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Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a potential loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for a premium and duty of care. Principles of insurance Losses must be uncertain. The rate and distribution of losses must be predictable: To set premiums (prices) insurers must be able to estimate them accurately. This is done using the La ...
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Resources
- America’s Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care (Health Resources Services Administration Information Center)
- ¡Asegure Los Niños Ahora! (Health Resources Services Administration, HHS)
Insurance News Headlines
- Tax Credit For Health Insurance Does Not Assist Many Displaced Workers
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Genetic conditions often lead to insurance refusal
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01 EST
- Newspapers Address Issues Related To Long-Term Care Insurance
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Teens May Lose Transplanted Organs When Insurance Runs Out
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Private Health Insurance Membership Increases - Australia
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Individuals With Genetic Conditions Twice As Likely To Report Health Insurance Denial
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- States Can Succeed In Insuring Kids, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Reuters Examines Massachusetts Health Insurance Law
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Mass. Health Insurance Connector Board To Reconsider Prescription Drug Coverage Requirements For Health Insurance Law
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Absence Of Health Insurance Coverage Costs $1.47B In Maryland
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Federation Of American Hospitals Announces Near Universal Health Insurance Proposal
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Issue Brief Describes Innovative Health Insurance Benefit Design; Perspective Discusses In-Store Clinics
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Private Health Insurance Premiums, Australia
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Transplant failure risk tied to insurance
The Earth Times - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:38 EST
- President Bush Urges Governors To Support Tax Plan That Would Allow More People To Purchase Private Insurance, Does Not Address SCHIP Funding
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- President Bush Touts Health Care Proposal That Includes Tax Deductions For Those Who Purchase Health Insurance
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Fed. Of American Hospitals Proposes Nationwide Health Insurance Mandate That Would Add $115.2B Annually To Current Federal, State Health Care Spending
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- U.S. doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:36 EST
- U.S. doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:36 EST
- Doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:49 EST
- AXA PPP Healthcare Announce Charity Sponsorship
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- President Bush's Plan For Health Insurance Tax Deductions 'Fair,' Op-Ed Says
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Mass. Health Care Plan Moving Forward
Washington Post - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:49 EST
- Teens May Lose Transplanted Organs When Insurance Runs Out
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Most Support U.S. Guarantee of Health Care
New York Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:04 EST
- Reduce your BMI, pay less for insurance
MSNBC - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:57 EST
- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Announces Proposal To Extend Health Insurance To More Children
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Blue Shield Of California Faces Lawsuit Over Cancellation Of Individual Health Insurance Policies
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Health Insurance Claims Denials Cost U.S. Billions In Administrative Costs, Op-Ed Says
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Uninsured Children Admitted To Hospitals Are Twice As Likely To Die As Insured Children, According To Families USA Study
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Individuals With Genetic Conditions Twice As Likely To Report Health Insurance Denial
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Connecticut Lawmakers Propose Universal Health Insurance Plan
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Some Concerned That Mass. Health Insurance Connector Employees Over-Compensated
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- President Bush's Health Care Proposal Would Increase Tax Revenues By $526B Through 2017, According To Joint Committee On Taxation
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- Health care top domestic concern: poll
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Health care top domestic concern: poll
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:33 EST
- Governors Seek More Money for Children's Insurance
Washington Post - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- 60% Of U.S. Residents Say They Would Pay Higher Taxes To Fund Nationwide Universal Health Insurance System, New York Times CBS News Poll Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Report Examines Effects Of Linking Amount Of Health Ins. Federal Subsidy To Federal Poverty Level; GAO Analyzes Challenges Of Financing Health Care
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- California Senator Reintroduces Single-Payer Health System Legislation
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- USC Study Shows States Can Succeed In Insuring Kids
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- 34% Of Elderly U.S. Residents Using Long-Term Care Insurance Claim Coverage For In-Home Care, According To Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Editorials, Opinion Pieces Discuss Budget, Health Insurance Proposals From President Bush
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Industry Critics Say Health Insurance Companies Overuse Practice Of Retroactively Canceling Private Insurance Policies
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Medical Indemnity, More Affordable, More Secure - Australia
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Tennessee's CoverRX Program Halts Enrollment Because Of High Demand
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Children's Health Care on Agenda
Washington Post - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- States Are Running Out of Health Dollars
Washington Post - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:54 EST
- U.S. hospital group pitches universal insurance
Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:38 EST
- Hospital group pitches universal insurance
Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:54 EST
