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Underinsured Defined
People with public or private insurance policies that do not cover all necessary medical services, resulting in out-of-pocket expenses that exceed their ability to pay.
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Chesco offers discount drugs to all residents
Published December 4, 2008, 3:50 pm, The Mercury
WEST CHESTER — A new plan that will make it easier for those Chester County residents without health insurance or who are underinsured to pay for their prescription drugs was introduced Wednesday by county commissioners.
Mayor urges legislature to restore UTMB
Published December 4, 2008, 2:17 pm, Galveston County Daily News
LEAGUE CITY — Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas asked state lawmakers to help restore UTMB to full, pre-storm capacity.
UVA Health System and The Health Wagon Providing Free Mammograms, Access to Follow-Up Care for Underserved Women
Published December 4, 2008, 12:19 pm, Newswise
December 5 Mammography Clinic in Clinchco, Va., will be the latest step in the University of Virginia Health System's initiative to create sustainable health care solutions in far southwest Virginia. The UVA Health System, The Health Wagon and the Virginia Department of Health's Every Woman's Life program are teaming up to offer free mammograms and access to state-supported follow-up care for ...
Bon Secours clinic takes place of center
Published December 4, 2008, 12:04 pm, Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Irvin Gammon Craig Health Center will close Dec. 12—with the Bon Secours Care-A-Van stepping in to provide care for some patients. The health center’s management had announced several months ago that the facility on the campus of St. Joseph’s Villa in northern Henrico County was closing because funding was drying up. Efforts had been under way to see whether there was a way to keep it open.
Trident Donates $1.5M for Healthy Smiles
Published December 4, 2008, 11:19 am, Convenience Store News
NEW YORK -- Actress Jennie Garth of TV's "90210" joined Trident, Smiles Across America and students of a New York City elementary school to bring attention to the importance of oral health care starting this holiday season.
Business news, Dec. 4
Published December 4, 2008, 9:16 am, The Haverhill Gazette
BEST IN THE BUSINESS Health Quarters appoints Haverhill clinic nurse Health Quarters, a regional nonprofit provider of reproductive health care for low-income and underinsured women, men and teens, has hired Glenda Peguero at its Haverhill health center, 215 Summer St., Peguero, who speaks Spanish and English, will provide direct reproductive care, including health screenings and counseling. She ...
Michigan Retailers Association Says New, Free Discount Card Program Enables Retailers to Help Consumers Save on ...
Published December 4, 2008, 7:47 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
A new, statewide discount prescription drug card program called the Michigan Retailers Free Rx Card is now available to Michigan residents. The free program, available to all Michigan Retailers Association members and their customers, is expected to provide savings averaging 30 percent on many prescription drugs.
Galveston mayor wants UTMB restored
Published December 4, 2008, 6:52 am, 11 News Houston
Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas issued an emotional plea to state lawmakers Wednesday to provide storm-ravaged John Sealy Hospital with enough money to return to its pre-storm capacity of 500 beds.
Loss Of Funding, Increase In Participants Likely To Cause Kentucky ADAP To Implement Waiting List
Published December 4, 2008, 6:14 am, Medical News Today
Kentucky's AIDS Drug Assistance Program -- which provides medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive people -- has lost a significant portion of its federal and state funding over the past three years and may be forced to reinstate a waiting list by April, state health officials said Monday, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
More put off medical care
Published December 4, 2008, 5:45 am, Northwest Herald
When Kate Rodriquez’s two daughters get sick, she doesn’t think twice about taking them to the doctor – her insurance covers their medical needs 100 percent.
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- Underinsured Struggle To Afford Health Care: Improved medicines and treatments are increasing life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis. But insurance doesn't pay for enough of those medical costs, leaving families affected by the disease to struggle with the financial consequences.
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- NPR Morning Edition: Underinsured Struggle To Afford Health Care: But even though 99 percent of people with cystic fibrosis have health insurance, more and more of them are "underins ured." They have insurance, but it doesn't pay for enough of those expensive treatments.
- The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill: More than half of the American patients went without care because of high out-of-pocket costs. They did not visit a doctor when sick, skipped a recommended test or treatment or failed to fill a prescription. The uninsured suffered most, but even 43 percent of those who had insurance all year skipped care because of costs.
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