outlet, educates consumers about individual health insurance . Through our website, www.healthinsuranceoutlet.com ...
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