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Risk Pool Defined
A distinct population group, such as employees of a company, insured against costs of their potential use of health care resources. Premium projections are based on variables such as the age of the covered population, health status, sex, occupation, group size, and location. Structure can provide positive incentives to the participants, such as sharing savings when expenses are below projections; sharing losses when actual expenses exceed budgeted expenses, or a combination of these. May also describe a financial arrangement among providers and payers to safeguard against unexpectedly high expenses or utilization.
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Bernanke: More needed to cut foreclosures
Published December 4, 2008, 6:11 pm, Journal & Courier
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government today to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles.
Cancer-stricken swimmer on comeback trail
Published December 4, 2008, 5:57 pm, KOB-TV Albuquerque
(AP) ATLANTA - Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. But there’s still those nagging fears that all cancer victims must overcome: What if the doctors didn’t get it all?
Cancer-stricken swimmer on comeback trail
Published December 4, 2008, 5:44 pm, AP via Yahoo! News
Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
Laugh and the World Laughs With You: How Happiness Spreads
Published December 4, 2008, 4:58 pm, Time Magazine
Your happiness increases your friend's happiness, as well as that of her friend, and even her friend's friend, a study finds.
Cancer-stricken swimmer on comeback trail
Published December 4, 2008, 3:54 pm, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By PAUL NEWBERRY Eric Shanteau looks as healthy as any other swimmer on deck at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. But there's still those nagging fears that all cancer victims must overcome: What if the doctors didn't get it all? What if the dreaded disease is hiding somewhere in his body, waiting to strike again? Shanteau, one of the most inspiring athletes of the Beijing Olympics, is competing ...
Bernanke: more action needed to cut foreclosures
Published December 4, 2008, 3:02 pm, INO News
(AP:WASHINGTON) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles.
Cutting The Cord To Determine Babies' Health Risk From Toxic Exposure
Published December 4, 2008, 2:28 pm, Science Daily
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the US are smokers. Now, in the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a global assessment of newborns' umbilical cord blood to provide the first assessment of proteins detectable in infant blood and to identify possible molecular predictors, or biomarkers, of fetal ...
Bernanke urges action on foreclosures
Published December 4, 2008, 2:00 pm, The Age
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the US government on Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures.
Obama: the first 'Tech President?'
Published December 4, 2008, 1:52 pm, Canada.com
Silicon Valley is looking forward to Barack Obama becoming a "tech president" that will champion Internet freedom and innovation.
Sundance '09 Flicks Revealed
Published December 4, 2008, 12:20 pm, Hollywood.com
It’s that time of year again, no not the holidays, even better -- Sundance!
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- Outdoor pools boost child's asthma risk: The Belgian team tested 847 students around the age of 15 for allergies and asthma and asked their parents about exposure to asthma risks such as tobacco smoke, pets and pollution, and how much time the children had spent in chlorinated pools. The researchers determined that the risk for the 50 percent of children predisposed to allergies and asthma was directly related to the amount of time spent in a pool.
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