Patients Turn to No-Interest Loans for Health Care
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Zero-interest financing for medical procedures has become one of the fastest-growing parts of consumer credit.
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A heart patient who had no health insurance is suing Inova Health System, alleging that he was overcharged and subjected to aggressive collection procedures.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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The number of people living in the nation without medical insurance rose 2.9 percent to a record 46.6 million in 2005 as health-care costs climbed.
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When Robert Payne, 61, needed back surgery last year, he said he wasn't worried about how to pay for it. Payne, a self-employed architect in Richmond, pulled $5,500 -- the amount of his health insurance deductible for such procedures -- from a savings account he uses exclusively for medical expenses. His insurance covered the rest.
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CALGARY - The Canadian Medical Association says the creation of a Canada Health Access Fund would be instrumental in reducing waiting periods for people in need of urgent medical treatment.
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A growing number of public universities are requiring that students have health insurance before they step into the classroom, a move aimed at saving the uninsured from huge bills and college hospitals from getting stuck with the cost.
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Low-income Michigan residents who don&#39;t have prescription-drug coverage can apply for a statewide discount program launched Tuesday.
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It's not just nose jobs and breast implants anymore: Uninsured U.S. patients head to India for lifesaving health care on the cheap. Scott Carney reports from Chennai.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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A survey has found that the majority of doctors are in favour of fining non-attending patients. Would you pay for a missed GP appointment?
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The Martin government is considering a substantial fund to make it easier for patients to receive treatment outside their home province as Ottawa focuses on reducing
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In the past four years, Americans have spent an ever-growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, forcing millions into the ranks of
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Although special financing plans for health care carry risks, using regular credit cards to pay medical bills may be even more dangerous to household finances.
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A hospital group is trying a radically new method to avoid costly mistakes, charging a flat fee that includes follow-up care.
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Money is running out for some local governments who use pension funds to help pay for retired workersâ health care.
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Limiting the fees that Medicare pays  to doctors has apparently not scared them off taking Medicare  patients, and most people trying to find medical care under the  program have been able to, according to a government report  released on Friday.