http://www.mail.com/subjects/7696-personal-insurance.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/7696-personal-insurance.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085074-89-charged-medicare-fraud-busts-8-cities.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. It was the latest in a string of similar announcements by Hea... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085074-89-charged-medicare-fraud-busts-8-cities.html 2013-05-14T17:38:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html 2013-05-09T19:30:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration announced Thursday that community health centers around the country will get $150 million to help uninsured Americans sign up for health insurance coverage under the new health care law. The money addresses concerns from Congress and advocacy groups that many consumers will have a hard time navigating the health ... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:00:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html 2013-05-09T18:00:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city. Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a myst... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html 2013-05-08T23:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043386-dems-gop-talk-up-deficit-reduction.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For years, House Republicans have adamantly refused to raise income taxes, even though U.S. taxes are historically lo... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:13:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043386-dems-gop-talk-up-deficit-reduction.html 2013-04-25T07:13:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030452-judges-lawsuit-disability-system-in-crisis.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security's disability program is overwhelmed by so many claims that judges sometimes award benefits they might otherwise deny just to keep up with the flow of cases, according to a lawsuit filed by the judges themselves. The Social Security Administration says the agency's administrative law judges should decide 500 to 700 disabil... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:12:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030452-judges-lawsuit-disability-system-in-crisis.html 2013-04-19T19:12:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030464-simpson-bowles-offer-modified-budget-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits. The plan released Thursday by and former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles would lop more than $5... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:57:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030464-simpson-bowles-offer-modified-budget-plan.html 2013-04-19T14:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2026030-doctors-flee-puerto-rico-us-mainland.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Going to the doctor in Puerto Rico has for years often meant getting in line. Now, it might mean getting on a plane. A medical exodus is taking place in the Caribbean territory as doctors and nurses flee for the U.S. mainland, seeking higher salaries and better reimbursement from insurers. Many of their patients, frustrated by... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:57:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2026030-doctors-flee-puerto-rico-us-mainland.html 2013-04-17T16:57:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge tha... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:59:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html 2013-04-13T07:59:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to C... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html 2013-04-12T20:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the biggest health consequences of any new proposal in Obama's plan could come from nearly doubling the federal tob... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html 2013-04-10T22:22:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, the... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:41:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html 2013-04-05T21:41:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993150-obamacare-credits-trigger-surprise-tax-bills.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income. President Barack Obama's new health care law will offer subsidies to help people buy private health insurance on state-based exchanges, if they don't alr... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:56:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1993150-obamacare-credits-trigger-surprise-tax-bills.html 2013-04-02T16:56:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1984476-scooter-ads-face-scrutiny-govt-doctors.html WASHINGTON (AP) — TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game. The commercials, which promise freedom and independence to people with limited mobility, have driven the nearly $1 billion U.S. market for p... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:38:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1984476-scooter-ads-face-scrutiny-govt-doctors.html 2013-03-28T21:38:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It could increase premiums for at least some Americans. If you are uninsured, or you buy your policy directly from... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html 2013-03-27T16:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1980438-study-health-overhaul-to-raise-claims-cost-32-pct.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts has estimated. That's likely to increase premiums for at least some Americans buying individual plans. The report by the Soc... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:30:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1980438-study-health-overhaul-to-raise-claims-cost-32-pct.html 2013-03-26T23:30:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1964778-high-court-rules-insurer-class-action-suit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected efforts by a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit to keep his claim in state court rather than more business-friendly federal court by limiting the amount of money sought to under $5 million. The justices threw out a federal appeals court ruling in favor of an Arkansas homeowner who sued his i... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:20:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1964778-high-court-rules-insurer-class-action-suit.html 2013-03-19T15:20:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago. The president hedged, according to several at the event, recalling the di... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html 2013-03-16T08:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1951406-insurers-warn-overhaul-induced-sticker-shock.html Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable C... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:51:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1951406-insurers-warn-overhaul-induced-sticker-shock.html 2013-03-13T16:51:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 billion in spending cuts — at the same time previewing a longer-term plan to erase federal deficits without raising taxes. President Barack Obama pursued a different path as the GOP asserted ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:05:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html 2013-03-07T03:05:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:55:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920802-medicare-paid-51b-poor-nursing-care.html 2013-02-28T21:55:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918232-wireless-connections-creep-everyday-things.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets more expensive. Welcome to the next phase of the wireless revolution. The first wave of wireless was all about getting people to talk to each othe... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:20:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918232-wireless-connections-creep-everyday-things.html 2013-02-28T01:20:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1903836-obama-administration-tackles-colonoscopy-confusion.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's one part of the new health care law that seemed clear: free coverage for preventive care under most insurance plans. Only it didn't turn out that way. So on Wednesday, the Obama administration had to straighten out the confusion. Have you gone for a colonoscopy thinking it was free, only to get a hefty bill because the doctor remove... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:54:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1903836-obama-administration-tackles-colonoscopy-confusion.html 2013-02-20T21:54:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1884660-surgery-good-luck-hospital-cost-info.html CHICAGO (AP) — Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all. And if you shop around and find centers that can quote a price, the amounts could vary astronomically, a study found. Routine hip replacement surgery on a healthy patient without insurance may cost as little as $... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1884660-surgery-good-luck-hospital-cost-info.html 2013-02-11T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1882848-leaving-hospital-heed-care-tips-you-return.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the constant prodding and the roommate's loud TV that he tuned out the nurses' care instructions. "I was really tired of Jerry Springer," the New York man says ruefully. "I was so anxious to get out ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1882848-leaving-hospital-heed-care-tips-you-return.html 2013-02-11T14:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1881284-to-slow-hospital-readmission-epidemic.html WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow. Now Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions, and a top official says signs of improvement are ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1881284-to-slow-hospital-readmission-epidemic.html 2013-02-10T17:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857906-families-to-priced-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped. As a result, some families that can't afford the employer coverage that they are offered on t... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857906-families-to-priced-health-overhaul.html 2013-01-30T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1849066-consumer-alert-health-care-markets-way.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Buying your own health insurance will never be the same. This fall, new insurance markets called exchanges will open in each state, marking the long-awaited and much-debated debut of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The goal is quality coverage for millions of uninsured people in the United States. What the reality will loo... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1849066-consumer-alert-health-care-markets-way.html 2013-01-28T15:50:00Z