Mass. offers young adults health plans
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Paul Bruns is your typical 26-year-old: athletic and ambitious. He's also uninsured. "I definitely think about it when I'm thinking about skiing or snowboarding or doing something else crazy," said Bruns, who's been without health insurance for 10 months. "What would happen if my appendix burst, which is totally reasonable for a guy my age?"
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Online tools can help workers assess their planâs health.
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Proposed reimbursement rules for hospitals that treat uninsured patients would cut millions of dollars from annual payments to Massachusetts hospitals that provide care for the majority of low-income and uninsured residents, according to new state projections.
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Young adults hear about financial empowerment from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.
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Growing number of U.S. families beset by medical problems are exceeding lifetime benefits caps.
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For a monthly fee as low as $50, working-poor residents of Howard County would get access to health services ranging from immunizations and checkups to mental health and hospital care under a plan that county officials say could provide a template for jurisdictions across the nation.
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Maricopa County has teamed up with CIGNA Medical Group to offer flu shots to high-risk adults starting Saturday. The shots are available only to county residents who entered the county&#39;s flu lottery last month but weren&#39;t selected.
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As of July 1, Massachusetts residents are required to buy health insurance, and many businesses must offer health insurance or pay a penalty. Globe reporter Jeffrey Krasner recently spoke with Jon Kingsdale , executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, about the implementation of healthcare reform and how businesses are responding to the challenge.
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CALLING all young people aged 16-25 years old.
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney&#39;s new healthcare proposal calls for a range of penalties for businesses that fail to provide employees with health insurance.
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An Ogden hospital is setting up a new treatment program to serve a rapidly rising number of young adults abusing prescription drugs.
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Nearly one of every seven Michigan residents is eligible for Medicaid, the state&#39;s primary health care safety net for the poor and uninsured.
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The national organization that ranks health insurers said it has chosen Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as the top health plan in the country, based on several quality measures and a survey of its members.
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A group of U.S. hospitals on Thursday offered a plan to cover the nation's 47 million uninsured, including mandatory coverage for all and subsidies for the working poor.
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With the exception of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, most of the state's large health insurers will not raise premiums in 2005 for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare HMOs. Even so, seniors are not rushing to rejoin the plans, which are struggling to regain their trust after years of dramatic price increases.
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The New York LifeLab is one of several groups that have sprung up to address the unique needs of young adults who have survived cancer.
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When a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts member suffers a stroke, the giant insurer pays the hospital $7,000 on average to cover the care. Medicaid pays an average of $5,441.27.