- Having Insurance Doesn't Necessarily Mean Affordable Care For MS
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Tennessee's CoverRX Program Halts Enrollment Because Of High Demand
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- States Say Many Low-Income Children Will Lose Health Care Coverage If Congress Does Not Provide Stopgap Funding For SCHIP
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Race, gender and insurance affect ER care
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:18 EST
- Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Fact Sheet On Women's Health Insurance Coverage
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Oral Health America Gala Raises Funds For Public School-Based Dental Services
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- President Bush In Weekly Radio Address Says He Will Work With Democrats To 'Improve' Private Health Care System
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Opinion Pieces Weigh In On Single-Payer Health System, Changes To U.S. System
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prominent Massachusetts Business Leader Says Companies Should Contribute More To Employee Health Care Than Required By Law
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Cyprus To Consider Social Welfare Measures To Offset Declining Fertility Rate, Official Says
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Medicare Patients: Keep An Eye On Your Insurance Coverage
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Curing Health Care Insurance
ABC News - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:57 EST
- Maine Should Expand Coverage Through Dirigo Health, Consider Health Insurance Mandates, Blue Ribbon Panel Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- 10 Charged With Scam Over Allergy Shots
Washington Post - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:47 EST
- 14 states need cash for children health plans
Reuters - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:03 EST
- Health Insurance Proposal Announced By President Bush In State Of The Union Address Would Expand Coverage, HHS Secretary Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
- Massachusetts Connector Calls For Lower Bids For Health Plans Under State Insurance Law After Monthly Premiums Average More Than Anticipated
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
- US Health System Problems Worsening, Warns Expert In BMJ
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Boston Group Urges Delay In Penalties Against Uninsured
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
- Value-Based Insurance Design: Fiscally Responsible, Clinically Sensitive Approach To Making The Most Of Health Dollars
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Groundbreaking Screening Legislation Could Prevent 4,300 Sudden Cardiac Deaths
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New York Gov. Spitzer Proposes $1.2B In Cuts To Health Care Programs, Expansion Of Children's Health Insurance Program
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Proposed Massachusetts Minimum Coverage Requirements Not Met By 200,000 Insured Residents
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Experts Divided Over President Bush's Health Care Proposals
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- President Bush In State Of The Union Address To Propose Health Insurance Tax Deduction For Non-Group Coverage And Cap On Tax Preference
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Hurricane Katrina Affects Efforts To Enroll Louisiana Children In Health Insurance Programs
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- More Insurers, Programs Offer 'Open Access' Hospice Care
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- States, France Take Actions On HPV Vaccination
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Some Health Insurance Agents Might Be Violating Medicare Rules By Aggressively Marketing Fee-for-Service Plans
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
- Rep. Waxman To Investigate Profits Of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Whether Plans Pass Negotiated Savings On To Beneficiaries
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Bipartisan Group Of 10 Senators Offers President Bush A Blueprint For Increasing Health Care Coverage, White House Agrees To Work With Lawmakers
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Karnataka's free health insurance to poor
The Earth Times - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:15 EST
- Senators Propose Protections For Americans With Mental Health Needs
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Massachusetts Panel Proposes Minimum Requirements For Health Plans Under State Insurance Law, Monthly Premiums Could Cost More Than Anticipated
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Florida Health Care Experts Discuss National Health Insurance Expansion Proposal
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
- Mass. Gov. Patrick Says He Will Commit To Implementing State Health Insurance Law
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Paper Examines State-Level Initiatives To Decrease Number Of Uninsured
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Insurance Legislation Would End Discrimination Against People With Mental Health Disorders
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Maryland Lawmakers Propose Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Health Care Programs
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Editorials, Op-Eds Address Bush's Health Insurance Proposal, State Health Care Initiatives
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
- Is Your Insurance Plan Living In The Past? LIFE Foundation Offers Six Ways To Keep It On Track In 2007
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Budget Proposal Erodes Medicare, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- California Health Insurers Offer Support For Gov. Schwarzenegger's Universal Health Coverage Proposal
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- President Bush Promotes Health Insurance Proposal In State Union Address
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Analysis Examines Cost-Sharing Effects On Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Enrollment
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Bush unveils new health insurance plan
Reuters - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:26 EST
- Bush unveils new health insurance plan
Reuters - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:26 EST
- Senate HELP Committee Likely To Pass Mental Health Parity Bill
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Bush to Propose New Tax Incentives for Health Insurance
Washington Post - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:14 EST
- Studies Examine SCHIP Implementation, Medicare Initiatives; Data Updated On Health Care Disparities
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
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