Exercise Incentives for Cheaper Health Insurance Works, Study Says

Exercise Incentives for Cheaper Health Insurance Works, Study Says

By Anthony Rivas | May 08, 2013 06:58 PM EDT

When given the choice between paying 20 percent more in health insurance or walking 5,000 steps per day, obese people chose walking, a new study finds.

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Survey: 80 Million Sick Americans Skip Seeing a Doctor Due to Cost

By Susan Scutti | Apr 26, 2013 11:40 AM EDT

A biennial health insurance survey finds 75 million people struggled with medical debt and 80 million were unable to afford the health care they need. Trend of rising uninsured rates among young adults, though, has been reversed.

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Medical Diagnostic Errors May Cost You Your Life

By Justin Caba | Apr 22, 2013 10:36 AM EDT

A new study shows that misdiagnoses happen more than people think and may be costing them more in terms of health and money.

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Obesity, Lack of Insurance Cited in U.S. Health Gap

By Susan Heavey | Jan 09, 2013 05:31 PM EST

Overeating, lack of health insurance access and comparatively high poverty are among the many reasons why Americans are less healthy and die younger than people in other wealthy countries.

Arizona Declines to Set Up State-Based Health Insurance Exchange

By David Schwartz | Nov 29, 2012 09:51 AM EST

Arizona Governor rejected a major provision of Obama's healthcare reform law that calls for creating state-based health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private, federally subsidized coverage.

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U.S. Releases New Health Insurance Reform Rules

By David Morgan | Nov 21, 2012 09:17 AM EST

The U.S. administration proposed new health insurance rules aimed at ending discrimination against the sick and guaranteeing minimum benefits for millions of Americans.

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San Francisco to Expand Healthcare Insurance to Cover Transgender Surgeries

By Amber Moore | Nov 09, 2012 09:46 AM EST

San Francisco will now be extending its Healthy SF program that provides uninsured people with subsidized health insurance to transgender patients.

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