Create your own free news widgets.

'? If you've been laid off any time since August 2008 but opted to keep your former employer's health insurance, the federal stimulus package might help you foot the bill for that coverage, at least ...

The Boston Globe reports that Congressional Democrats and Republicans have been fighting over health reform, to the extent that it looks like it may be impossible for Obama to achieve...

The National Debt surpassed eleven trillion this week without much fanfare. according to that "whopping number" may have major ramifications for President Barack Obama, as he tries "to push through a raft of big-ticket bills on health care, energy, education and climate change -- while also attempting to stabilize the swooning economy." Certainly, it is daunting. But I am more worried about the other bit of news that is also passing without much . Net overall capital outflows from the United States were reported at a record $148.9 billion in January, the Treasury Department said on Monday. The outflow, which includes short-term securities such as Treasury bills, was well short of covering that month's $36.03 billion trade deficit. The ...

Reserve Bank of India governor, D Subbaro has said that as retail payments go into large-scale expansion, new issues will emerge including the demarcating line between the large-value and the retail-payment systems, which is getting blurred.

Appalling emergency care resulted in enormous suffering, says health watchdog in most damning report ever on an NHS hospitalHundreds of patients suffered and died unnecessarily as a result of appalling emergency care at a flagship foundation trust, the government's health watchdog said today in the most damning report ever on an NHS hospital in England.The Healthcare Commission said senior managers at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust were so obsessed with meeting targets and winning freedom from Whitehall control that they did not correct serious failings in the care of patients admitted through the accident and emergency (A&E) department.Some patients were hidden away in unstaffed units that were used as 'dumping grounds' to avoid breaching the four-hour target for the maximum waiting time in A&E.During the three years to March 2008, at least 400 more patients died than would have been expected at an average hospital with a similar case mix. But the commission could not say how

President Obama is ready to reform the health care system. He has already proposed a $634 billion down payment on what he says is a moral and fiscal obligation. Let's...

Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say. That's more than double the $634 billion 'down payment' President Barack Obama set aside for health reform in his budget, raising the...

UAE. Driver licensing, testing and training will be standardised across the Emirates to improve road safety, the Ministry of Interior said yesterday.

Auditing health Care Benefits: How to Manage Costs and Minimize Risk (Hardcover)By Michael A. Paolella 8 used and new from $72.00 First tagged 'accounting' by Book Lady 'Book Lady' Customer tags: organizing, insurance, money, finance, auditing, health insurance, medicaide, medicare, accounting, health care

Maybe it's because there is so much other crisis management going on in Washington, or maybe it's just that everyone has grown tired of medical costs that rise at three times the cost of inflation year after year.